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A contingent of 70 GALANG officers and staff, members of its partner LBT people’s organization (LPO), the Lesbian Alliance Movement—Lakas ng Kababaihan para sa Karapatan (Strength of Women for their Rights), and GALANG’s other grassroots LBT partners marched as one during the annual Manila Pride March on December 3, 2011. It was the first time (read more)»»» GALANG caps Tatsulok’s 5-part maiden volume with its fifth issue where Pamboy D’Tomboy and her friends discuss coming out and violence against women (VAW). With this issue, the organization hopes to underscore the message that lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men (LBTs) are equally vulnerable to experience and must be protected against VAW. GALANG staff joined officers of the Lesbian Alliance Movement—Lakas ng Kababaihan para sa Karapatan (Strength of Women for their Rights) in giving a talk about their experiences as LBTs for the benefit of Social Work Students of the Universidad de Manila on September 1, 2011. The invitation was an opportunity for LAM officers Tess Gallo (read more)»»» GALANG staff attended the National Training on the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism meant to help NGOs decide whether to engage the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on human rights issues, held from August 18 to 19, 2011 at Fersal Hotel in Quezon City. A suggestion that arose from the activity organized by Human Rights (read more)»»» Marianne Licuanan, GALANG community organizer, and Annabelle Ybanez, Secretary of the Lesbian Alliance Movement—Lakas ng Kababaihan para sa Karapatan (Strength of Women for their Rights) were among the twenty participants selected by the Women’s Legal Education, Advocacy and Defense (WomenLEAD) Foundation to attend a Paralegal Skills Training in Violence Against Women (VAW) Litigation for Community (read more)»»» |