Two senators on Thursday, January 16 have expressed their reservation on the bill seeking to prevent adolescent pregnancy in the country. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, January 16 said he is wary over the provisions of Senate Bill No. 1979 or the proposed Prevention...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, June 3 urged the new Senate leadership to pass into law the proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression, or Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) bill which is still pending on second reading in the Upper Chamber. Hontiveros, an advociate for the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Some city councilors have admitted they have not read the Senate bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE).CAGAYAN de Oro City Council seal (Franck Dick Rosete)As a result, proposed Resolution No....
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has vowed anew to advance a comprehensive and inclusive anti-discrimination measure that goes beyond the scope of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill.In a statement Friday, Dec. 1, Villanueva stressed the need for an...
Senators on Tuesday, November 21 rebuked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) after Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva confronted the commission over one of their official’s remarks seeking a petition supposedly addressed to him appealing for the passage of the Sexual Orientation, Gender...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman
Transgender solon Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman has alluded to Pura Luka Vega's drag performance to the Catholic song "Ama Namin (Our Father)" as a disrespectful act.
Roman, the prime mover of the proposed SOGIE Equality Bill in the House of...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) urged to advocate the enactment of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality Act (SOGIE) to protect people from different types of discrimination in private and public institutions.
In a statement, PCW acknowledged that the lack of a...
Rowena Guanzon and Vice President Sara Duterte (Twitter, Facebook)
Proud kakampink Rowena Guanzon wrote a supportive tweet for Vice President Sara Duterte after learning one of the latter's advocacies.
Guanzon, a P3PWD Party-list nominee, found out that Duterte was a backer of the Sexual...
"If you are not accepted, just choose happiness."
That's what Vice President Sara Duterte told members of the LGBTQI+ community as her office celebrated, on Friday, Pride Month.
Noting that some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people, particularly the younger ones, were not...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman has expressed "sadness" over the uncertain future of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality (SOGIE) Bill, particularly in the Senate.
This, after the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality chairperson brought up in a statement...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman says that now is the time for the Senate take up the proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill.
"It is timely for the Senate to prioritize the discussion on the [SOGIE] Equality Bill, which should have long been a law...
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....
