New Yorkers—including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn—planned a rally Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.
Quezon City now has a one-stop crisis center for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBTs) who fall victim to abuse and discrimination with Mayor Herbert Bautista’s signing of the ordinance for its establishment.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has unanimously approved an ordinance that bans discrimination against members of the third sex, minority groups and differently abled persons.
President Aquino and his Cabinet members should voluntarily take an HIV test to help dispel the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS testing, a national alliance of gay groups and a United Nations official said Saturday.
The US Supreme Court on Monday again put off a decision on whether to take up the sensitive issue of same-sex marriage, taking no action on 10 petitions before it but agreeing to discuss them later.
The idea was welcome even as it hit a nerve for Leonardo, a 31-year-old writer from Cubao, Quezon City, who lost a close friend–and fellow homosexual–to domestic violence last year.
Gays may enroll at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) but risk a reprimand from a military school proud of its “macho” tradition if they display effeminate behavior.
Ladlad, said to be the world’s only LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) political party, on Friday formalized its new attempt to gain a seat in the House of Representatives in next year’s party-list elections.
A group of California lawmakers Tuesday weighed a first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight.
A US citizen whose two newly adopted children were taken away after Colombian authorities learned he was gay, has been told that he will be allowed to adopt them after all, news reports here said Tuesday.
A group of homosexuals sought the intervention of a Capitol official in relation to a recent series of drive-by gun pellet attacks on gays in Cebu City.
WASHINGTON—After years of court battles and political debate, the US military will formally end its ban on openly gay troops on Tuesday with little fanfare. The historic change will enter into force one minute after midnight (0401 GMT) Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters. “We are prepared for repeal. It will occur at [...]
BAGUIO CITY—Leaders of the city’s homosexual community and various churches faced off at the city council on Monday over gay rights issues that have pricked the sensibilities of religious groups in the summer capital. The council had asked the churches and the gay community to attend the session to shed light on a June 25 [...]
