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Pride month is an important and special time for the LGBTQ+ community. This time of the year is being held in celebration of the community and to emphasize the importance of LGBTQ+ rights and welfare. Two major events for the pride march were recently held: The LoveLaban pride festival in Quezon city and the Tuloy […]
Pride is first and foremost a protest. To celebrate Pride this year, Pride@Tech composed of Google, Facebook, Globe, and IBM, together with creative digital agency Propel Manila, are turning Pride Marches into marches to register to vote. Introducing Pride March To Vote: Register To Vote Now, Elect Equality in 2022 An online marching […]
“God does not discriminate against people based on gender.” 👏🏻 LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! 👏🏻
The university will be holding a press conference in the near future to release details about the rule change.
A simple yet touching poem shared by Twitter user @TheoNicole recently became viral for its message about acceptance. Written by Theo Nicole’s 73-year-old aunt for her church writing group, the poem talks about the use of “they”/”them” for non-binary people. The short poem echoes what most people think about the non-binary pronouns at first: It’s a […]
Australia has become the 26th country to formally legalize same-sex marriage after a historic vote this Thursday. Just last month, Australians overwhelmingly voted via a nationwide poll to make marriage equality a law in their country. Three-quarters of Australians, or almost 12 million people (74.5% of the country’s eligible voters), gave a resounding ‘yes’ to […]
At last, some good news! Today Congress passed the SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression) equality bill in a landslide vote (197-Yes, 0-No, and 0-Abstain) on its third and final reading. The Anti Discrimination Bill “seeks to define, prohibit, and penalize situations and practices wherein discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and […]
Marikina City will hold the 2017 Metro Manila Pride March and the local officials have shown their enthusiasm and support not only to the organisers but also to the entire spectrum of LGBTQ+. Below are their statement of support. Dra. Honnielyn Fernando Assistant Health Officer, Marikina City Health Office 1. Why is Marikina a partner […]
Fact: LGBTQ+ people have very little representation in almost everything. In most forms of mainstream media—movies, television shows, music, books—homosexuality is barely discussed and almost always shown as worn out tropes like the protagonist’s sassy gay friend or the psychotic lesbian. To be fair, though, it looks likes things are changing for the better with […]