LGBT News Being LGBT In The Philippines

tourettesqueen · Oct 12, 2015

This is the second part of a 10-part series on LGBT rights in Southeast Asia, which uncovers the challenges facing the LGBT community in the region and highlights the courageous work of activists there.
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The Philippines has one of worst records of violence against the trans community.
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There were at least “28 LGBT-related killings” in the country in the first half of 2011 alone, according to a 2014 UNDP/USAID report. These troubling statistics offer a glimpse into the marginalization and abuse that the LGBT community faces in the predominantly-Catholic archipelago.
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In a 2013 Pew Research Center report about global opinions of the LGBT community, more than 70 percent of Filipinos said homosexuality should be “accepted by society,” making the Philippines the most “tolerant” nation surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region after Australia.

However, although “there is high tolerance here, there’s not real acceptance,” Ging Cristobal, a Manila-based activist with the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, tells The Huffington Post.
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The Dangers Of Being LGBT In

Very sad, but definitely not as horrific as Indonesia, which was the first country posted about in the series. I once dreamed off going to Indonesia to help save the rainforests and the creature in them, but unfortunately I doubt it would be safe for me to live there.

LGBT News Being LGBT In The Philippines

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