The Supreme Court allows for intersex Filipinos to determine their gender classification. The SC stated: “Respondent is the one who has to live with his intersex anatomy.To him...
For the Supreme Court, “considering that there is no law legally recognizing sex reassignment, the determination of a person’s sex made at the time of his...
The 1990s saw the formation of numerous LGBTQIA organizations in the Philippines, many of them championing LGBTQIA-related issues. So the 1990s may be when at least...
On June 26, 1994, ProGay Philippines and Metropolitan Community Church helmed a march in Quezon City. Dubbed as “Stonewall Manila” or as “Pride Revolution”, it was...
Toward the end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the awareness of and on LGBTQIA Filipinos continued to grow. Helping increase particularly gay awareness,...
In 1992, a lesbian contingent, called Lesbian Collective, joined the International Women's Day march. It was the first demonstration attended by an organized sector from the...
It goes without saying that our current LGBTQIA-related concepts were greatly influenced by international media and local reinterpretations of LGBTQI people who spent time overseas. This...
The bakla have actually been organized since the 1960s in the Philippines, usually as neighborhood organizations with low-income members, and mainly to provide entertainment. And so...
For Michael L. Tan, to better understand the LGBTQIA community in the Philippines, understanding Filipino concepts of gender is necessary. This is because words used referring...
