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Philippines: Ang Ladlad Becomes the First Gay Political Party on the Ballot Monday

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

A gay political party will be on the ballot Monday for the first time in the Philippines, where eight out of 10 households are Roman Catholics. The elections will determine whether Ang Ladlad (“Out of the Closet”) – which represents lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender Filipinos (LGBT) – will get the maximum three seats allowable for a marginalized or underrepresented party in Congress.

“We consider it a milestone in Philippine human rights,” said Leila De Lima, head of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines. “They are really always victims of discrimination, exclusion and even violence.”

The Commission, citing The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, sided with Ang Ladlad when its legal fight to stand for elections reached the Supreme Court.

Full Story from CNN

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Philippines: Ready for Gay Marriage?

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.” -Oscar Wilde. IS the Philippines mature enough to embrace same-sex civil partnership or gay marriage?

“Why rock the boat?” Spoke one of my gay friends who’s content enough in his relationship with his partner. “God knows, we have yet to perfect heterosexual marriage, and even divorce has yet to be approved in this conservative country of ours!” So why work towards something that might never happen in our lifetime?

Well I would respond to that by saying that any cause worth fighting for should be for the good of future generations and not just for personal gain. Many people throughout history have suffered so that others might reap the benefits of their actions and personal sacrifice. In the context of homosexuals, we can look back at the imprisonment of writer Oscar Wilde, and consider the change (albeit slowly) this action has brought about in the mindset of the people of Britain at that time towards those of a different sexual orientation.

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Philippines: Ang Ladlad Given Official Party Status by Supreme Court

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

The Supreme Court yesterday granted, by a vote of 13 to 2, the petition of Ang Ladlad, a national organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Filipinos (LGBTs), to stop the Commission on Elections from implementing two resolutions denying accreditation as a party list in the May 10 elections. The most visible advocate of Ang Ladlad is Dante Remoto, an Ateneo professor, who will likely be its leading nominee.

In the majority decision penned by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, the Court en banc set aside Comelec resolutions dated Nov. 11, 2009 and Dec. 16, 2009 denying the group’s accreditation as a party list group based on “moral grounds.”

“We are not blind to the fact that, through the years, homosexual conduct, and perhaps homosexuals themselves, have borne the brunt of societal disapproval. It is not difficult to imagine the reasons behind this censure – religious beliefs, convictions about the preservation of marriage, family, and procreation, even dislike or distrust of homosexuals themselves and their perceived lifestyle. Nonetheless, we recall that the Philippines has not seen fit to criminalize homosexual conduct,” the Court ruled.

Full Story from Malaya

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