The Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP) is hosting a two-day summit that is being eyed to be the country’s transgender community’s “launching pad for planning, responding and resisting the crises confronting transpinays today”.
Titled “KarapaTRANS: A Transpinay Summit on Trans Rights, Justice, and Futures”, the event is scheduled on September 4-5, 2025 at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of the Philippines in Quezon City.
“The Philippines has yet to legally recognize transpinays’ identities, protect us from violence, and ensure equal access to education, work, and healthcare,” STRAP stated. “But transpinays continue to rise, refusing invisibility and claiming our rightful place in society.”
This event, therefore, hopes to push current discourses as transgender Filipinos “envision a future where transpinays live free, recognised, and thriving”. Among topics to be discussed are: the Simplified Legal Gender Recognition Bill; confronting the epidemic of transfemicide and anti-trans violence; building strategies for trans-inclusive education, healthcare, and decent work; and forging solidarity across feminist, LGBTQIA+, and human rights movements.
The event is supported by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, PFIP – Philippine Financial & Inter-Industry Pride, HASH – HIV & AIDS Support House Inc., and testmnl.org.
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