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3 Terms you need to know in HIV advocacy in the Philippines

Reconsidering Kofi Annan’s AIDS legacy

India’s Supreme Court strikes down 157-year-old law criminalizing consensual adult gay sex

India’s Supreme Court struck down a 157-year-old law that criminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.

Taiwan shows LGBTQ-friendliness doesn’t mean equality for all

In Taiwan, public attitude towards LGBTQ citizens are non-violent, at best. The rate of hate crimes is relatively low compared...

Germany approves third gender option for intersex people

Germany has approved a draft legislation that would add a third gender to options on official identity records.  Germany’s new...

California is first US State to denounce ‘corrective’ surgery on intersex children

California’s legislature passed a resolution, SCR-110, that condemns "unnecessary surgery" on intersex babies that is often performed by doctors to...

Photos from the fringes of the rainbow

How Outrage Magazine’s #KaraniwangLGBT eyes to help broaden LGBTQIA representation in the Philippines by documenting those at the fringes of...

To live a life in service

Meet Carla Culaste, the trans houseparent of a halfway house for people living with HIV in the City of Manila....

The young believer

For Ian Jaurigue, it is nice to know that there are already a lot of people who support the LGBTQI...

All hail the beauty queen

A glimpse into the life of a trans woman beauty pageant enthusiast, Ms Mandy Madrigal of Transpinay of Antipolo Organization.

Alternative PrEP forms needed for better uptake

Low uptake of daily oral PrEP since US Food and Drug Administration approval and low medication adherence among users have...

993 new HIV cases in Phl in June; 77 AIDS-related deaths reported

There were 77 reported deaths due to any cause among people with HIV last June in the Philippines, more than...

Let science inform application of law in criminal cases related to HIV, according to experts

Prosecutions of people living with HIV for acts that pose no risk of HIV exposure or transmission prompt scientists to...

3 Reasons why TasP and U=U won’t happen soon in the Philippines…

Treatment is available for people with HIV. And if a PLHIV gets treatment, he does not need to die from...

Living History: Intersex in focus in Phl

The Supreme Court allows for intersex Filipinos to determine their gender classification. The SC stated: “Respondent is the one who...

Living History: On changing one’s sex by petitioning the Phl courts

For the Supreme Court, “considering that there is no law legally recognizing sex reassignment, the determination of a person’s sex...

Living History: Impetus of LGBTQIA movement in Phl

The 1990s saw the formation of numerous LGBTQIA organizations in the Philippines, many of them championing LGBTQIA-related issues. So the...

Living History: Phl makes history with first Pride March in 1994

On June 26, 1994, ProGay Philippines and Metropolitan Community Church helmed a march in Quezon City. Dubbed as “Stonewall Manila”...