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The LGBTQIA+ community deserves more than just simple recognition. The community needs constant and consistent care to nurture its development and safety. It is not something that we can leave to chance—we, as students, need to ensure our consistent and direct involvement to ensure the upward progress of q***r rights and safer spaces within our university.

The inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community in administrative decision-making has been a constant struggle. While feats such as One Big Pride and Gender Hub do its part in allowing the q***r community to thrive, these would not have been achieved without past students’ constant vigor in challenging traditional heteronormativity. These students have laid the essential foundations that allow our university to be more considerate of the needs of its LGBTQIA+ students and workers. However, we must never remain complacent—we must be vigilant in reminding ourselves that the conversation has not ended, and the fight continues. Acknowledging that the LGBTQIA+ community still faces twice as much systemic discrimination under a capitalist society, we must co-struggle with the community and take better responsibility in ensuring that human rights of its members are respected and upheld.

Violations of safe spaces and gender policies are still present within our university. Many students and workers have filed cases of discrimination in relation to their SOGIESC that remain unanswered by our system. While it is incredibly important to acknowledge hhow far our university has come, we must also face the fact that our processes still have its lapses, leaving many students and workers vulnerable and unprotected. Colorful celebrations and events cannot change the fact that significant attention needs to be given to current processes that exist in our system.

𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗤𝗜𝗔+ 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. Decisions that affect these institutions, in every master plan or initiative, have to adapt to the changing needs of their students. As the needs of the q***r community dialectically adapt to continuous changes in our society, our institutions must be ready for changes themselves, especially if it is for the betterment of the community.. It is within our power to continue asserting ourselves within the decision-making processes of our university, so that we may attain better conditions and better futures that was historically fought for by the q***r community.

Makibeki, ‘wag mashokot!

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 25, 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 6:00 𝙋𝙈 - 8:30 𝙋𝙈 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀: 𝗔 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀”

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🇵🇸📒 BAKIT BOYKOT?
A conversation and zine-sharing and trading on Palestine and the Frankfurt Book Fair
📌 June 14, 2025
📌 2PM to 5PM
📌 Common Room, the Atrium, Makati

As the Philippines is set to be the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair this October, join us for a discussion on the Frankfurt Book Fair, the ongoing demands for a boycott, and the necessity of our continued efforts in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.

Registration slots are already full, but we still hope to see you there!
tinyurl.com/boykotfrankfurt

🎨 Art made by Komikeros for Palestine volunteer.

‼️Midterms elections starts May 12, next week!

Hey, fellow artists,

We know life's a hustle, but with the elections coming up, we just want to gently remind you: if you're able to vote—please do.

It might not feel like it changes everything, but it does affect the stuff that matters to us: small biz support, funding for creative industries, taxes, public spaces, and other factors that influence whether local artists can actually afford to keep creating.

When you vote, you're choosing the kind of world creators get to exist in. Support folks who understand how it is to turn hustle into heart.

It's easy to feel like your voice gets lost. But it counts. Especially now. ❤️🔥

Calling all film fans & enthusiasts, there’s still time to sign-up for the film screening this coming Saturday!

📌 https://bit.ly/FreePalestine-DocuScreening

FREE PALESTINE.

The documentaries ‘Occupied and Imprisoned: Palestinian Prisoners’ and ‘Lost Time,’ produced by Al Jazeera, will be screened on April 19 at Melchor Hall Theater, UP Diliman. The screening is to commemorate Palestine's Political Prisoners' Day. Admission is free, and there will be a candlelight vigil after the screening.

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/FreePalestine-DocuScreening

From Palestine to the Philippines, Free All Political Prisoners! 🇵🇸

This April 19th, in remembrance of Palestine's Political Prisoners' Day (April 17), Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) in partnership with Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association and Komikeros for Palestine (K4P) will host a FREE documentary screening at Melchor Theater, UP Diliman.

EVENT DETAILS
📌 Venue: Melchor Hall Theater, 2nd Floor, Melchor Hall, UP Diliman.
📌 Date & Time: 19 April (Saturday), 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
📌SIGN UP HERE: https://bit.ly/FreePalestine-DocuScreening

This event is on a first-come-first-served basis. The registration will close at 100 registrants. We will accept walk-ins, but we cannot assure that you will be given a seat.

AT THE VENUE
📌 Please show your confirmation email to the volunteers at the registration booth.
📌 For PWDs and those who will need assistance, please show your confirmation email to the volunteers at the 1st floor of Melchor Hall.

PROGRAM FLOW
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Documentary Screening
4:30 PM - 5:30PM | Panel Discussion
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Candlelight Vigil

DOCUMENTARIES TO BE SCREENED:
🎥 Occupied and Imprisoned: Palestinian Prisoners (2024)
🎥 Lost Time (2017)

Both are produced by Al Jazeera.

See you there! FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸

🍉 Calling all komiks fans & related fandom communities to continue to stand in solidarity with Palestine!

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Israel resumed all-out war on Gaza late Monday night. Heavy airstrikes and fire belts across the Strip have targeted homes, tents and shelters all at once, martyring a yet-to-be-determined number of Palestinians. Initial reports indicate the number of casualties is high, with multiple schools in north Gaza being leveled, along with a large family house in Deir al-Balah and displacement tents near Rabat College, west of Khan Younis.

Tonight’s attacks, carried out with the full backing of the US government, come after Israel refused to abide by the original terms of the ceasefire, which was supposed to enter phase 2 at the beginning of March. Instead, for the last two weeks, Israel has completely cut off humanitarian aid, fuel and electricity and carried out countless killings of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.

The US, Canada and Europe, still dripping with the blood of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from nearly 500 days of genocide directly funded and endorsed by their leaders, appear poised to continue their support for Israel’s genocide. Our movement’s demand in this moment is a total arms embargo on Israel, and nothing less.

The renewal of all-out war comes against the backdrop of further escalations in the West Bank, as Israel moves forward with its plans for annexation, and the expanded attacks on the Palestine movement in the US. The objective is clear: genocide, ethnic cleansing, and liquidation of the Palestinian struggle with silence from the world.

It is incumbent upon every person of conscience, from wherever they are, to refuse to accept genocide as normal or business-as-usual, to take to the streets, and to stop the wheels of this mass killing machine in its tracks. Together, the people of the world will achieve a total arms embargo against Israel. We can, we must, and we will confront this moment and what it requires of us. We will never abandon Palestine, for doing so would be to abandon ourselves.

ARMS EMBARGO NOW.