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Anne Curtis, gaganap bilang transman sa 'MMK'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 12:32 PM

Gagampanan ni Anne ang buhay ni Marrz, isang transman na naniwala at ipinaglaban ang karapatan ng mga miyembro ng LGBTQ+. Read more »

Madrid high heels run defies gravity, homophobia

Reuters
Posted at Jul 05 06:37 AM

MADRID, Spain—Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the center of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat and attempts by the far-right party Vox to curtail their Gay Pride celebrations this year. Read more »

Hontiveros refiles 'equality' bill, seeks to raise age of consent

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 06:46 PM

MANILA - Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday refiled the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill and other measures that seek to protect women and children. Read more »

LOOK: Photographer BJ Pascual poses for Calvin Klein

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 11:56 AM

Photographer to the stars BJ Pascual still could not believe that he has been tapped by Calvin Klein to be one of the brand’s Filipino collaborators.  Read more »

Imee Marcos to file LGBT rights bill

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 01:49 PM

MANILA - Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday said she will file a bill seeking protection for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community from discrimination. Read more »

Hate tries to rain on Marikina Pride parade, but love finds way to prevail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 09:08 AM

Like in previous years, members of some Christian denominations on Saturday flocked to the Metro Manila Pride March to condemn LGBTQ+ lifestyle as sinful. Read more »

Pride organizers hopeful Duterte gov’t can break SOGIE limbo

Jan Yumul
Updated as of Jun 30 07:35 AM

Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s confusing rhetoric and pronouncements on issues surrounding the LGBTQIA + community, the organizers behind this year’s Pride march are hopeful the incoming 18th Congress could make history by coming out with the country’s first comprehensive anti-discrimination law. Read more »

At Pride march, Filipino LGBTQ community, supporters gather to #ResistTogether

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 03:49 AM

On Saturday, participants conveyed the message that while the Pride march celebrates expression and identity, it remains a form of protest. 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 »

Girl, Boy, Bakla, o Tomboy?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 08:03 PM

Ipaliliwanag ni Boy Abunda kung bakit mahalagang maunawaan ang SOGIE o Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity at Expression. Read more »

Kahit umuulan, Pride March dinumog ng mga miyembro, tagasuporta ng LGBT

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 06:38 PM

Sa kabila ng malakas na ulan, ibinandera LGBT community ang kanilang paninindigan sa isinagawang Pride March.  Read more »

Record crowd defies rain, traffic to join 2019 Pride parade

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 03:33 AM

According to the city administration, around 38,000 participants joined Saturday's event, beating last year's 25,000. Read more »

5 ways we can be better allies to the LGBTQIA+ community

Apa Agbayani
Posted at Jun 29 02:39 PM

At a time when Pride has become commercialized and conversations around it can grow muddled, how can allies make sure what they’re doing is in service to the community? Apa Agbayani lists some informed suggestions. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga aabangan sa parada, protesta ng LGBT community sa Marikina

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 09:12 PM

Inaasahang maraming miyembro at supporters ng LGBT community ang lalahok sa taunang pride parade sa Marikina City.     Read more »

#AteNaKuya: Panganay nagsakripisyo para makapag-aral ang mga kapatid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 08:59 PM

Matapos ang pag-aaral sa high school, kumayod na si Ghel Martinez para mapagpatapos ang kaniyang mga kapatid.  Read more »

Pride at 50: what the LGBTQ community continues to fight for

Victor John Platon
Posted at Jun 28 04:59 PM

Half a century since Stonewall, a lot of people continue to be confused about the supposed “gay agenda.” Here’s a simple explanation.  Read more »

Britain's Prince William: 'Fine by me' if children gay

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 05:55 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom—Britain's Prince William said Wednesday it would be "fine by me" if his children came out as gay, but worried about the pressures it could place on them. Read more »

Abused as 'dirty', same-sex newlyweds in Taiwan fear backlash

Beh Lih Yi and Shanshan Chen, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 25 12:27 PM

ZHONGLI, Taiwan - Although Jovi Wu and Mindy Chiu made history last month as one of the first lesbian couples in Asia to marry legally, they are fearful that conservatives may reverse Taiwan's landmark law. Read more »

'I am a very religious person': SC justice hopeful rejects same-sex marriage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 11:52 AM

Another candidate, International law expert Jeremy Benigno Gatdula had already expressed his objection to having same sex marriage in the Philippines. Read more »

US Supreme Court sends lesbian wedding cake dispute back to lower court

Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 01:13 AM

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another case pitting gay rights against religious rights. Read more »