Cover Exploring the different LGBTQ+ events lined up for Valentine’s Day (Photo: stylised by Celine Dabao)
Exploring the different LGBTQ+ events lined up for Valentine’s Day (Photo: stylised by Celine Dabao)
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This Valentine’s Day, explore the vibrant and creative ways the LGBTQ+ community celebrates love in all its diverse forms
Celebrations of queer love are not limited to Pride Month in June—throughout the year, the LGBTQ+ community finds ways to connect and spotlight joy, lightness, and acceptance.
As Valentine’s Day comes up, there are a wide range of activities planned to celebrate all kinds of love, creating safe spaces for members of the queer community to be themselves. At the same time, these spaces are opportunities to unleash creative expression through joining dance competitions, playing engaging games, and taking the chance to dress beyond gendered boundaries.
Tatler rounds up some of the most exciting LGBTQ+ Valentine’s Day events lined up for February, from Manila to Baguio.
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Apotheka Manila (February 8)
Ushering in Valentine’s Day festivities is the Sweet Valentine Ball at Apotheka Manila. What sets this event apart is the wide range of performance categories, including one for beginners up to vogue femme performances. Once the clock strikes midnight, the hosts are also inviting guests to an afterparty, with music from Jolly V and JK33N.
Rampa Club (February 13)
The Sunny Club is an all-sapphic collective that creates safe spaces for lesbians, creating themed events that vary each month. This month, they’re hosting the biggest all-women Valentine’s party at Rampa Club in Quezon City. With a wide range of performances and exciting giveaways, the Sunny Club invites sapphic women to celebrate with lovers and friends, or take the opportunity to connect with new people.
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Makati (February 15)
“To love radically is to imagine a future rooted in interdependence, care, and inclusivity,” shares That Elephant Party. To bring this future to life, they’re hosting “LOVE U ALL: A POLYAMOROUS PROM NIGHT” to celebrate love in its ever-evolving shapes and forms. From an array of DJ sets to a coronation of Prom Queers at midnight, this event is not one to miss.
Sari Sari Makati (February 15)
In an exciting new collaboration between femme comedy troupe Bitches In Stitches and Burlesque Manila, this Anti-Valentine’s Day Cabaret adds an exciting twist to this month’s lineup with stand-up comedy and burlesque acts. “This is a show about love, but there aren’t any love stories in it,” says Fran Ayala-Rock, founder of Bitches in Stitches Manila. “It’s a celebration of surviving chaotic love, slaying your dragons, and manifesting your own happy ending.”
Eunoia Kitchen + Lounge Baguio (February 22)
Events for members of the LGBTQ+ community are not only limited to Manila—to end this list of Valentine’s events is a party in Baguio City. Described by the hosts as a “party to celebrate the beauty of being a woman in love”, the team behind KOLLECTIBZ is cultivating spaces for sapphic women outside the capital.
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Celine first read Charlotte’s Web at the age of five–and she hasn’t stopped turning pages since. Her favourite authors are Mona Awad and Nat Cassidy. Besides writing for Tatler, she listens to BTS and spends time with her family.
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Celine took up secondary education with a major in English, graduating from De La Salle University in 2023. She advocates for female empowerment through creative expression by writing for Tatler Homes.
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