Papers
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Launch of the Study on Filipino LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment (2020)
Keep ReadingGALANG Philippines, together with UNDP Philippines, Commission on Human Rights, and Overseas Development Institute launched the results of their research entitled, “Making It Work: Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Philippines” through a national dissemination workshop held…
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How Filipino LBTs Cope with Economic Disadvantage (2015)
Keep Reading(Written for the Institute of Development Studies [IDS]) By: The Research Team, GALANG Philippines In this study supported by the Institute of Development Studies, GALANG seeks to identify strategies in which Filipino lesbians, bisexual women and trans men (LBTs) cope…
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Social Protection Policies and Urban Poor LBTs in the Philippines (2013)
Keep Reading(Written for the Institute of Development Studies [IDS] and Presented in the IX IASSCS [International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society] Conference
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GALANG: A Movement in the Making for the Rights of Poor LBTs in the Philippines (2010)
Keep Reading(Written for the Association for Women’s Rights in Development [AWID]’s collection of case studies entitled Changing Their World: Concepts and Practices of Women’s Movements)
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Grassroots Community Working Model for Organizing Lesbians in Poverty (2010)
Keep Reading(Presented in the 2010 International Dialogue in Buenos Aires, Argentina entitled Rising Through the Challenge: Documenting and Analysing Best Practices for Advancing Human Rights based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression
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Saving Lives, Promoting Democracy, Alleviating Poverty, and Fighting AIDS: The Case for Funding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations (2010)
Keep ReadingThis paper calls on development agencies to make more funds available to support groups working for the protection of LGBTs against hate violence in the developing world. It cites a GALANG report about the link between sexuality and poverty.
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Poverty and Sexuality: What are the connections? (2010)
Keep ReadingThis paper cites GALANG’s report about butch women in the Philippines who struggle to find employment. It argues that people with non-conforming sexualities may be excluded from social and economic participation, or included on adverse terms. People who do not fit gender stereotypes, including LGBT people may face family pressure, bullying in schools, discrimination by health services, rejection by employers, and stigma from the communities which they depend on.
