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Powerful entities with copious financial resources and extensive networks among the traditional elite used their influence to stop a legal reform that would have challenged their privileges and held everyone accountable for abusive behaviour

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, September 20 renewed her call for Congress to pass the Anti-Discrimination Bill or the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill in the 19th Congress. Hontiveros said it is high-time that lawmakers put an end to discriminatio

Last March, with the election around the corner, then Equality Minister Owen Bonnici would make his way to Castille; it is not ‘entirely clear’ whic

This year, Gozo held its first-ever Gay Pride March: hailed as a ‘historic milestone’ for the local gay community. But LGBTI+ Gozo president EMAN BORG MERCIECA argues that the event had another symbolic significance: that of challenging a different kind of stigma, against the island of Gozo itself

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) pressed Congress for the expeditious passage of bills and amendments to existing laws to promote women empowerment, and enhance and safeguard their human rights. Among the new legislations being pushed by CHR are those on

Ahead of the state elections in Victoria in November, Victorian Greens have committed to stronger protections for the LGBTQI communities and a $200 million Rainbow State Fund.

Fifteen independent Filipino films take center stage at the first Filipino Film Festival (FIFF) in the Netherlands.

Gen Z Mobilizes for Midterms; What About Checks and Balances? Arming Teachers in Schools. Lots of Opinions. Here is the Playbook.

Commission-on-Human-Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) pressed for the passage of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill that would ensure full recognition of equal rights and increase acceptance of the members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans

The proposed law, which has been pushed for decades, bans discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.