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GMA Network
7 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Risa Hontiveros files SOGIE equality bill anew
Senator Risa Hontiveros has refiled in the 20th Congress a bill seeking equality and protection against all forms of discrimination and violence based on a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). Hontiveros, a pro-LGBTQIA+ advocate, has long been pushing for the passage of the SOGIESC Equality Bill, which seeks to protect individuals and communities that are at a greater risk of experiencing human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC. The proposed piece of legislation was included in Hontiveros' top 10 priority bills for the incoming 20th Congress, which is set to convene its first session on July 28. "For a long time, exclusion and discrimination has been the reality of persons of diverse SOGIESC. The prejudice they experience have far-reaching effects, resulting in the deprivation of their full enjoyment of fundamental human rights," the explanatory note of the unnumbered bill read. "Addressing the human rights gap must not stop at the local and administrative level. The national government must also work to address the lack of protective legislation and supportive policies to safeguard the right of all persons against discrimination on the basis of their SOGIESC," it added. Included as proposed discriminatory practices on the basis of the SOGIESC are: Refusing admission or expelling a person from any educational or training institution open to the general public, including police and military academies or training institutions; Refusing or revoking the accreditation, formal recognition, registration or plan to organize of any organization, group, political party, institution, or establishment; Denying a person access to emergency and/or necessary health services open to the general public; Subjecting a person deprived of liberty to extortion, physical, verbal abuse, or sexual abuse, and cruel and degrading punishment, because of their SOGIESC. Also among Hontiveros' proposed legislative measures for the 20th Congress are the P200 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2025, Anti-ENDO and Contracting Law, Interns' Right and Welfare Act of 2025, and Anti-Hospital Detention bill. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
26-06-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
Tension breaks out between LGBTQ+ rights protesters, cops in Manila rally
Members of the LGBTQ+ community remove the barricade set up by the Manila Police District as they try to force their way to Mendiola Bridge during the first Stonewall Philippines protest on Thursday, June 26, 2025. The group highlights the campaign to pass the SOGIESC Equality Bill and other LGBTQ issue. DANNY PATA/ GMA Integrated News Tension broke out between protesters and police officers on Thursday morning during a rally for LGTBQ+ rights along Recto Avenue in Manila. The protesters were initially blocked by a yellow barricade set up by the Manila Police District as they marched to Mendiola Bridge. After removing the barricade, they faced off with a line of police officers who prevented them from going further. The protesters are campaigning for the passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill as well as other issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community as the country celebrates Pride Month. Because of the protest action, authorities closed both lanes of Recto Avenue between Loyola street and Mendiola in front of University of the East, Super Radyo dzBB's Manny Vargas reported. FLASH REPORT: Isang bahagi ng Recto Avenue, sarado sa mga sasakyan dahil sa rally ng miyembro ng LGBTQIA+ community. | via @VargasMannysen — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) June 26, 2025 —Joahna Lei Casilao/AOL, GMA Integrated News
