Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 25 said she expects that the Senate will schedule the sponsorship of the proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC). Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations...
Actor JC de Vera and his wife Rikkah Cruz are expecting their second child. The news was shared by JC himself, uploading on social media a glimpse of their gender reveal party. Apparently, the couple will have another girl as made obvious during the shindig. JC and Rikkah's first born, Lana Athena,...
A TikTok video featuring former “Pinoy Big Brother” housemate Fumiya Sankai has gone viral. The clip, which has garnered more than 5 million views as of writing, shows Fumiya dancing with a male companion. The comment section was inundated with questions about his gender identity. Some went on...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- Lawmakers in Scotland passed a contentious law Thursday making it easier and faster for people to change their gender, despite a rare rebellion within the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) and "concerns" from the UK government. The legislation, which garnered 86...
Women entrepreneurs are underserved of investment opportunities, according to the latest Gender Lens Investing Series—The Bottom Line: Why Investing in Women is Good Business—of the Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN), the country’s premier private investors network. “With less than three...
Nineteen (19) senators have signed the committee report endorsing the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Equality Bill which mandates the government to address all forms of discrimination and violence on the basis of SOGIESC. “I am ecstatic that...
The Philippines stands confident in championing the rights of women in the country as the government assures the 193-member United Nations (UN) that their protection is its "core interest." Through the country's permanent representative to the UN Ambassador Anton Lagdameo, the Philippines made the...
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality is keen on inviting members of the Philippines’ Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM) to shed light on the human trafficking of Filipinos into Myanmar. The matter of inviting members of the AVSECOM to the Senate’s probe...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas on Monday, Nov. 28, asked the Marcos administration to ratify and enforce the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Convention 190 (C190), which recognizes the right of everyone to a violent-free workplace, including gender-based violence and...
BORONGAN CITY – To close the gap in the prize money, the Surf in the City 2022 will award P100,000 to winners in the men's and women’s division. THE city government of Borongan, headed by Mayor Jose Dayan Agda, kicks off Surf in the City 2022 through the ceremonial breaking of the surfboard on...
Being able to successfully portray different gay characters, many are assuming Christian Bables is actually gay in real life. But is he? In Ogie Diaz's recent vlog, Christian set things straight. “I identify as a straight guy, straight man. My preference and my attraction is with the opposite...
Many cases of violence against women (VAW) remain unreported due the belief that speaking up would not make a difference. This is called the culture of silence. Apart from the fear of speaking up, the culture of silence also stems back to the public’s blatant dismissal or sometimes lack of...
