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Surviving discrimination: Deaf trans woman, trans man share ordeal at Senate hearing

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 04:05 PM

MANILA - Two members of the LGBT community on Tuesday shared their struggles with discrimination as lawmakers tackled a bill seeking to protect their rights. Read more »

Palace calls for respect for LGBT rights after discrimination vs trans woman

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 05:17 PM

MANILA - Malacañang reiterated Thursday the need to respect gay rights in the wake of the detention of transgender woman, Gretchen Custodio Diez for using a female restroom at a Quezon City mall earlier this week.   Read more »

Farmers Plaza apologizes to trans woman over toilet fiasco

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:53 PM

MANILA - The management of Farmers Plaza in Araneta-Center Cubao apologized Wednesday to the transgender woman who was detained for using the female comfort room inside its mall. Read more »

Transgender woman, pinagbawalan na gumamit ng banyo ng mga babae sa mall

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 07:13 PM

Isang transgender woman ang pinagbawalan na gumamit ng banyo para sa mga babae sa isang mall sa Quezon City.  Read more »

Detensiyon ng trans woman sa QC, umani ng batikos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 09:53 PM

Binatikos ng ilang grupo at mga gender rights advocates ang pagdetene sa isang transgender woman na nakagitgitan ang mga staff sa paggamit ng pambabaeng comfort room sa Quezon City. Read more »

'Babagsak ba ang langit?' Transgender solon blasts discrimination vs trans woman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 11:31 AM

MANILA - Lawmakers and local officials have denounced a Quezon City mall's apparent discrimination against a transgender woman for using the women's comfort room. 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 »

#SOGIEEqualityNow tops local Twitter list, renews call for passage of LGBT rights bill

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 05:24 AM

MANILA—Twitter users are standing with 28-year-old Gretchen Custodio Diez after she was harassed and detained for using the women's comfort room of a shopping mall in Quezon City. Read more »

Trans woman detained after being harassed for using ladies' toilet in QC mall

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 05:17 AM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE)—A transgender woman was detained by police in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon after a scuffle with a mall personnel for using the female comfort room. Read more »

'Dress my gender': Trans gets priest's support to wear girl clothes to graduation

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 06:52 PM

A trans woman student from Ateneo de Naga University, was allowed by her university’s president to dress as a woman for her Baccalaureate Mass and graduation after she was questioned by a professor. Read more »

Trans woman crowned Miss Universe Spain 2018

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 06:45 PM

A 25-year-old trans woman was crowned Miss Universe-Spain on Saturday in a historic moment for the country.   Read more »