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Tokyo ward assemblyman under fire over remarks against LGBT rights

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 06 03:55 PM

A local politician of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has come under fire for claiming last month that his north Tokyo municipality would "cease to exist" if the rights of sexual minorities are protected by law.   Read more »

Hungary PM urges gays to 'leave our children alone'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 11:11 AM

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that homosexuals should "leave our children alone" when asked about a children's book containing gay characters that was publicly shredded by a far-right politician. Read more »

K Brosas supports daughter Crystal, who came out as a lesbian

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 11:54 AM

Singer K Brosas is picture of a supportive mother to her daughter Crystal, who came out as a lesbian in a video the singer shared to her fans and followers on Wednesday to mark her birthday.   Read more »

How to be an effective LGBTQIA ally, according to these local personalities

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 06:22 PM

ABS-CBN News asked five local LGBTQIA personalities on how people can help them in their fight for equality.  Read more »

Robredo tells LGBTQIA+ on Pride Month: 'Push lang nang push mga besh'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 02:58 PM

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday commemorated pride month by encouraging the LGBTQIA+ community to keep fighting for reforms, even during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

2 Makati cops relieved from post over 'transgender profiling'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 02:56 PM

Two Makati City police officers were relieved from their posts after they were caught in a video inviting a random trans woman to the police station for alleged "profiling." Read more »

Switzerland divided over new law against homophobia

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 06 11:35 AM

Publicly denigrating or discriminating against someone for being gay or inciting hatred against that person in text, speech, images or gestures would be banned. Read more »

Methodist church plans to split over gay marriage, clergy - church officials

Rich McKay, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:53 AM

The United Methodist Church lists more than 13 million members in the United States and 80 million worldwide. Read more »

Facebook removes misleading HIV drug ads after outcry

Matthew Lavietes, Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 03:19 AM

NEW YORK - Facebook said on Monday it had removed some ads that contained misleading information about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drugs following an outcry from activists, health experts and US lawmakers. Read more »

Brazil police probe attack on actors who made gay Jesus film

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 05:12 AM

Rio de Janeiro police said on Thursday they are investigating a video by a far-right group that claimed to have carried out an attack on a group of actors who had depicted Jesus as gay. Read more »

Duterte welcomes LGBT group in Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 04:20 AM

In his message, the President expressed his support for the LGBT community. Read more »

First woman mayor of Bogota marries girlfriend

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 02:38 PM

BOGOTA, Colombia - Claudia Lopez, the first woman elected mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota, married her girlfriend of three years on Monday.   Read more »

Ex-beauty queen Cindy Miranda stars in daring lesbian film 'Adan'

Leah C. Salterio
Posted at Nov 18 04:10 PM

Director Roman Perez, Jr.’s erotic drama, “Adan,” is a daring lesbian story starting beauty queen Cindy Miranda and young actress Rhen Escano. Read more »

Sotto: SOGIE bill, malabong pumasa sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 07:16 AM

Tingin ni Senate President Tito Sotto, labag sa Saligang Batas kaya hindi lulusot ang Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill.  Read more »

No 'gay gene', but study finds genetic links to sexual behavior

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 06:12 AM

Sexual rights campaigners welcomed the study, saying it “provides even more evidence that being gay or lesbian is a natural part of human life”. Read more »

SOGIE bill gives 'special rights' to LGBTQ community, Bro. Eddie says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 12:01 AM

MANILA—Several lawmakers linked to religious groups on Wednesday opposed a measure that seeks to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community from discrimination.   Read more »

Sotto: SOGIE bill ‘no chance’ passing in Senate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 03:17 AM

The bill seeks to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community from discrimination. Read more »

Duterte backs passage of SOGIE bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 07:18 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—President Rodrigo Duterte supports the passage of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill, which seeks to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community from discrimination, according to Sen. Bong Go. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Keen on corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 04:00 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has made his war on graft a hallmark of his administration. How far have we gone in fighting corruption? Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

Trans woman pinagbawalan na gumamit ng pambabaeng banyo sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 07:12 AM

Kinondena ng LGBT community ang diskriminasyon sa transgender woman na pinagbawalang gumamit ng banyo ng mga babae sa mall sa Quezon City. Read more »