Bahaghari hits the non-mention of SOGIESC Equality Bill on Marcos Jr's 2nd State of the Nation Address, a month after the Pride Reception event in Malacañang for Pride month:
"Sa Bagong Pilipinas ni Marcos Jr., itsapwera pa rin ang mga bakla at lesbyana."
STAND WITH AWRA BRIGUELA! CONDEMN THE PNP’s BRUTALITY AND TRANSPHOBIA IN MAKATI
MALINAW NA HALIMBAWA NG TRANSPHOBIA AT POLICE BRUTALITY ang marahas na pagdukot kay Awra, na inaresto matapos tumindig para sa kaibigan niyang hinaharass.
#StandWithAwra
According to
@Bahaghari_Natl
, at least 10 queers,8 allies,2 drivers were arrested and brought to the Manila Police District Headquarters at the UN Ave. in Manila.They were not informed of any charges when they were accosted. What a way to commemorate pride in PH, PNP!
TIGNAN: Napilitan ang ilan sa mga estudyanteng transgender ng Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) na magpaputol ng kanilang buhok matapos harangin ng school administration ang kanilang pag-eenroll nang dahil dito
#InclusiveSchoolsNOW
Today, we mourn the passing of Edgardo Allan Tolosa, one of the founders of ProGay Philippines.
In 1994, they shocked the world by leading the very first Pride March in Asia and the Philippines—amidst threats of police brutality.
PINAKAMATAAS NA PAGPUPUGAY, INANG ALLAN! ✊🏼🌈
ALERT: 2 individuals spray-painting people’s calls to end Duterte’s bloody regime were SHOT TO DEATH by police in Guinobatan, Albay, the night before Duterte’s final State of the Nation Address.
#PulisAngTerorista
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Amidst mass hysteria over the nCoV outbreak, Congress approves House Bill 78, which seeks to amend the Public Services Act to allow 100% FOREIGN OWNERSHIP of public utilities—from our power grid, to our transportation systems, to our telecommunications.
We are being sold.
BADING, KERI PA VAH? 😩😭
Sa kabila ng patung-patong na krisis sa ligtas na espasyo, barat na sahod at paglabag sa karapatang-pantao, don't cha worry, may magagawa tayo!
Ngayong Pride, join powers tayong sangkabaklaan upang baguhin ang madilim na kasalukuyan...
“Bakit pagdating sa gender equality, ang sagot, ‘Christianity’. Pero pagdating sa pagnanakaw, sa ill-gotten wealth ng mga Marcos, sa red-tagging ni Remulla, pagdating sa patayan sa War on Drugs, all of a sudden, tikom ang bibig natin sa pagiging Kristyano?”
#SOGIESCEqualityNow
Hindi po dapat ginagawang katatawanan ang “crossdressing”. What others consider a simple punchline is a serious ordeal for LGBTQIA+ persons, who courageously fight ridicule and abuse for the right to self-expression.
tbh the dlsu pep rally ruined my day becuz of the “crossdressing” portion cuz if queer ppl were to do that, would they get the same amount of support? at the same time, in reality, those who actually express that way are hate-crimed and discriminated upon.
Apir tayo!
Sumakit ang ulo ko
Sumakit ang bulsa ko
TRAIN Law (3×)
Ang presyo ibaba
Ibaba nang ibaba
Ang sahod itaas
Itaas nang itaas
(repeat thrice)
Makinig kayooooo!
#PrideIsAProtest
#PrideMeansFightBack
#Pride
NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY 🏳️🌈
This morning, let us stand for our siblings still caged in their expression, clothing, words, and love.
There is no need to force oneself out. But when you're ready, mahal, we'll be right here 😊
#NationalComingOutDay
#AchibDisBill
#SOGIEEqualityNow
THE DUTERTES ARE NOT OUR ALLIES
Over 40 LGBTQIA+ organizations, personalities, and formations issue a joint statement rejecting LGBT Pilipinas’ claim that Pres. Duterte is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community, and that Sara Duterte would “build on” this legacy.
#DuterteNotAnAlly
ALERT: The PNP and agents from DSWD entered the University of San Carlos campus today and forcibly seized 42 Lumad children, their teacher, and 3 elders in supposed “rescue operations”.
In the video released by Save Our Schools, the children were screaming for their lives.
WATCH: Bahaghari introduces "Badet," the queer version of Barbie, in a pink box that urges LGBTQIA+ Filipinos to "break the closet, the cycle of hate and violence, and the system that perpetuates their suffering" to achieve genuine liberation
#PeoplesSONA2022
#SOGIEEqualityNow
LIGHT A CANDLE: Today, let us honor the memory of our siblings Ebeng Mayor and Junjie Bangkiao. Let us light up a candle and call for an end to all violence against transgender people, and demand the urgent passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill.
#StopTransKillings
#PassADBNow
BAHAGHARI HONORS AND DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR CHAD BOOC: A PROUD GAY ACTIVIST AND TEACHER OF THE LUMAD
Bahaghari honors the life and work of Chad Booc, a proud advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, and a teacher and fighter for indigenous people's rights to education and self-determination.
SARA DUTERTE IS NOT A CHAMPION OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
Being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community is not a badge to be worn all of a sudden during elections: it is a lifelong struggle in a world steeped with deep hatred and exclusion of our community.
#NoToDuterteMarcos2022
DASURV!
We welcome the termination of the YouTube channels of red-tagger and wanted human trafficker Apollo Quiboloy and his "media" outlet SMNI. Their social media channels have been a platform for repeatedly red-tagging LGBTQ+ advocates like Bahaghari.
This is Lenie Rivas: Lumad-Manobo, farmer, lesbian.
Only days ago, she was harvesting abaca with her grade 6 sibling Angel and her cousin Willy when the AFP rained bullets on them.
Lenie and Angel were found to have smashed faces, broken limbs, and shattered genitalia.
The Senate version of the SOGIE Equality Bill is passed at the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality! It will proceed to the Senate plenary!
We owe this to every LGBTQ+ advocate, organizer, and the entire community!
#AchibDisBill
#SOGIEEqualityNow
[Trigger warning: transphobia, dead body]
Donna Nierra, a trans woman, was brutally murdered in Caloocan. She had been missing since Saturday, and now, her body was found floating on a river along Brgy. 176, Caloocan.
#JusticeForDonnaNierra
#SOGIEEqualityNow
#AchibDisBill
"Hindi naman because you grant rights to a marginalized sector of society, you’re taking away rights from the majority. Hindi bibingka ang rights na paghahatian,”
(TW: hate crime, rape, torture)
UPDATE: In a conversation with Ebeng’s family and friends, it was revealed that there were 3 perpetrators to Ebeng’s brutal rape-slay. One of them, supposedly Ebeng’s friend, is now behind bars.
This is a developing story.
#JusticeForEbengMayor
This is why we strive for a national anti-discrimination law.
Despite parading itself to be a brand that "supports" the LGBTQIA+ community, ZARA has allowed such discriminatory acts to continue even after facing a similar complaint in 2020 in its NYC stores.
TAGUMPAY TAYO! Our tireless campaigning against the transphobic and anti-democratic SIM Card Registration Act—which would have forced transgender persons to be deadnamed on social media and subjected to state intrusion of privacy—has finally led to the veto of the bill! ✊🏼🏳️🌈
JUST IN. President Duterte vetoes bill requiring people to register their ownership of SIM cards, saying he does not agree with the bill's inclusion of social media registration.
He says this could lead to 'dangerous state intrusion' into privacy and free speech. |
@piaranada
Thank you
@marinaxsummers
for bringing light to a key issue at the international stage. The SOGIE Equality Bil —a law that protects ALL Filipinos against discrimination—is 25 yrs overdue. Instead of charter change and other mispriorities, let’s make
#SOGIEEqualityNow
happen! ✊🏼🏳️🌈
The police are reportedly claiming the “nanlaban” narrative for the 2 individuals.
How could people who were shot dead while in the middle of spray-painting possibly be “nanlaban”?
This is a developing story.
#PulisAngTerorista
Bahaghari on the unjust arrest of drag artist Pura Luka Vega:
There is a grave abuse of authority in Pura Luka Vega's case.
First, we stand by the belief that PLV reserves the right to freely express themself and their relationship to their faith through art.
#FreePuraLukaVega
BREAKING: Bahaghari has reached out to Donna Nierra’s family, and confirmed that her remains are at the funeral parlor—they are unable to proceed with funeral services due to financial constraints.
Help us give our sister an honorable burial. Donate to the Donna Nierra Fund now.
@vicegandako
Miss Vice 😔 the shopping isn't the problem. It's just that the country is in turmoil and that tweet is just off. You started from the bottom and you have all the right to enjoy the fruits of your labor, but it doesn't end there. Kung willing ka, pwede nating pag-usapan bakit. :)
JUSTICE FOR ESTEE SAWAY! PASS THE SOGIE EQUALITY AND ANTI-HATE CRIME LAW NOW!
Bahaghari condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Estee Saway, a trans woman high school teacher from Abra.
#JusticeForEsteeSaway
#SOGIEEqualityNow
Ikinalulungkot ng Bahaghari na isang kabataang LGBTQ+ ang lumapit sa aming organisasyon para humingi ng tulong matapos palayasin sa kanyang tinutuluyan dahil sa kanyang kasarian.
On SMNI’s argument “condemn the CPP-NPA to prove you’re not one of them”.
Valmores: “Kung estudyante ko po sa philosophy at logic itong sina Quiboloy, unfortunately, 5.0 po o failing grade sila. Basic logic po yun na if you accuse someone, the burden of proof is on you.”
BREAKING: 13 hours after releasing a segment red-tagging Bahaghari and justifying police brutality against LGBTQ+ Filipinos, SMNI’s channel has been terminated on YouTube.
#NoToRedTagging
JOIN tomorrow’s Space at 8pm as we share updates on the historic, landmark suit filed by Pride 20 against the Pride march disrupters among the Manila police. We will be joined by
#Pride20
’s legal counsel Atty. Minnie Lopez and
@rosereyde
.
JOIN HERE:
🏳️🌈 BAKLA AT LESBYANA, SA CHARTER CHANGE IMBYERNA! 🏳️🌈
Ipamalas ang pagtutol sa cha-cha, gumorabels sa kilos-protesta sa EDSA!
🗓️FEBRUARY 25
⌚3PM ASSEMBLY
📍JB MUSIC
4 months ago, the militant LGBTQ+ broke the silence of Mendiola.
Now we return, this time with the broad mass of oppressed peoples, rainbows soaring strong as ever in Mendiola.
PATALSIKIN ANG PASISTANG REHIMEN!
#OUSTDUTERTENOW
Bahaghari spokesperson Rey Valmores-Salinas (
@rosereyde
) after Pope Francis endorsed civil unions for gay couples: It's a huge thing... Unions of couples from the LGBTQ+ are valid and they are very much founded on love just as much as the unions of other couples are.
UPDATE: The 3 perpetrators to Ebeng’s rape-slay have now been arrested.
But it doesn’t end here. Justice for Ebeng demands the immediate passage of a national legislation seeking to address our violently discriminatory culture. PASS THE SOGIE EQUALITY BILL NOW!
#AchibDisBill
May kababalaghang nangyayari kaya hanggang ngayon, nakakulong pa rin ang mga beshiemae niyo! 😡😡😡
5 days in detention is 5 days of human rights violations!
Sangkabaklaan, MAG-INGAY!
📢 FREE PRIDE 20 NOW!!!
#FreePride20
#FreePride20
#FreePride20
PROVE YOUR LOYALTY TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE; DEMAND A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM CHINA'S AMBASSADOR AND EXPEL CHINA FROM THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA NOW — Bahaghari's challenge to Duterte on Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
#AtinAngPinas
#ChinaLayas
#ArawNgKagitingan
While we of course push for genuine marriage equality, we welcome
@Pontifex
’s position on the LGBTQ+ community’s inalienable right to form a family.
Perhaps the Philippine govt, which prides itself as Catholic, wants to take notes from the head of the Catholic Church himself? 😌
Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions.
The head of the Catholic church previously opposed legislations for same-sex marriage but supported some kind of legal protection for the rights of gay couples.
Read more:
SOGIE EDUCATION, NOT MANDATORY ROTC, WILL PAVE WAY FOR GENDER EQUALITY: BAHAGHARI TO SEN. BATO
Bahaghari slammed Sen. Bato dela Rosa, who recently issued a statement that mandatory ROTC will instill “gender equality” among the youth.
#NoToMandatoryROTC
JUSTICE FOR CINDY JONES TORRES!
Today, our trans sister Cindy was found naked & lifeless with several stab wounds in Guiginto, Bulacan. She had reportedly went out for drinks with the suspect the night before she was found dead.
#JusticeForCindy
#ProtectTransLives
#AchibDisBill
LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, TUTOL SA PUV PHASEOUT!
Bahaghari joins various people’s organizations at Katipunan, Quezon City in declaring unequivocal support for the nationwide transport strike commencing today, March 6th until the 11th, against the government's PUV Modernization Program.
#IsangTaonNa
! Walang mass testing, walang ayuda, walang plano, walang anything!
Winner na winner sa kapabayaan si Duterte at ang kanyang mga oompa loompa, kung kaya't dazerv nilang ma-award nang malala on this year's
#Scammys2021
!
#DutertePalpak
!
#Pride20
is now at the Manila Prosecutor’s Office, where the MPD officers whom we filed criminal charges against for their illegal crackdown during Pride are now to file counter-affidavits.
The MPD officers claim that it was the pride marchers who physically attacked the police.
We in the LGBTQ+ community have not forgotten the crimes of Marcos and Duterte. And we will NOT allow their children to continue their tyrannical reigns!
#NoToMarcosDuterte2022
BEING LGBTQ+ IS NOT AN INCAPACITY!
"While perhaps well-meaning, the implication of LTO’s LGBTQ priority lane is dangerous. To this day, many people including lawmakers cite the erroneous idea that being LGBTQ+ is a disorder."
BAHAGHARI'S STATEMENT ON LTO’s LGBTQ+ PRIORITY LANE
"HINDI PORKE'T BAKLA ANG ISANG TAO AY MAY KARAPATAN KANG SAKTAN SIYA"
Bahaghari blasts Senator
@Cynthia_Villar
's homophobic, elitist tirade against security worker in Las Piñas.
"At lalong walang karapatan ang sinuman maging matapobre dahil lang yumaman siya kaka-agaw ng lupa".
FUN FACT: The SOGIE Equality Bill has provisions for the “positive portrayal of the LGBTQ+ in media”.
In other words, pass the SOGIE Equality Bill, and obsolete shows like this which make LGBTQ+ stereotypes a punchline will start to be replaced.
#SOGIEEqualityNow
#AchibDisBill
BAHAGHARI WELCOMES SANCTIONS AGAINST SMNI OWNER AND ACCUSED CHILD RAPIST APOLLO QUIBOLOY; CALLS ON NTC, KBP, AND MTRCB TO TAKE ACTION
"Nasa radar mo ako? Please. Nasa radar ka ng FBI at US Department of Treasury, Quiboloy."
—
@ReynaValmores
#LabananAngAbuso
#DefendQueerAdvocates
ALERT: Police harassed, arrested not less than 20 farmers in a peaceful bungkalan activity participated by farmers, peasant advocates, and other organizations in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac.
We've said it before. We'll say it again.
For as long as the US maintains hegemony over our military, economy, and politics, there will be no
#JusticeForJennifer
and for the Filipino LGBTQ+.
KEEP PEMBERTON IN JAIL! SEVER ALL UNEQUAL MILITARY AGREEMENTS! JUSTICE FOR OUR SISTER!
Secretary
@teddyboylocsin
: The President has granted an absolute pardon to US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, who is convicted in the killing of Jennifer Laude | via
@willardcheng
Instead of glorifying women fascists this International Women's Month, let's pay tribute to anti-colonial and anti-imperialist Filipinas who truly broke barriers for the oppressed.
Let's begin with GABRIELA SILANG, revolutionary leader of Ilokos against Spanish occupation.
Hi
@vicegandako
! After mong magshopping galore iniimbitahan ka naming magchikka! Life is sooooo good only for a few; some (ok, most) aren't so lucky, like Jennifer Laude, those nameless victims of tokhang, our farmers, our LGBT+ workers in bigshot factories and BPOs. Tara! ❤
Andaming nag aaway, andaming galit andaming nagkakagulo sa twitter, sa fb sa ig. Valakayojen!!!! Shopping muna ko. More shoes! More outfit! More fun! My life is sooooo good!
51 years matapos ang Stonewall Riots, patuloy pa rin ang pandarahas ng estado at ng kapulisan sa mga LGBTQ+.
Militansya, pakikibaka, at pagtuligsa sa pasismo—ito ang ibig sabihin noon, at ngayon, ng Pride.
#SulongWagPatinag
#TayoAngLunas
#Pride2020
#FreePride20
HANDS OFF QUEER ACTIVISTS! SURFACE LOI MAGBANUA AND ALL VICTIMS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL ARREST AND DETENTION!
On the night of May 3, two activists, Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua, 57 years old, lesbian, and member of Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan and formerly GABRIELA,
NO MORE DELAYING TACTICS! DELIBERATE THE SOGIESC EQUALITY BILL IN THE SENATE NOW!
Bahaghari raises concern over the rumors circulating that the Office of Sen. Joel Villanueva has urged church leaders to send in letters to bar the SOGIESC Equality Bill.
#SOGIESCEqualityNow
NOW: Cong. Sarah Elago of
@KabataanPL
, Cong. Eufemia Cullamat of
@BayanMuna
, and Atty.
@fudgetajar
are present at the police district to address the illegally arrested members of Bahaghari and various bold organizations.
#FreePride20
Today, we remember not only the beauty and love shared and taught to us by our lesbian siblings, but also the instrumental role that they historically have played in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights.
Happy
#InternationalLesbianDay
! 😊
LOOK:
#Pride20
files charges against 32 Manila Police District officers, which include violation of Batas Pambansa 880, unlawful arrest, maltreatment, carnapping, and qualified gender-based sexual harassment under the Safe Spaces Act.
Read full statement:
The 3rd Wednesday of October is the
#InternationalPronounsDay
!
Today, we celebrate each other’s diversity, and reassert that pronouns have NOTHING to do with one’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression.
Quote this tweet with your pronouns! 😊🏳️🌈
National LGBTQIA+ alliance Bahaghari sends its heartfelt solidarity and well wishes to Terence and Karlo, who have tied the knot and professed their love today in General Santos City, South Cotabato, the first ceremonial union between two men in the city.
“Sinasabi ni Duterte, ang UP raw ay nagtatago ng NPA. Pwes, pag ipagpatuloy nila ang pagkitil sa atin, matitiyak ng administrasyon na dadami ang kabataang lalaban! Dadami ang magbabarikada! Dadami ang pupulot ng armas at itututok sa pasistang rehimen!”
— Rey Salinas ng Bahaghari
IMBYERNA BAKIT BA NAKALAYA IYAN?!?! 😡 Emx
That impeccable snatch game performance from our political kween who also graced our online anniversary concert last 2020,
@marinaxsummers
!!! She is really the baddest beech!!! 🔥
DRAG IS POLITICAL periodt 💅🏽
#DragRacePH
Today, Bahaghari and other community orgs w/
@LGBTQIAforLeni
joined the historic covenant signing of the National LGBTQIA+ Agenda with VP Leni Robredo, sealing the promise to pursue the SOGIE Equality Bill, civil unions, gender-affirming education in schools, and more.
BAHAGHARI STANDS WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE IN OPPOSING ROTTEN, SHAM 2022 ELECTIONS
Bahaghari is one with the Filipino people today in condemning COMELEC and the Duterte government’s incompetent and reckless handling of the 2022 elections.
As we cap off Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day, we honor our siblings who live as they are and love without boundaries.
So what does it mean to be pansexual and/or panromantic? Here are some fast facts for you!
#PanVisibilityDay
The SOGIE Equality Bill—including the working draft in the current Congress—has provisions for positive portrayal of the LGBT in media. If we achieve this bill, babaklasin natin ang ganitong content tungo sa mas makabuluhang representasyon 😊
#AchibDisBill