As we commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, join GALANG Philippines in resonating the global call to: RESIST all forms of discrimination and violence that plague people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual…
“Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new.” (Girls Like Girls, 2015) Hayley Kiyoko’s song, ‘Girls Like Girls’ validates that women will love who they love just like everyone else. It’s not a new phenomenon or just a product of…
On April 20, GALANG joined other women’s rights advocates during the first UN Women’s #WomenRiseAboveCOVID discussion entitled, “Measuring Women’s Leadership and Meaningful Participation in COVID-19 Responses”. Check out this graphic recording/visual summary of the inputs during the discussion. The UN…
You may not notice it, but you interact with persons of diverse SOGIESC in your everyday life. They are our schoolmates, neighbors, co-workers, family members, and so much more. In an ideal world, no one needs to disclose any…
Today, we salute all women who undoubtedly encounter hurdles in every moment of their lives. It is hard to live in a world where people are immediately judged and put down on the sole basis of their sex assigned at…
GALANG Philippines condemns the killing of three LGBTQIA+ individuals from Cavite. Last month, six individuals were abducted by armed men in Cavite, including LGBTQIA+ persons. Based on initial investigations, they were taken to Las Piñas area, and three of…
As the year comes to a close, let’s look back at the some of the events in the past months. While a pandemic is happening, the Philippines went through severe natural disasters, press freedom’s curtailed, the untimely enactment of the…
More than two decades ago, some 200 Filipino lesbians from different walks of life came together for the First National Lesbian Rights Conference (FNLRC) to share their stories, and demand equal treatment—equal human rights—from a homophobic and discriminatory world. …
