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Jake Zyrus ikinalungkot ang sinapit ng kapwa-transman na si Ebeng Mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 08:53 PM

Ikinalungkot ni Jake Zyrus ang ginawang paggahasa at pagpatay sa kapwa niya transman na si Ebeng Mayor. Read more »

Resort accused of discrimination vs transgender woman; DOT to investigate

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 08:52 PM

A resort in Samal Island in Davao del Norte is in hot waters after it was accused of discriminating against a transgender woman. Read more »

Cameroonian transgender women convicted of 'attempted homosexuality'

Reuters
Posted at May 12 08:27 AM

DOUALA- A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for "attempted homosexuality" and other offenses after they were arrested for the clothes they wore in a restaurant, their lawyers said. 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 »

Biden calls for expanded efforts to protect LGBTQ rights globally

Alexandra Alper and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 12:49 PM

Biden has already issued an executive order that extends existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people.   Read more »

‘Alarming, insensitive’: Police officer’s ‘lalaki pa din sila’ statement angers LGBT groups

Job Manahan and Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 10:18 PM

“Not only does his statement assume that all men are rapists but it's also ignorant of SOGIE . . . A person does not rape because of one's gender or sexuality but because of the shortcoming in his upbringing,” one critic says. Read more »

Manila City adopts Gender and Development Code

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 08:30 PM

The mayor of the Philippines’ capital city signed on Tuesday an ordinance protecting women and all other genders against violence, sexual abuse and other forms of harassment. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:59 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

LGBTQI+, youth groups gather in UP Diliman for equality rally

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:37 AM

Various LGBTQI+ and youth groups on Friday afternoon came together for an equality rally at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), as part of the university’s annual pride celebration.  Read more »

LGBT community calls for end to discrimination

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:32 PM

Members of the LGBT community gather by the Oblation at UP Diliman, as they get ready for the UP Pride March on Friday. 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 acting 'more popish than the Pope' with remarks on civil union - Roman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 03:14 PM

Transgender lawmaker Rep. Geraldine Roman said Friday Senate President Vicente Sotto III seemed to be "more popish than the Pope" when he said same-sex unions are "tolerated but not in the legal sense" even after the Pontiff's comment. Read more »

'Pope Francis stand on same-sex union should prompt support for SOGIE bill'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 10:17 PM

Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to express support for same-sex civil unions.  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 »

Xander Ford: I am bisexual

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:10 PM

"I am part of LGBTQ." 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 »

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 »

Servidora' stereotype sa mga flight attendant, gustong baguhin ng mga transgender flight attendant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 07:35 PM

Gustong baguhin ng mga unang transgender flight attendant ang lumang kaisipan na ang flight attendant ay "servidora" o taga-hatid lang ng pagkain ng mga pasahero.  Read more »

Most Filipinos frown at trans women in female toilets: survey

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 10:34 PM

Majority of Filipinos rejected the idea of allowing transgender women in female toilets, but agreed there should be a law specifically protecting members of the LGBT community, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Wednesday showed. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 30, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:29 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »