Homophobia in the philippines:

The Philippines is a deeply conservative country whose roots go all the way back to the late
1500’s when we began to be under Spanish colonisation. It is not hard to see that the catholic
church is deeply against homosexuality with its traditional interp[retations of the bible to move
towards heteronormative approaches towards sexuality (
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. This tradition shows itself on the Philippines with strong opposition in the government level to
approve the same sex marriage bill (https://www.france24.com/en/20190903-top-philippine-
court-refuses-to-legalise-gay-marriage)
And SOGIE bill (Michael Joe Delizo (9 March 2019). "SOGIE Equality Bill might start from
scratch 19 years after proposal". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019.
Retrieved 10 May 2019.). This uphill battle to protect the LGBTQ is not only present in court and
legislation but is also prevalent in the youth. As more and more people are becoming exposed
to the LGBTQ movement they are starting to become more open and recognize the community
as a set of people deserving of their rights. Therefore more and more young people are
becoming more open to the idea of acceptance towards LGBTQ. However, some young people,
especially students, are still “homophobic” in the sense that they are ridiculing people for being
gay and looking at being gay as a sign of weakness and fragility, and is the usual subject of
bullying (https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/21/philippines-lgbt-students-face-bullying-abuse)
such is the connotations of Filipino cultures which literally ridicules gay people by making them
an object of laughter- like being staples in comedy bars and talk shows- and refuses to
acknowledge them further than that.

It’s a real problem as students that are part of the LGBTQ are being discriminated against and
are suffering mental health problems as a result
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144327/). This is a result of a deep cultural
resentment, discrimination and ridicule that is ever present in many institutions of learning.