Side B Philippines

ALT Queer Talk: A celebration of the LGBTQ+ community

ALT “Take action to eradicate violence and discrimination against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, primarily in educational institutions.” “Consolidate its recent progress through implementation of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation covering sex and sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status.” (Issued by Australia) (Issued by Mexico)

ALT Has the Philippine government implemented the recommendations? Some steps were done, but it is still a long road ensure SOGIESC equality.

ALT Read the report of LGBTQIA+ groups submitted to the UN Human Rights Council. https://aseansogiecaucus.org/resources/upr-reports/189-upr-joint-submission-of-csos-on-the-situation-of-lgbtiq-persons-in-the-philippines Access here:

ALT Our annual report is now out! Read the full publication here: https://bit.ly/ASC2021Report

ALT Happy bisexual visibility day! 23 September with illustration of diverse LGBTQIA+ character

ALT "You are enough, just as you are" World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10 An illustration of frog holding a love sign in pride flag

ALT Discriminatory Policies on Haircuts, Uniforms and Names; Respect Students’ Lived Name, Gender Identity and Expression Collective Letter of CSOs to DepEd and CHED Against Gender-Based Discriminatory Policies in Basic and Higher Education:

ALT • Rodrigo, a brilliant economist, had just concluded an internship in Johannesburg, South Africa for the NGO Harambee. Before returning to Harvard, where he was pursuing his master's degree in Public Management, he went to celebrate his honeymoon in Bali because he had just married Sebastian. On August 6 at Denpasar airport, in an act of racial discrimination and transphobia, Rodrigo was detained and accused of being a drug trafficker, for having medication linked to his mental health treatment, for which he had a prescription from healthcare professionals. Sebastian, who was arriving earlier on a different flight, was also detained without charge when he came to assist Rodrigo. • In order to release them, the police irregularly demanded exorbitant sums of money that increased over the hours, from 13,000 to 100,000 dollars for each one. During that afternoon both were victims of police violence, their vital human rights such as health, freedom, access to legal defense, information and

ALT Supreme court of the Philippines celebrates Pride month, people gathered outside supreme court building with rainbow flag

ALT Two people giving speech during Alab For Love

ALT Tell us what pride means to you? with bunch of sticky notes answers

ALT Celebrating IDAHOBIT 2022 with Embassy of the Netherlands in the Philippines and the British Embassy in Indonesia, in the picture is civil society organisations and activists together in front of pride flag.