KaladKaren makes history as first transwoman to win MMFF best supporting actress award

Anne Pasajol 04/12/2023

Celebrity impersonator KaladKaren was named best supporting actress at the first-ever Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), making her the first transgender woman to be nominated and to win the acting honor. KaladKaren, born Jervi Li, was…

DepEd OKs LGBTQ restroom in Ifugao school; more soon

Vincent Cabreza - Reporter / @Inquirer_Baguio 03/16/2023

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — There is now a restroom for LGBTQ pupils of an Ifugao high school that will be opened next week as part of a “gender-friendly” innovation being developed for Cordillera schools, an official…

LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination measure pushed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The discrimination of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and others or LGBTQ+ based on their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality (SOGIE) will soon be penalized in Cebu City.  Councilor…

FACES OF CEBU: Fuschia Anne Ravena, first Miss International Queen Philippines

Immae Lachica 03/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Fuschia Anne Ravena paved the way for the transgender community in Cebu and in the Philippines to be heard and seen even more.  In case you missed this momentous win for Cebu, Fuschia Anne…

Duterte grants ‘absolute pardon’ to Pemberton – Locsin

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 09/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has granted “absolute pardon” to US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who was convicted for the death of Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.…

Mactan bust nets POGO worker, 4 men, P68K shabu

Norman V. Mendoza 03/19/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A Chinese worker of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) and four men were arrested in two buy-bust operations on March 19, 2020 in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. Gao Feng, 24, a Chinese…

LGBTQA members react online on the recent CR fiasco issue

Immae Lachica 08/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— After the comfort room fiasco at a mall in Quezon City involving one transwoman, the other LGBTQA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allies) members were quick to share their thoughts online. The LGBTQA…

LGBTQIA+ groups to show off colors at ‘6014 Pride Parade’ in Mandaue

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Close to a hundred organizations belonging to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and their allies (LGBTQIA+) in Cebu will converge for a show of color and beauty in Mandaue City…

The search is on for Queen Philippines 2019 

Michelle Joy Padayhag 04/30/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The largest so far. This was how Cebuano master couturier Cary Santiago described the eighth edition of the Queen Philippines, the grandest beauty pageant for transgender women in the country.  Thirty-five official candidates were officially…

Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military

AP 12/12/2017

  WASHINGTON — Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said, as President Donald Trump’s ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks. The new policy divulged Monday reflects the difficult…

LGBT people are human beings too

03/22/2017

LGBT people are no different from heterosexual people. They are also human beings, they are citizens of our country, they have rights. But how come they experience inequality? How come they face more adverse, critical public attitude…

Die Beautiful: More than a typical transgender’s story

Apple Ta-as 12/28/2016

EVEN before it hit the big screens on Christmas Day, Jun Robles Lana’s “Die Beautiful” had been the talk of the town, following its success in two international film festivals this year. The film’s lead star, Paolo…

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