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SOGIE bill, hindi dini-delay sa Senado ayon kay Villanueva

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 07:30 PM

Nanindigan si Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva na walang delaying tactics sa Senado kaugnay sa pagpasa sa SOGIE bill. Read more »

SOGIE bill 'di kailangan dahil sa 'equal protection clause': ex-law school dean

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 02:15 AM

Giit niya, kailangan lang i-implement ang parusa laban sa diskriminasyon na hindi nagagawa. Read more »

SOGIE bill faces stiff resistance from 2 lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 10:51 PM

A bill seeking to penalize gender and sexual discrimination in the Philippines faces stiff resistance from two lawmakers whose family leads an influential religious sect in the country. Read more »

House panel tackles SOGIE bills despite move for deferment

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 04:09 AM

'This is not an illegal meeting… We were given clearance by the Rules committee,' said Rep. Geraldine Roman, chair of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Read more »

Imee favors 'more general' anti-discrimination bill over SOGIE bill

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 04:30 PM

During a dialogue with the Filipino community in Europe last month, Sen. Imee Marcos was asked if she supports the SOGIE bill. Read more »

Makabayan files new House SOGIE bill

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 06:56 PM

The Makabayan bloc has filed a bill prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Read more »

LGBT discrimination now punishable in Cebu City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 01:26 PM

Discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is now a punishable offense in Cebu City. Read more »

‘Sir’ or ‘ma’am’? How to address Vice Ganda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 07:59 PM

Comedy superstar Vice Ganda doesn’t mind being addressed with feminine or masculine terms, such as “ma’am” or “sir,” he said in a candid conversation on gender identity on Tuesday. Read more »

German city allows women to bathe topless in pools

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 08:15 AM

A German city will allow women and men alike to bathe topless, becoming the first in Germany to enable female swimmers to go bare-breasted in the pool following a gender identity dispute. Read more »

House panel drops intersex from definition of sex in proposed anti-discrimination law

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 06:32 PM

Members of a House panel on Tuesday argued whether to include "intersex" from its definition of sex in the proposed comprehensive anti-discrimination bill, but a conservative solon rejected and insisted to keep the terminology "simple."   Read more »

More than 300 religious leaders urge ban on 'conversion therapy'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 03:05 AM

Among the signatories were representatives of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Sikh faiths, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read more »

Senate tackles SOGIESC-based anti-discriminatory bill in plenary

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 08:27 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday sponsored in plenary a bill that would penalize those who discriminate others due to their gender identity and expression, a measure that has been rejected by most lawmakers since the 11th Congress. Read more »

SOGIE bill still in Senate limbo: Hontiveros

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 11:15 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said a bill seeking to give the LGBT community more rights and protection under the law has yet to hurdle the committee level due to lack of signatures. Read more »

Sotto doubts Pope's call for law to cover same-sex unions will affect PH LGBT policies

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 06:29 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said he "doubts" that Pope Francis' comment that same sex couples should be covered by civil union laws would affect the stance of lawmakers in the Philippines. Read more »