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Schools ought to be protected spots for everybody, says Edgar T. Garcia. Gay youth
in the Philippines have been sexually harassed and physically abused by school
officials, he says. He says schools need to do more to protect LGBT students' right
to education. The government must take steps to address the issue. (Manila, June
22, 2017)

As indicated by Dharel Placido(Sep 4,2019), The SOGIE Equity Bill is in

itself prejudicial for being "uneven," said legal counselor Lyndon Caña
of the Alliance of Concerned Groups of the Philippines. Sen. Joel
Villanueva, who is one of the creators of the bill, as of late communicated
his resistance on the bill. The bill would disregard the privileges of
individuals who don't have a place with the lesbian, gay, sexually
unbiased and transsexual (LGBT) community.
According to Angie Umbac (5 Nov 2020), former president of Rainbow Rights Philippines,
instances of harassment and bullying in dormitory restrooms experienced by several LGBTQ+
university students brought about discussions of having a city ordinance to address such acts of
discrimination. The then-pending ADB in Congress served as basis in crafting the ordinance.

According to Atty. Ma. Jiandra Bianca F. , The bill first introduces and defines the concepts of
sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, as well as other terms that are
pertinent to the aforementioned. It then lists the practices to be considered discriminatory and
unlawful under the bill, like the denial of rights to LGBTQ+ community on the basis of their
SOGIE, such as their right to access public services, right to use establishments and services
including housing, and right to apply for a professional license, among others.

(Oct 14,2019) the SOGIE Equality Bill has finally reached the Senate after nearly 20 years of
being put on the backburner. But the bill has met staunch opponents in legislators like Manny
Pacquiao, Tito Sotto, and Joel Villanueva, who often cite religious rights as reason for barring it
from moving forward. At the rally, leaders and representatives of various LGBT groups took
center stage, often calling out the lawmakers in their speeches. Performers such as drag queens
and spoken word artists also got the crowd roaring. The air buzzed with a mix of hope and
uncertainty. According to (Chang Casal)
(05 JUN 2019), The bill, which would ban separation dependent on sexual direction
and sex personality and articulation (SOGIE), has gotten one of the slowest-moving
bills in the nation's set of experiences. 'Would it be a good idea for us to banter
about something as fundamental as uniformity? For a very long time? Truly?'
Congressperson Risa Hontiveros, who recorded the bill in 2016, said. Traditionalists,
including against LGBTI fighter Manny Pacquiao, have slowed down it in the Senate.
Said by CNN

(AUG 13, 2018) MANILA, Philippines – Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach has joined
the fight to pass the SOGIE (Sexual Direction Sex Character and Articulation)
Uniformity Bill. The bill would shield all people from segregation dependent on sex
personality or articulation. "I've generally considered our to be as an instrument to
accept our central correspondence, before God and under the steady gaze of our
laws, and not as a permit to segregate," she said. From Rappler.com

(August 29, 2018), Sen. Risa Hontiveros said the separation of a well known jokester and her
companions in Makati City shows the need to pass the Sexual Direction and Sex Personality and
Articulation (SOGIE) Equity Bill. Jervi Li, prevalently known as KaladKaren Davila, was
banished from entering a sports bar because of her sexual direction. The incident should be a
"signal" to her associates in the upper house to end the discussion on the bill and move for its
nearby section. As per Gaea Katreena Cabico.

(September 13, 2019) Acording to Arvin Joaquin, In August, Gretchen Custodio Diez,
a trans woman, was stopped by a janitor from using the women’s washroom at the
Cubao mall in Quezon City, Philippines. The janitor attacked and insulted Diez, and
the encounter was caught on video. The incident ignited a national discussion on
LGBTQ rights in the country. Some media outlets even dubbed Diez the new face of
the fight for LGBTQ rights in the Philippines, one that’s been ongoing for the past
two decades. In 2000, the earliest version of the SOGIE equality bill was filed under
the 11th Congress by late-Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago and former Akbayan
representative Loretta Rosales. The bill was refiled in the 14th Congress, but, just like
the previous version of the bill, it only reached the committee level and didn’t pass
into law. Other senators also filed similar bills in the 15th and 16th congresses without
success.

As per Adrienne Maguddayao (December 15, 2020) ,The UP Place for Ladies' and
Sex Studies communicates its enthusiastic and steady help for a public law that
shields all Filipinos from separation dependent on sexual direction, sex personality,
and sex articulation (SOGIE). We perceive that everybody has their own SOGIE,
however lesbian, gay, sexually unbiased, transsexual, strange, and intersex (LGBTQI)
individuals are victimized, underestimated, and persecuted for theirs in a general
public that advantages the individuals who are cisgender, hetero, and sex adjusting.
Without a public law that disallows segregation based on SOGIE, the uncalled for
treatment towards LGBTQI individuals proceeds to seriously affect their prosperity
and by and large personal satisfaction. The entry of the SOGIE Fairness Bill involves
public direness, as in excess of 80 million Filipinos live in regions without against
separation laws, with 25.8 million of them living beneath the destitution limit.