The Grad School Diaries: Episode 9 - Pride Day, Pride Day on a Thursday

Wanna know what was up in UPLB yesterday?

The LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender)Rally:

And the Anti-LGBT rally:

Sincere apologies for the crappy photos. These were taken again using my camera phone.
Deym, I need to invest in a proper blogging camera since I have been using my phone's camera a lot. 

Another thing that I noticed, maybe because I was only able to catch up a few glimpse of the LGBT rally, the rally now is not as aggressive as the ones I've witnessed back in circa 1990s. Maybe it's because with this generation, we have migrated to virtual communities rather than in a real environment. Or maybe because of UP's changed profile of majority of students, or because the undergrad students are digital natives and some of us in graduate school are digital migrants. 

If only I was still studying the LGBT movement for my thesis topic, I would have enjoyed this day just observing how to they go around "fighting for their cause".

One Absolut Event by Androgyny Productions

When the idea of studying the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Movement for my Master's thesis hit me, I kind of got nervous about my respondents. I really do not know how can I get respondents from the actual movement or members in the group.

I spent an entire Monday, browsing my phone book for possible people who might know LGBT allies and advocates. I was not expecting that they were so organized that in just a few minutes, I got referred to some people and got invited to an LGBT event!

Now, I'm in the process of doing some networking for my MS Thesis on LGBT Movement and I really want to meet passionate people in LGBT for interview so I'm super happy when my college friend Cyra of Androgyny Productions gave me exclusive invites and let me take two of my girlfriends to this private event.

US Magazine's Out and Proud Celebs & LGBT Celebrity allies

Found these online and "borrowed" some of the photos from US Magazine.

The Out and Proud Celebrities

Adam Lambert

Chris Colfer

Rosie O' Donnell

Lance Bass

Christine Marinoni and Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres

Psychiatrist Lara Embry with GLEE's Jane Lynch

Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka

Ricky Martin with his kids (via surrogate)

 Some LGBT Celebrity Allies:  (captions provided by US Magazine) 

Lady Gaga

"I've always had gay friends and I have been very involved in the gay community since I was young," the "Born This Way" singer told Fab Magazine. "I feel a moral obligation to defend my fan base and make the world a better place."

 Adam 

Although he's "not into dick," the Maroon 5 frontman told The Advocate in 2007 that "it would be so much easier" if he were. "Because, you know, men have a certain camaraderie with each other that's easygoing and kind of simple, when you think about it."

"It's wrong to look down upon somebody or not let somebody marry the person they want to marry because of their sexual orientation," the reality star told The Daily Gay in 2010. "It doesn't make sense to me."

I have a feeling my days will be filled surfing the internet for LGBT stuff for this will be a part of my study. *still keeping my fingers crossed*

It's always hard to write the first lines that's why I am practicing not to be a mood writer.