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House Bill 7068 or the “Right to Care Act” was filed in Congress to grant power to non-legal partners of Filipinos to make medical...

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An ordinance was passed in Cebu Province to enhance province-wide prevention strategies, ensure comprehensive care and medical services for people living with HIV/AIDS, and...

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There may be a law mandating inclusive health services for #Deaf Filipinos, but existing #HIV responses actually continue to exclude Deaf #LGBT persons since...

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Health & Wellness

In a typical classroom of 25 senior-cycle students, five will report poor mental health, three will have self-harmed multiple times, and two will have...

NEWSMAKERS

Transgender women might have more muscle mass than cisgender women 1 to 3 years after hormone therapy, but — this is worth stressing —...

NEWSMAKERS

LGBTQ+ adults may be around twice as likely to be unemployed or to report workforce non-participation compared to heterosexual adults.

NEWSMAKERS

Recognizing loneliness as a form of social violence opens up new ways to support student wellbeing and challenges us to create emotionally safe and...

Op Ed

Op-Ed

Lea Salonga, a Filipino icon, stressed her support for her transgender child. And here, she's wrong... though only to those who choose society’s approval...

Op-Ed

There are transgender women who actually believe that trans women are NOT women. But when discriminated, they demand that the trans community defend them....

Op-Ed

Instead of dwelling on the 'trans women are women' slogan, move on and discuss the social inequality and what needs to be done to...

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The Department of Transportation is offering free rides on the MRT and LRT lines to #LGBTQIA+ people on December 22. Superficially good, yes. But...

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Yolanda Aldana, in her 60s, remembers being a tomboy even as a child. Her parents didn't like it; they used to beat her. Now,...

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Lifestyle & Culture

Travel

With so much on offer, planning an itinerary can be tricky for a destination like San Diego. To help make your trip planning a...

Travel

In Poland, the government approved a bill that introduces "cohabitation contracts" for LGBTQIA+ couples living together. But no, marriage equality is being considered.

Lifestyle & Culture

My Transgender Date began its social media journey in the middle of the pandemic. The process hasn’t always been easy. But the platform’s purpose...

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Increasing laws that prohibit sexual orientation-related discrimination may play an important role in reducing cardiovascular disease risk among some LGB subgroups.

Health & Wellness

61% reported experiencing physical symptoms, 88% reported experiencing emotional responses, more than half of respondents (52%) experienced more than one symptom and 21% experienced...

Health & Wellness

When people swear, they perform better on many physical challenges.

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Meet Cebu-based Jolina G., a sex worker who sees the sex industry as a way to make easy money. She recognized the challenges (e.g....

#KaraniwangLGBT

Ashley Altamonte, 37, from Baclaran first experienced discrimination at home, where family members physically abused her. Now, challenges continue for the transgender woman who...

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Meet Azia, a 23-year-old transgender woman from Mabolo in Cebu, who was 16 years old when she became a sex worker. She claims she...

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Love Affairs

Partners are often key facilitators of recovery, for example, by cooking heart-healthy meals, encouraging regular physical activity, and ensuring medications are taken correctly.

Love Affairs

Domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with tales of their own childhood trauma, to generate a deep psychological...

Love Affairs

Those with “dark triad” personality traits: psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism (i.e. cunning, manipulative) are more likely to use touch to manipulate their partner in...

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POZ

POZ

Young cisgender females (at or under age 26) were 63% less likely to be prescribed HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). And this is even if...

POZ

Shifting HIV medical records electronically can be life-saving, leading to an estimated 28% reduction in deaths after five years, with the greatest reduction among...

POZ

Adding spironolactone led to a significant 4.4‑fold reduction in HIV RNA inside cells across the body and broadly lowered activity in genes linked to...

POZ

As the world observes World AIDS Day (WAD) every December 1, "there is a need to go beyond the numbers," stressed Michael David dela...

Living History

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Members of the House of Representatives filed a bill that eyes to criminalize discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex...

Living History

Akbayan lawmakers filed a bill, House Bill 5474 or the “Cagandahan Bill”, in the House of Representatives to simplify the process of changing the...

Living History

The Department of the Interior and Local Government is rolling out a new program that eyes to push for more gender-sensitive and inclusive governance.

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In Iloilo City, an office eyeing to supervise the affairs of the LGBTQ+ community was created via Executive Order No. 046, signed by Mayor...

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