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Mayor Isko: Manila is LGBT-friendly

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 07:51 PM

MANILA - Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno on Friday said Metro Manila’s capital is friendly to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Read more »

Diez files gender discrimination case after mall toilet incident

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 07:22 PM

Transgender woman Gretchen Diez takes an elevator moments before filing a gender discrimination case against Araneta Center Inc. for violating the city’s Gender Fair Ordinance before the Quezon City Pride Council on Friday. Diez was briefly detained on Tuesday after a scuffle with a mall janitress over her use of the female restroom.  Read more »

Trans woman to senators: 'Step up your game' on SOGIE bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 12:36 PM

Trans woman Gretchen Diez criticized Friday some senators' apparent lack of knowledge on basic terms used in the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) bill. Read more »

Catriona Gray raises rainbow flag for LGBT rights

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:10 PM

Miss Universe winner Catriona Gray on Thursday called on lawmakers to approve a bill protecting the LGBT community from hate crimes and prejudice, after a transgender woman was arrested for using the ladies' restroom at a Quezon City mall. Read more »

QC mayor condemns mall's discrimination of trans woman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:35 AM

MANILA - Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte condemned Wednesday the detention of a transgender woman for using the female comfort room inside a mall.  Read more »

Victoria’s Secret casts first openly transgender woman model

Christine Hauser, Thew New York Times
Updated as of Aug 06 03:39 PM

For a brand that has struggled with criticism that it is anachronistic and out of touch, Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio’s selection was seen by some as a step whose time was past due. Read more »

18th Congress has most number of sitting women senators in PH history

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 06:18 PM

A record number of 7 women are now in the Philippine Senate following the 2019 midterm polls, demonstrating both how far the country has gone and how much further it still has to go to truly achieve gender parity. Read more »

'Transformation' nina Angel at Paulo sa 'The General's Daughter', nag-trending

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 07:17 AM

Nag-trending ang "transformation" nina Angel Locsin at Paulo Avelino sa teleseryeng "The General's Daughter". Read more »

Mga librong pambata na tumatalakay sa gender expression, gender identity inilabas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:10 AM

Ayon sa mga may-akda, isang paraan ito para ipaunawa sa mga bata ang pagkakaiba-iba ng mga tao. Read more »

Duterte signs 'Bawal Bastos' law that punishes 'sexist' remarks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 07:26 PM

President Duterte has signed into law the anti-bastos bill, which imposes stiffer penalties on a range of acts from catcalling, sexist slurs, stalking and cyberstalking. Read more »

COA: Senate, House fail to implement gender programs

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 05:19 PM

Both chambers of Congress failed to allot 5 percent of their budget to gender and development programs as mandated by the General Appropriations Act, state auditors said. Read more »

Football: Indonesia’s Aceh says women’s game ‘forbidden’ unless all-female

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 01:53 AM

Aceh, on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, is the only province in the world's most populous Muslim nation to officially practice Islamic Sharia law. Read more »

Robredo bats for passage of bill supporting fair treatment of LGBT

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 08:30 PM

Vice-President Leni Robredo on Saturday pushed for the passage of the anti-discrimination bill, as she joined the LGBTQIA+ community in celebrating Pride Month. Read more »

Lady Gaga fires up LGBTQ rally for Stonewall anniversary

Matthew Lavietes and Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 03:09 PM

Lady Gaga electrified thousands of revelers who gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement, exhorting the crowd to honor the past by using its "power" to extend and defend a half-century of progress. Read more »

'Binibini' queens suportado ang SOGIE Equality Bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 10:05 PM

Dismayado ang mga reyna ng Binibining Pilipinas dahil hindi pa naisasabatas ang SOGIE bill.  Read more »

Vatican condemns gender theory as bid to destroy nature

Reuters
Posted at Jun 11 01:16 PM

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican condemned gender theory on Monday as part of a "confused concept of freedom", saying in a new document that the idea of gender being determined by personal feeling rather than biology was an attempt to "annihilate nature". Read more »

Call out abuse of women, Robredo urges public after highschool photo scandal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 11:37 AM

The public should call out and ensure sanctions against the abuse of women, Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday, after lewd photos of several female students at the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) were circulated by their peers.    Read more »

Diversity in workforce benefits firms: ANZ exec

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 05:05 PM

Organizations that promote diversity in their workforce are more likely to succeed, the head of a regional banking giant said.    Read more »