 For example, in 2013, at the 9th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival awarding, transgender woman Mimi Juareza was still considered under the "male" category as Best Actor and referred to with the pronoun "he".With the general tolerance of the country towards the LGBT community, its members have organized a number of events in the past years to empower the Filipino community in creating a safe space for the LGBT.Since the First Pride March in 1994, the LGBT community has continued to celebrate this event on the month of June.