Discrimination against lgbtq philippines
Neal Igan Roxas looks back on his childhood, and at the daily oppose for LGBTQIA+ people of “braving spaces” in the tackle of hostility, to explain why it is so necessary the landmark SOGIE equality bill passes into law, after a two-decade battle for anti-discrimination protection.
I was born a non-masculine queer person.
I would not contain described myself this way if not for society labelling certain characteristics of my being as either “masculine” or “feminine”. Of course, I’m only proficient to describe it this way now that I’ve learned more about the issues of gender, class, and other social structures.
Growing up in a little fishing community in Dingalan, Aurora, one statement defined my adolescence. I could almost hear their voices as I wrote this, “Magpaka-lalake ka naman.” (“Be man enough.”) No one dared to explain what it meant, but I knew it sounded as if something was wrong with me.
Like many other queer children, I was automatically labeled “less” or “other”. It was enjoy a banner on my back saying, “you may ridicule this person” or “feel free to treat them unfairly”.
When you grow up dragging this banner
Philippines
The Philippines consistently ranks in perception indices as among the most “accepting” countries in Asia toward LGBTIQ persons. Several recent surveys have demonstrated generally positive views regarding gay and lesbian people, as well as lofty levels of support for an anti-discrimination law covering sexual orientation and gender identity. However, a 2018 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that only 22 percent of Filipinos supported same-sex civil unions, and a majority opposed trans women’s access to women’s toilets.
Several laws and policies have aimed to advance LGBTIQ inclusion. Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 100 s. 2019 on December 17, 2019, institutionalizing the Diversity and Inclusion Program (DIP), which serves as a national initiative to consolidate efforts and enforce laws, rules, and issuances against discrimination. In 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order No. 51 s. 2023, amending EO 100 s. 2019 to further strengthen the DIP, reconstituting the Inter-Agency Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and establishing the Special Committee on Woman loving woman, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Homosexual, Intersex,
Statement of the Psychological Association of the Philippines on Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Statement
August 14, 2020
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos continue to encounter stigma, prejudice and discrimination in Philippine society. This stigma is manifested in actions such as: bullying, teasing and harassment of LGBT children and adolescents in families, schools and communities; media portrayal of LGBTs as frivolous, untrustworthy and even unsafe or predatory; denying transgender Filipinos entry into commercial establishments; pigeonholing LGBT Filipinos into particularly limited roles and occupations; or curtailing their rights to participate in the political sphere.
LGBT Filipinos often confront social pressures to hide, suppress or even strive to change their identities and expressions as conditions for their social acceptance and enjoyment of rights. Although many LGBTs learn to cope with this social stigma, these experiences can result in serious psychological distress, including immediate consequences such as anxiety, sadness, alienation, rage and internalized stigma (Hatzenbuehler, 2009; Meyer, 2003).
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Editor’s note: An edited version of this story appears in the January 2021 issue of Tatler Philippines.
The children found her first. Playing along the riverbanks in Caloocan City, to the north of Manila, they ran across piles of stones and discarded rubbish to where the chick floated in the muddy shallows. Her long inky hair was a watery crown, her face tilted towards the sky. Later that afternoon, the police came and dragged her body onto dry country and marked it as evidence. Her name was Madonna—or Donna—Nierra, her sister announced through her tears. She was 23 years old, and she was found less than two miles away from home.
As Nierra’s family grieved their daughter, members of the Philippines’ LGBTQ community told me that they were feeling something in between terror and despair. Similar murders were happening every few months, they said, their voices wavering over the phone. Several women described an incident almost exactly one year earlier, on September 17, 2019, when Pangasinan residents called police to Patar beach on Luzon’s west coast, where 29-year-old J
Gender in mental health: toward an LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming psychiatry and mental healthcare in the Philippines
1. Introduction
The Philippines enshrined in its constitution the pledge to uphold the rights of all people regardless of gender (1–3). Toward this commitment, it has been considered the most gender-equal country in Asia in the Gender Gap index (4). However, discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenders, queers, and other individuals with diverse genders and sexual identities (LGBTQ+) remained persistent (1–3). In addition, negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have been reported by about a quarter of the Filipino population over the years (5–7). Moreover, a study involving Filipino students found that non-gender-variant participants reported more genderism and transphobia than their gender-variant peers (8). Furthermore, another study start that these negative societal attitudes may translate to high self-stigma among LGBTQ+ individuals (9).
The continued negative attitudes against LGBTQ+ Filipinos and their self-stigma can lead to higher rates of mental disorders (1, 9&#