Biden marks Pride Month with memorial, LGBTQ envoy

Agence France Presse 06/26/2021

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden marked Pride Month with joyful optimism and somber reflection Friday as the US president named an LGBTQ rights envoy and created a national memorial marking the deadliest tragedy to hit the country’s gay…

Pope says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws

10/22/2020

ROME —Pope Francis says in a new film released on Wednesday, October 22, 2020, that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gays.…

People & Ideas: Celebrating individuality in the month of Pride

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo 06/27/2020

In this day and age, most of us know that meeting someone who identifies themselves as part of the LGBTQ community is no longer a surprise. What we do not know is that most of the LGBTQ…

Chicken for LGBTQ community as Mandaue marks Pride Month

Immae Lachica 06/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Mandaue City celebrates Pride Month by giving a whole chicken to the members of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) community in their respective barangays. Mandaue City Councilor Malcolm Sanchez told CDN…

Mandaue City allows employees to wear uniform based on preferred gender

Rosalie Abatayo 02/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is no stopping Mandaue City Hall employees from expressing their gender preference, even in their office uniforms. This as the city’s Uniform Committee has allowed employees to choose their uniforms according to…

Sotto: ‘No chance’ of passing SOGIE bill in Senate

08/22/2019

MANILA, Philippines — There is “no chance” that the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill will pass in the Senate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said. Sotto said Senate could pass an anti-discrimination…

Duterte ‘all for SOGIE bill,’ 3rd restroom for LGBTQ+

08/21/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is “all for it,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesay said of the proposed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) bill, adding that the President “was inclined toward [approving]…

LGBTQ member inspires netizens as he shares road to cum laude success

Immae Lachica 07/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— One member of the LGBTQ’s story has touched the hearts of the people online. Jay Chadly Timsay Pulan, who hails from Sogod Southern Leyte, recently got his degree in Fine Arts in Product Design…

Cebuano Mall celebrates the LGBTQ+ Pride Month

PR 06/27/2019

Parkmall embraces people of different colors as they celebrate the Pride Month in recognition of the impact that the LGBT community has shared in the world. It has been a month of celebrating diversity through the activities…

On pride month, Poro approves anti-discrimination ordinance for LGBTQ++

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The town of Poro in Camotes Island “painted” the town with rainbow two days before the 121st celebration of Philippine Independence Day as an ordinance prohibiting the discrimination of the members of the…

Cebuana beauty queen preps future projects for the LGBTQ community

Korinna Lucero 11/07/2018

After the video of Ms. Consolacion 2018 Shara Angela Servande championing the cause of gender equality during the pageant’s question and answer portion went viral, she is now preparing for her future projects for the LGBTQ community…

Potential compromise?

Editorial 07/18/2017

Would Congress find a suitable compromise to the clamor of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community for same-sex marriage without inviting stringent opposition from the church? Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu’s 3rd District, who…

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