Singer-songwriter Ice Seguerra has urged for compassion and acceptance amidst the absence of legal protections for LGBTQ individuals in the Philippines.


Ice Seguerra renews call for LGBTQ rights

June is almost over but at the start of the month, it came on a wave of colors, transforming the Philippine archipelago into a vibrant tableau of love, acceptance, and pride. 


PRIDE MONTH: Celebrating Colors, Celebrating Love

Gay liberation has been around in all parts of the world especially during the modernist era. In the Philippines, gay emancipation has gone a long way when mass media have been portraying them not only as a flamboyant character if not a caricature creature but as an ordinary citizen of the land with common features of a heterosexual being.

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Colorful umbrellas are set up installed inside the Quezon City Memorial Circle today, June 23 in celebration of the Pride Month this June. 

PRIDE MONTH TRIBUTE

Members of the Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM), an umbrella organization of Christian churches, have collectively taken legal action against drag queen Pura Luka Vega after a video of a drag performance using a Christian church song, 'Ama Namin' (The Lord's Prayer), went viral online.

OFFENSIVE INTERPRETATION

Stigma and discrimination still exist. Although Filipino Drag Queens continue to rise to the occasion, battling not only the limitations of society but also those within the LGBTQ+ community, they are also harbingers of change.
The drag culture in the country is more than a spectacle. It's a social revolution ... where love, acceptance and individuality reign supreme.

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SOGIE Ordinance passed in San Pedro City

Despite the gradually changing attitude of Filipinos towards the lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, queers, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, the fact remains that its members remain subjects to acts of discrimination and harassment, not to mention violence.


WIN FOR EQUALITY

Members of the LGBTQIA+ Community show their solidarity with other groups during the celebration of Human Rights Day in Malolos City, Bulacan Sunday, December 10. 

MARCH FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

Waving the colors of the rainbow in celebration to the acceptance and inclusivity of our fellow Filipinos, despite their sexual orientation and preferences, the path of acceptance touches the heart of more and more Filipinos.


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