It’s been 23 long years since the earliest version of the bill outlawing discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics was filed in Philippine Congress. | BPinlacINQ
Pope Francis says laws criminalizing LGBT people are a ‘sin’ and an injustice
Cubacub then parroted the words of Bataan 1st District Rep. Geraldine–among the prime movers of the Sogiesc Equality bill in the House of Representatives–who said that lawmakers do not get to decide what a sin is and what is not. “But while there is a need to unmask them for their disregard for LGBTQIA+ Filipinos, we must likewise dissect Filipino politics as a whole to see how the Sogiesc Equality bill has been stalled,” she said.
Valmores noted that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has so far kept silent about LGBTQIA+ issues, among others. “We implore our senators and representatives to be champions of equality, justice and human rights,” she said. When the first version of the Sogiesc Equality bill was filed in 2000, she said the hope for their rights to be recognized flickered among LGBTQIA+ persons.
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