In Asia's most Catholic untry, the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Filipos are endangered by physil acts of bigotry and by a pervasive discrimatn that g on their basic enomic and human rights.
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Bias and, sometim, overt acts of ntempt and hatred, uld challenge even the strongt relatnships, acrdg to Gg Cristobal, Project ordator for Asia of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (IGLHRC) and the Quezon Cy Pri Council (QCPC). 'Gay-iendly'? The Philipp’ reputatn as "gay iendly" has prompted some sectors to dismiss the need for an anti-discrimatn law.
Some of the biggt, most fluential and richt entertament stars are openly gay. But scratch at that shy “gay-iendly” tag and you will dig up tal of woe -- rangg om human rource officers fearg gays’ “disptive” fluence, to daily tnts and jok, to outright vlence. Many rporatns hge employment prospects on gays and transgenr persons followg tradnal drs s.
GAY IENDLY? DISCRIMATN STILL CLAIMS LGBT LIV PH
Surg data om the Young Adult Fertily and Sexualy Survey, Manalastas found that young gays, between the ag of 15 and 24, ntemplate suici more than their heterosexual peers, although they may not act on . The statement, which ced global fdgs that lbian, gay and bisexual orientatns are "normal variants of human sexualy", also nfirmed that LGBT Filipos stggle wh stigma, prejudice and discrimatn.
But seven years later, 2005, the Natnal Police Commissn released a circular that said police officers uld be discharged for sexual perversn, cludg “latent and overt homosexualy. Ferdie Mendoza, of the gay activist group Kaperasyon, said the US same-sex marriage victory would be “an empty victory” the Philippe settg bee LGBT-opprsive/exploative soc-enomic and polil stctur rema place.
In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. The real ath toll is likely much higher: When a trans woman is murred, the Philippe Natnal Police (PNP) logs her genr as male (and vice versa for trans men), while many LGBTQ activists say the stigma that ntu to shadow homosexualy and queer inti often dissuas fay members and iends om speakg out.