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

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

Vice President Sara Duterte, in partnership with LGBT Pilipinas, leads the 1st Office of the Vice President (OVP) Pride Reception on Friday, June 16, at the Celebrity Sports Plaza in Quezon City.

PRIDE RECEPTION

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.

The Extraordinary Drag Culture

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

Picture a group of people, waiting in line for something that will change their lives for the better. This line, however, seems to have no end, the wait seems never-ending. This picture, dear readers, is a metaphor for the long and unfulfilled journey of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill in the Philippines.

Give SOGIE Bill a chance

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.


Pride Month: A more inclusive society

PRIDE RECEPTION. Vice President Sara Duterte, in partnership with LGBT Pilipinas, leads the 1st Office of the Vice President (OVP) Pride Reception on Friday, June 16, at the Celebrity Sports Plaza in Quezon City. Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June of each year, that gives importance as citizens to the other-gender community. During the event, VP Duterte handed out livelihood assistance to various LGBTQI + groups under the OVP’s 'Mag-Negosyo Ta ‘Day' special project. 

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