We need your help. On August 2, 2006, LAGABLAB members will visit the Philippine Senate to lobby for a hearing on the Anti-Discrimination Bill (Senate Bill No. 1738) this August. On the same day, we will also meet with the Office of Sen. Bong Revilla, principal author of SBN 1738. Help us pressure the Office of Sen. Bong Revilla to work on the immediate approval of SBN 1738. For more information, click here.
On July 24, 2006, President GMA opened the Third and Final Regular Session of the Philippine Congress with her annual State of the Nation Address (SONA). Having survived several attempts to remove her from power, the SONA conveyed a mood of triumphalism. Despite this, however, the opening of Congress is still marked by a political crisis that wouldn’t not fade unless the truth is known and systematic reforms are implemented.
In our political landscape, where do lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders figure? Why is it important for the LGBT community to follow closely what’s happening politically? Read more here.
Go local, and paint your municipality, city, or province pink. Push for an anti-discrimination ordinance to penalize discrimination against LGBT at the local level. You can also urge your local government officials to approve a resolution supporting the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill. Click here to learn more.
Civil Case. No. 70883-PSG - This is what Aruba restaurant got for its bigotry. Gay impersonator Inday Garutay (real name: Christopher Borja) today slapped a civil case against Aruba restaurant before the Pasig City Regional Trial Court. Read more here.
By imposing a dress code against ‘cross-dressers’, Aruba bar and restaurant in Metrowalk Commercial Complex discriminates against the entire Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. LAGABLAB calls all concerned citizens, including the LGBT community, to boycott Aruba bar and restaurant. To read more about this campaign, click here.
To help LAGABLAB fight discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, join our Stop Discrimination Now! campaign.
Inday Garutay was not wearing a sleeveless shirt, a cap/hat, or sandals, and therefore cannot be deemed by Aruba, based on its own dress code, to be inappropriately dressed. Why then was she told to leave the establishment? Was it because they see her as mentally depraved? Incorrigibly uncool?
Read more about Aruba’s dress code here.
