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[2] [3] Despite this, some discrimination still persist and LGBT people have limited LGBT-specific rights, leading some activists to characterize LGBT culture in the Philippines as "tolerated, but not accepted." [2] [4] Homosexuals in the Philippines are known as "bakla", though there are other terms to describe them. [5]
Based on a report made by USAID, in partnership with UNDP, entitled "Being LGBT in Asia: The Philippines Country Report", the LGBT community during the early 90s wrote several books that raised awareness, such as Ladlad, a 1993 anthology of Philippine gay writing edited by Danton Remoto and J. Neil Garcia, and Margarita Go-Singco Holmes's A ...
LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) rights, culture, people and organizations in the Philippines The main article for this category is LGBTQ in the Philippines . Subcategories
The Family Code of the Philippines enacted into law in 1987 by President Corazon Aquino defines marriage as "a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman" [23] Republic Act No. 386 of 1949 or the Civil Code of the Philippines, also includes mentions of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Like the first Pride PH Festival, the 2nd edition was once again held in Quezon City. [5] [6] In the 2023 Pride PH Festival, the local government unit of QC launched the Right to Care card, a healthcare proxy card for LGBT couples. The event was dubbed as the "Largest Pride March in Southeast Asia" after setting an attendance record of 110,752.
Filipino American LGBT Studies is a field of studies that focus on the issues met by people at the intersection of Filipino American and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities. Like queer studies , Filipino American LGBT Studies spans multiple disciplines, such as history , psychology , sociology , and political science .