Hope Burns Bright for the SOGIESC Equality Bill

Hope burns bright for the SOGIESC equality bill

Hi there! Yesterday, June 24, was a quiet morning for the Rappler newsroom in Pasig City that suddenly received a shot of pink upon the arrivals of Akbayan Representative Perci Cendaña and Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine Roman. Both wore pink for our “Be The Good” episode, where I was to interview them about the fate of the SOGIESC equality bill – legislation that would protect all people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identi…

After 25 years, SOGIESC Bill still awaits passage

By MICHEL JOY RADAMBulatlat.com BULACAN – The long and arduous fight against discrimination and for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community has been an ongoing battle for more than two decades. First introduced in the 11th Congress in 2000 by the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Akbayan Representative Etta Rosales, the proposed anti-discrimination bill has repeatedly passed the House of Representatives, only to be rejected at the Senate e…