Treat yourself to an invigorating afternoon of self-discovery, love, and acceptance. After 16 years, Stop Kiss by Diana Son returns on stage this month under the direction of Ed Lacson Jr., and co-presented by Positive Space, MusicArtes, Inc., and New…
Pride season is here. June is the month that marks the beginning of our rather elusive quest for queer equality. This year, the Filipino LGBTIQ+ community celebrates 25 years of proudly and bravely standing for equal rights. Decades has passed…
The country’s chief of state has unleashed yet another sexist remark. We are saddened and outraged with President Duterte’s statement that being gay is an illness. Homosexuality is not a disease that needs treatment nor something that needs to be…
To this date, LGBT+ individuals continue to encounter various forms of discrimination and violence. In 2017, GALANG’s well-being index (WBI) survey showed that almost 50% of the lesbians, bisexual women and trans men (LBT) respondents experienced verbal abuse, sexual abuse,…
Hello! Did you know that today is Lesbian Visibility Day? On April 26, 2008, the Lesbian Day of Visibility was first recognized in the aim to break prevalent stereotypes directed toward lesbians. GALANG Philippines celebrates this day in commemoration of…
Greetings of solidarity! We have just launched an online survey intended to find out the impediments, challenges, and prospects that Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (LBT) women in the Philippines face in achieving economic empowerment. This research is being conducted jointly…
More than a century ago, 15,000 women in New York, USA marched for their rights to vote and to be treated equally. To this day, March 8 is celebrated globally to advocate for the advancement of women’s rights and to…
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document that proclaimed the inalienable right of all persons to dignity. This is without distinction to race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national…
