VERA Files
Roque described Duterte’s recent flip-flop on same-sex marriage as “somewhat new.” It’s not.
President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month said he cannot approve of same-sex marriage because the law allows marriage only between a man and a woman.
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL “MORE than the parade, more than the march and festival, this celebration is the delivery of actual programs and policies for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, […]
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL QUEZON City as the gay capital just like San Francisco and Amsterdam? Why not, if what Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte wants would be […]
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL FESTIVE street parties, parades and marches usually mark the annual celebration of Pride month in June by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community […]
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
IT was another first in the struggle to have their rightful place in society.
The recently-concluded “Queer Manila” art exhibit at the Manila Contemporary on Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati was a crash course on LGBTs, short for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender.
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
Coming to terms with one’s self is not easy for homosexuals in a society where gender is limited to either male or female.
Raymond Alikpala, 46, a lawyer and formerly a seminarian, knows very well the anguish of living in the shadows having done so in the first 38 years of his life.
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
LESBIAN, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons with disabilities (LGBT PWDs) experience double discrimination in their daily life.
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
MARCH 1, 2012 was a historic date not only for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community but also for the University of the Philippines.
By CARLO FIGUEROA
DAVAO CITY–Who is considered a transgender – RuPaul or Bebe Gandanghari? What’s the difference between sex and gender? How about sexual orientation and gender identity? These seemingly innocuous questions were some of the hottest discussion points in a forum here that wanted to explore the youth’s notions of these complicated issues.