Malabon City now has an anti-discrimination ordinance (ADO) that prohibits: discrimination in schools and the workplace, delivery of goods or services, accommodation, restaurants, movie...
The Supreme Court allows for intersex Filipinos to determine their gender classification. The SC stated: “Respondent is the one who has to live with...
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...
On June 26, 1994, ProGay Philippines and Metropolitan Community Church helmed a march in Quezon City. Dubbed as “Stonewall Manila” or as “Pride Revolution”,...
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...
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...
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....
For Michael L. Tan, to better understand the LGBTQIA community in the Philippines, understanding Filipino concepts of gender is necessary. This is because words...