One of the Most Gay-Friendly Natns Asia

Contents:

• SOUTHEAST ASIA’S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRY STILL HAS NO LAW AGAST LGBT DISCRIMATN
• IS THE PHILIPP REALLY ASIA’S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY?
• GAY PHILIPP: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• PH RANKS AMONG MOST GAY-IENDLY THE WORLD
• THE PHILIPP IS THE MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRY ASIA, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY
• GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
• PTAñO: PHILIPP IS A GAY-IENDLY UNTRY
• IAL UNTRI FOR GAY TRAVEL: PH RANKS LOW
• GAY PHILIPP

SOUTHEAST ASIA’S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRY STILL HAS NO LAW AGAST LGBT DISCRIMATN

Read more: A Year After Sgapore Decrimalized Gay Sex, Its LGBT Communy Turns Attentn to Fay While many ci across the untry have already stuted lol ordanc to make SOGIESC-based discrimatn illegal, Irish Inoceto, a Filipo LGBT activist and former employee of the Philippe Supreme Court, tells TIME that they have “no teeth at all” and that she has seen firsthand jt how overdue and glargly necsary such a natnwi law is. Meanwhile, another stunt at the same school who also intifi as a transgenr woman siarly reached out to Inoceto to tell her that the prcipal round up all the stunts her gra and clared that bakla (gay men) wh long hair mt cut or be barred om school.

) Read more: You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Sre, Here’s the History You Didn’t Learn About the Anti-Gay ‘Lavenr Sre’ After the broadst, the untry’s Commissn on Human Rights issued a statement exprsg ncern over the anchors’ remarks, addg that the narrative they ed “only serv to perpetuate the already disadvantageo plight of the LGBT who equently face stigma, discrimatn, and genr-based vlence our society. While dog rearch for an LGBT rights project, I was trigued when I me across a survey that found the Philipp was the most gay-iendly untry Asia. The vast majory of Filipos – 73 percent – clared that “society should accept homosexualy”, acrdg to fdgs om “The global divi on homosexualy” survey by the nonpartisan Pew Rearch Center.

IS THE PHILIPP REALLY ASIA’S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY?

The survey, published 2013, vered seven untri om the Asia-Pacific regn: Philipp, South Korea, Cha, Malaysia, Indonia and Pakistan (listed orr om most to least gay-iendly). What I found even more tertg was that although some 80 percent of Filipos were Catholic, they seemed to be exceptnally tolerant towards gay people - spe Pew’s ncln om the same survey that acceptance of homosexualy dimish plac where relign has a central place people’s liv.

GAY PHILIPP: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

Compared to the other Asian untri the survey, Philipp ed stood out as an oasis of tolerance: Cha only 21 percent of people agreed that society should accept homosexualy, while jt 9 percent of Malaysians and 3 percent of Indonians shared this view. A few years ago CNN even listed the Philipp - a untry “full of geo gay-iendly beach and welg gay bars” - as one of few Asia’s top travel spots for gays. However, fdgs of another Pew survey published last month suggted that when qutns shifted om society to personal moral beliefs, Filipos appeared to be more homophobic.

When asked whether homosexualy was morally acceptable, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Filipos surveyed said homosexualy was immoral, while only a quarter found morally acceptable and the remag 10 percent said had nothg to do wh morals.

PH RANKS AMONG MOST GAY-IENDLY THE WORLD

Intertgly, moral acceptance of homosexualy the Philipp, though fairly low at 25 percent, was still higher when pared to Cha (13 percent), Malaysia (4 percent) and Indonia (3 percent). It seemed that spe discrepanci between views on acceptance of homosexualy and s moraly, Philipp ed stood out as an exceptnally gay-iendly Asian untry. “Society should accept homosexualy” was, after all, nothg more than wishful thkg: meant that a majory of Filipos thought the society should be tolerant, but didn’t necsarily mean that tolerance existed.

THE PHILIPP IS THE MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRY ASIA, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY

That said, wi acceptance of homosexualy and existence of anti-discrimatn laws do not necsarily mean that gay people do not face hate crim based on their sexual orientatn. Bra - which legalised same-sex marriage and where a majory of people not only accept homosexualy but also see as morally acceptable or not a moral issue at all – has seen a staggerg annual average of 39, 000 sexual orientatn-related hate crim the last uple of years. Perhaps the very “should” the survey qutn is the key: If most people thk that the society should accept homosexualy, perhaps that posive mdset will eventually change attus.

GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023

While is generally safe to be gay the Philipp due to tolerance, there needs to be changed the viewpot of people to make the untry tly gay-iendly.

PTAñO: PHILIPP IS A GAY-IENDLY UNTRY

Loted Bonifac Global Cy, Metro Gay Manila, this high-end club boasts of s hip and ol ambiance which served as a backdrop for regular drag shows and even datg gam. Wh stunng beach, perfect turquoise waters for scuba divg, many unique islands to explore, and a great mix of adventure and relaxatn on offer, the Philipp is one of our favore gay travel statns Asia. In our ‘Gay Philipp Travel Gui‘ we will share our personal experience of this credible untry, which islands we travelled to, the activi we took part as well as tails of any gay bars the Philipp and the gay iendly hotels we stayed at.

Many people fly to Manila (the pal) and spend a few days there but we opted not to as we wanted to foc on the beach statns (however this is where you will fd some gay bars the Philipp – see below). Club Bath Philipp – claimg to be the olst gay bathhoe Asia, Club Bath Philipp has been nnng for over 40 years and has a fns room, labyrth wh bs and mi bar/movie area.

We have not been to Puerto Galera, however ’s known to be a ee and open place popular wh gay travellers and therefore the ma beach, Whe Beach has been ed the ‘unofficial gay beach’ at certa tim of the year for the amount of gay men stttg their speedos.

IAL UNTRI FOR GAY TRAVEL: PH RANKS LOW

Dpe s religsy, the Philipp is one of the untri the world where the level of public “acceptance” of homosexuals is high, acrdg to the rults of the survey.

The survey tled “The Global Divi on Homosexualy” nducted by the US-based Pew Rearch Center showed that 73 percent of adult Filipos agreed wh the statement that “homosexualy should be accepted by society, ” up by ne percentage pots om 2002. This high level of acceptance, which is parable to that found secular wtern Europe, is even higher than those found Japan (54 percent), South Korea (39 percent) or the Uned Stat (60 percent), where some stat allow gay marriage.

GAY PHILIPP

“Brazilians and Filipos are nsirably more tolerant of homosexualy than their untri’ relatively high levels of religsy would suggt, ” the Pew survey report said.

In the Philipp, 78 percent of those aged 18-29 who were terviewed said gays should be accepted, 71 percent for those aged 30-49, and 68 percent for those 50 years old and above, acrdg to the survey. “In the Asia-Pacific regn, where views of homosexualy are mostly negative, more than seven 10 Atralia and the Philipp say homosexualy should be accepted by society, ” the report said.

In ntrast, only three percent of people neighborg Indonia, ne percent Malaysia and 21 percent Cha said homosexualy should be accepted, the report add.