• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Body
  • Daily Resist
  • POLITICS
  • Travel
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Film
  • TV
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Men
  • Marriage Equality
  • Space
  • Trans Rights
  • Books
  • Science
  • Gay Iconography
  • TowleREAD

Philippine Province Among First In Country To Ban LGBT Discrimination

September 25, 2014 by Michael Fitzgerald

Agusan del Norte has become one of the few areas in the Philippines to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance (ADO) that protects people irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression

Agusan del norteAgusan del Norte has become one of the few areas in the Philippines to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance (ADO) that protects people irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, reports Outrage.

Provincial Ordinance No. 358-2014 also prohibits discrimination in the province on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, health status, physical appearance, political affiliation, religion, and social status.

The ordinance “recognizes as a policy…to value the dignity of every human person and guarantee full respect of human rights to promote equality and to effectively eliminate all forms of discrimination that violate and offend the guarantee of equal protection of human rights.”

The ADO prohibits denial of services; refusing admission/dismissal from educational institutions; denial of access to use private and public establishments, facilities and utilities; employment rejection; publication and/or use of derogatory/humiliating images and/or statements against persons; and uploading/posting of images and/or videos online to debase and humiliate a person.

BacasmasYsang Semacio Bacasmas [pictured right], executive officer of LGBT rights group Ladlad Caraga Inc., said:

“I feel very happy and at least we now have this that can help our brothers and sisters in the LGBTQIA community. To our fellow LGBTs, hopefully we continue the fight for us to have a peaceful and good lives.”

According to HapiHumanist.org, Philippine LGBT Hate Crime Watch reported that a total of 103 killings from 1996 to 2011 in the Philippines have occurred on account of sexual orientation.

Filed Under: LGBT Rights, News, Philippines, Transgender Tagged With: Agusan del Norte, bisexual, Gay, law, Law - Gay, LGBT, Law Enforcement, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, LGBT Stories, News, non-discrimination order, Philippines, Transgender, Ysang Semacio Bacasmas

Recent Posts

  • Klete Keller, Eric Trump, Bobby Christine, Prince Harry’s Ponytail, Ellen’s COVID, Adam Newbold, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar: HOT LINKS

    Klete Keller, Eric Trump, Bobby Christine, Prince Harry’s Ponytail, Ellen’s COVID, Adam Newbold, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar: HOT LINKS

    16 hours ago
  • Brendan Fraser to Play Reclusive, Morbidly Obese Gay Man in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’

    Brendan Fraser to Play Reclusive, Morbidly Obese Gay Man in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’

    20 hours ago
  • New Video Shows Insurrectionists Discussing Layout of U.S. Capitol, Coordinating Plan of Attack: WATCH

    New Video Shows Insurrectionists Discussing Layout of U.S. Capitol, Coordinating Plan of Attack: WATCH

    21 hours ago
  • Ayanna Pressley’s Chief of Staff Says Panic Button Unit Was Torn Out of Congresswoman’s Office Prior to US Capitol Attack

    Ayanna Pressley’s Chief of Staff Says Panic Button Unit Was Torn Out of Congresswoman’s Office Prior to US Capitol Attack

    21 hours ago
Previous Post: « Some Things Never Change: The Values Voter Summit and the Dubious ‘Rebranding’ of the GOP
Next Post: Attorney General Eric Holder Resigns; Groups Push for LGBT Nominee — VIDEO »

Primary Sidebar

  • Klete Keller, Eric Trump, Bobby Christine, Prince Harry’s Ponytail, Ellen’s COVID, Adam Newbold, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar: HOT LINKS

  • Brendan Fraser to Play Reclusive, Morbidly Obese Gay Man in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’

  • New Video Shows Insurrectionists Discussing Layout of U.S. Capitol, Coordinating Plan of Attack: WATCH

Recent Posts

  • Klete Keller, Eric Trump, Bobby Christine, Prince Harry’s Ponytail, Ellen’s COVID, Adam Newbold, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar: HOT LINKS

    Klete Keller, Eric Trump, Bobby Christine, Prince Harry’s Ponytail, Ellen’s COVID, Adam Newbold, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar: HOT LINKS

    16 hours ago
  • Brendan Fraser to Play Reclusive, Morbidly Obese Gay Man in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’

    Brendan Fraser to Play Reclusive, Morbidly Obese Gay Man in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’

    20 hours ago
  • New Video Shows Insurrectionists Discussing Layout of U.S. Capitol, Coordinating Plan of Attack: WATCH

    New Video Shows Insurrectionists Discussing Layout of U.S. Capitol, Coordinating Plan of Attack: WATCH

    21 hours ago
  • Ayanna Pressley’s Chief of Staff Says Panic Button Unit Was Torn Out of Congresswoman’s Office Prior to US Capitol Attack

    Ayanna Pressley’s Chief of Staff Says Panic Button Unit Was Torn Out of Congresswoman’s Office Prior to US Capitol Attack

    21 hours ago
  • MAGA Karen Heckles Chuck Schumer, Says Trump Insurrection Made Her ‘Sexually Excited’ — WATCH

    MAGA Karen Heckles Chuck Schumer, Says Trump Insurrection Made Her ‘Sexually Excited’ — WATCH

    21 hours ago
  • NYC Mayor Says City is Severing All Trump Organization Contracts: ‘Inciting an Insurrection Against the US Govt Clearly Constitutes Criminal Activity’ — WATCH

    NYC Mayor Says City is Severing All Trump Organization Contracts: ‘Inciting an Insurrection Against the US Govt Clearly Constitutes Criminal Activity’ — WATCH

    22 hours ago
  • Amid Reports McConnell Backs Trump Impeachment, GOP Leader Urged to Prove It By Starting Trial ‘Immediately’

    Amid Reports McConnell Backs Trump Impeachment, GOP Leader Urged to Prove It By Starting Trial ‘Immediately’

    22 hours ago
  • House Takes Up Second Impeachment of Donald Trump for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’ — WATCH LIVE

    House Takes Up Second Impeachment of Donald Trump for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’ — WATCH LIVE

    22 hours ago
  • Rachel Maddow Lets Trump Have It in Withering Monologue: ‘What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? Did You Think It Would Work?’ — WATCH

    Rachel Maddow Lets Trump Have It in Withering Monologue: ‘What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? Did You Think It Would Work?’ — WATCH

    23 hours ago
  • GOP Lawmakers Flipping Out Over New Metal Detectors Outside House Chamber: WATCH

    GOP Lawmakers Flipping Out Over New Metal Detectors Outside House Chamber: WATCH

    23 hours ago

Most Commented

  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Footer

Copyright © 2021 · Log in