LGBTQ+ groups in Cebu City started lobbying for the passage of the ordinance in 2018. Pride Pride2022
CEBU, Philippines – The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community on Cebu island celebrated Pride month on Friday, June 24, with a landmark victory: the Cebu City Council’s unanimous passage of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics Equality ordinance.For Magdalena Robinson, founder of Cebu United Rainbow LGBT Sector Incorporated, the new measure is great news for the city’s transgender community.
Robinson and other members of LGBTQ groups here started lobbying for the ordinance in 2018. Advocates said Cebu City’s Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of 2012 was no longer effective in promoting the rights of the community. She also pointed out that parts of the ADO concerning the prohibition of discrimination against the LGBTQIA were too generic, leading to loopholes in the ordinance’s interpretation. also passed a comprehensive LGBT code to protect the rights of its LGBTQ+ community, based on provisions of the Philippine Constitution, existing laws, and international conventions.
“I’ve been bullied before in school and even at work. They wouldn’t hire me because they would only hire ‘real’ women and want me to work ‘male’ jobs,” transwoman Jannah Plaza told Rappler in a mix of Cebuano and English.
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