GALANG 2015 Newsletter
The year 2015 has been a fulfilling and productive year for GALANG as it continuously builds stronger communities. Get a glimpse of GALANG’s work by checking out our 2015 Newsletter!
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GALANG Advocacy Officer Gyknell Tangente receives the Ad-BOKA-siya Award by the Quezon City Pride Council for most empowering chants during the 2nd Quezon City Pride March!
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Start where the people are, but do not end there. (Present in the photo are GALANG partner organizations and LGBT organizations from Brgy. Batasan Hills)
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Urban poor LBTs have a voice. (Present in the photo are GALANG Local Community Organizer Monique Limbaga and LFR member Precious dela Gente)
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Listen. Agitate. Educate. Organize. (Present in the photo are GALANG partner organizations, US Embassy representatives, Professor M.V. Lee Badgett, and Brgy. Pansol representatives)
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NHRIs for LGBTI Inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals
Statement of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights submitted to the Global LGBTI Human Rights Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay (July 13-15, 2016) SDG 1, allows us to link discrimination against LGBTI with poverty and to push for inclusion of LGBTIs…
Keep ReadingUnited Nations Makes History on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
(Geneva, June 30, 2016) In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, and gender identity”, to mandate the appointment of an Independent Expert on the…
Keep ReadingGALANG Philippines Affirms Love: Pagmamahal sa Bayan at Sarili
GALANG Philippines together with over 80 lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men (LBT) partners, families, and friends from urban poor communities in Quezon City, joined thousands of marchers to call on all Filipinos to “let love into their homes, their…
Keep ReadingEnd Hate, End Violence: GALANG Philippines’ Statement on the Orlando Shooting Massacre
Beyond our grief from the tragedy in Orlando, Florida, USA is GALANG’s unwavering fight against stigma, discrimination, hate, and violence directed towards LGBTs all over the world. We are horribly shaken and outraged by the death of 49 people in…
Keep ReadingGALANG Stands in Solidarity with the LGBTIQ Advocates Against Discrimination in Indonesia
Joint Statement on the Deteriorating Situation of LGBTIQ Rights in Indonesia We, civil society organizations and human rights defenders, express deep concern about the recent deteriorating situation faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ) community in Indonesia….
Keep ReadingHow Do Research and Activism Work Together?
Legislative advocacy uses data in the form of research and documentation to lobby for inclusive policies. For GALANG, research is evidence of the realities and experiences of its partner LBT organizations. Advocacy Officer Gyky Tangente explains how GALANG Philippines strategically…
Keep ReadingNO TO A BIGOTED SENATOR-WANNA-BE!
Manny Pacquiao said that a human being’s homosexuality is worse than being animals, and now he’s saying “sorry.” Manny Pacquiao viciously discriminated against and angered the LGBT sector by reducing the decades-long rights-based discourse on marriage equality to mere animal…
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