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…
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…
GALANG Philippines Executive Director Anne Lim shared the organization’s work and advocacies during an interview with Kababayan Today, a Filipino talk show hosted by Ms. G Tongi. The show’s main audience is the Filipino community in the United States. As…
GALANG stands in solidarity with fellow advocates calling for the “erring legislators to account and demand remedial action from Congress and the President.” We firmly say no to the PHP 1 billion cut of Department of Health (DOH) budget for family planning. Restore the budget stricken out, and uphold the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law and women’s rights!
GALANG Philippines is infuriated by the callous way that local media personalities continue to promote stigma and discrimination against LGBT individuals through homophobic and stereotypical reporting. On December 8, 2015, National Lesbian Day in the Philippines, hosts and media personalities…
GALANG Philippines and its partner community-based organizations composed of over 100 lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men (LBTs), families, and friends will once again unite to march the streets at the Quezon City (QC) Pride March on December 5, 2015…
Could documentaries on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBTs) widen their acceptance, reduce discrimination, and further protect their human rights? GALANG Philippines, a lesbian-run feminist human rights organization that works in urban poor communities, and Akei, an educational action laboratory,…
LAGABLAB, a network of LGBT organizations and allies, is disappointed by the decision of the Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74 convicting US Serviceman Joseph Scott Pemberton of the crime of homicide and ruling out cruelty and abuse of superior…
