House panel rejects Abante’s push to exclude gender identity from anti-discrimination bill
Philippines Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — The House human rights committee rejected Tuesday Deputy Speaker Bienvenido Abante Jr.’s attempt to take out “gender identity” from proposed the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill.
During the meeting of the House committee on human rights, Abante argued that gender identity should not be included in the proposed measure as it is already “redundant” with other attributes protected by the bill.
The draft of the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill says protected categories include sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics.