BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old tourism management student from Cauayan town in Negros Occidental was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros 2023 during the 27th Panaad sa Negros Festival. Alliah Janine Al Rashid, a freshman college student at the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) here, bested 26 other...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers approved Thursday a transgender law letting anyone 16 and older change the gender on their ID card, even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue. The law, which passed by 191 votes in favour against 60 opposed and 91...
The spokesman of Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 16, denied claims that the official expressed support for same-sex marriage in the Philippines. Vice President Sara Duterte is a special guest at the mass wedding of couples in Parañaque City on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2023. (OVP...
Vice President Sara Duterte hopes that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community and their relationships would be given the protection of the law. Vice President Sara Duterte is a special guest at the mass wedding of couples in Parañaque City on Valentine’s Day,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 8, called on the Senate leadership to remand Committee Report No. 15 back to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality so it can reopen hearings on the SOGIE bill. Hontiveros lamented that she was all ready to...
BERLIN, Germany -- The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. Wreaths have been laid in front of the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism (Denkmal für...
Ice Seguerra penned a heartwarming message for his wife Liza Diño. He wrote on Instagram: "Sampung taon mula nung nagkita tayo ulit para mag tanghalian. Sinong magaakala na 'yon pala ang simula ng aking habang buhay." "Mula noon, alam kong hindi na kita kayang mawala ulit dahil ikaw lang ang...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The United Nations' rights chief voiced alarm Saturday at the grisly murder of LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba in Kenya, calling for more protection of such activists worldwide. "Shaken by the murder of human rights advocate #EdwinChiloba," Volker Turk, the High...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Parts of Indonesia's revised criminal code appear "incompatible" with fundamental freedoms and human rights, the United Nations said Thursday. The sweeping overhaul includes a ban on sex outside marriage and the cohabitation of unmarried couples, which activists have said are...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Tens of thousands braved downpours in Taiwan on Saturday to celebrate as the island staged its first LGBTQ Pride rally since fully reopening its border. LGBT rights activists carry large rainbow banners as they march during the Gay Pride Parade in Taipei on October 29, 2022....
BANGUED, Abra – A barangay chairman was tagged as the mastermind in the killing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) teacher Rudy Steward Dugmam Sayen, known as “Estee Saway,” 38, here on Sept. 28. Barangay Captain Armando Wilson of Barangay Dumagas, Boliney, Abra was...
BANGUED, Abra – Police arrested four suspects in the murder of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) teacher in a hot pursuit operation, hours after the crime was committed here on Wednesday, Sept. 28. SAYEN (FB) Col. Maly Cula, Abra police chief, identified the suspects as...
