SOGIE (Sexual Orientation on Gender

Identity and Expression)

 Gender Ombud
under the Magna Carta of Women (RA No. 9710)

GENDER OMBUD FUNCTIONS

• Pursues the promotion of gender equality and is committed to the protection and
promotion of the rights of persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity
and expression (SOGIE).

• It shall promote and protect the human rights of intersex persons and persons with
diverse SOGIE, and it shall likewise investigate all forms of human rights violations and
acts of discrimination committed against them.

• The CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines include in its Annexes

a protocol for handling cases involving persons with diverse SOGIE
(Protocol 3).
IDAHOT
• Since 2005, May 17 has been dedicated to the International
Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT)
• Marks the day in 1990 when the World Health Organization
removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.

JUNE PRIDE
• June 28, 1969
• Stonewall Riot
• Earmarked lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex
(LGBTI) people’s resistance to discrimination, abuse and
violence
1. B O O K_ S
2. R_A_ N D O M
3. P A_ N T_ S
4. F OR
__K
5. P U L_ SE_
6. S _I X
 Workshop #1: Imagining Images
• What words describe the person in each picture?
• Anong katangian ang maiisip mo sa bawat picture?
• Ano ang sinasabi ng bawat larawan tungkol sa kanilang
– Kakayahan / Skills?
– Personalidad/Personality?
– Values?
 Ano ang nasa isip ninyo pag sinabing
“construction worker”

Sa India,ang constuction worker ay

pwedeng babae o lalake.
Hindi automatic na lalake lamang.
 Ano ang nasa isip ninyo pag sinabing
“sundalong nagpapahinga”

Sa ibang bansa hindi automatic na lalake ang

sundalo.Pwedeng babae o lalake, at pwedeng babaeng
sundalo na nagpapasuso.
 Ano imahe ang nasa isip ninyo pag sinabi
ang mga sumusunod:
• Pulis

• Piloto

• Bakit automatic na ito yung nasa isip ninyo?

 Ano ang nararamdmaan ninyo sa mga
larawang ipapakita:
• Buntis

• Drinking beer

• Bakit automatic na ito ang iyong nararamdaman?

Stereotype STIGMA
-Nasa ISIP mo na impression -Nasa SALOOBIN, pananaw
pag may nakitang isang tao/ grupo at pinaniniwalaan
- Negative ito o di maganda.

PREjudice
- Panghuhusga agad-agad kahit di alam ang buong kwento o impormasyon

DISKRIMINASYON
- Panglalait, Pangmamaliit, Panghuhusga ng negatibo
- Pagdududa sa kakayahan, talino, prinsipyo, katauhan ng tao
o grupo ng tao – SADYA MAN O HINDI
 How to stop discrimination…
• Stop stereotyping, stigmatizing and judging people.
• Before you talk and react – Be conscious and think
if you are being FAIR on what you are feeling about
a person or group.
• Give yourself the chance to know the person and
NOT on what you initially believe (stereotype) or
feel (stigma).
• If you discriminate – you do not show what kind of
the person you discriminate against BUT you show
what kind of person you are.
WHAT IS SOGIESC?
 GENDER IDENTITY
- ANO ANG PAGTINGIN SA SARILI
- Male, Female, Transgender GENDER ROLE
(transsexual, cross dresser) - Ano ang iyong kilos &
galaw
- Pwedeng masculine,
feminine, both, none
SEXUAL ORIENTATION (Attraction) - May choice ka
- KANINO KA NAGKAKAGUSTO
- 4 na kategorya
- Heterosexual GENDER EXPRESSION
- Homosexual (lesbian, gay) - Paano mo pinapakita ang
- Bisexual iyong gender role
- Asexual

SEX – (kasarian mo nung pinanganak ka)

- Male (XY), Female(XX), Intersex (XXY, XYX, XYY…)
- Wala kang choice
 GENDER IDENTITY GENDER EXPRESSION
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 SEX - FEMALE GENDER IDENTITY SEXUAL ORIENTATION (Attraction)
- FEMALE - Homosexual (LESBIAN)

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GENDER IDENTITY
- Tingin sa sarili ay LALAKE
- TRANSGENDER MAN

TRANSGENDER MAN

SEX
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 SEX - FEMALE SEX - FEMALE

GENDER IDENTITY GENDER IDENTITY

- MALE - FEMALE

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EXPRESSION EXPRESSION
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GENDER IDENTITY
- Tingin sa sarili ay babae
- TRANSGENDER WOMAN

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & intersex
(LGBTI) persons

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 GENDER IDENTITY

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

(SOGIE)GENDER EXPRESSION
 Sexual orientation - Heterosexual, homosexual & bisexual
 Gender identity - Male, female, Transgender
 Gender expression – ALL express their gender role.
 SOGIESC – + sex characteristics
 ANO ANG SOGIE MO?

GENDER IDENTITY
- Male, Female, Transgender GENDER ROLE &
(transsexual, cross dresser) EXPRESSION
- masculine, feminine,
both, none

SEXUAL ORIENTATION (Attraction)

- Heterosexual
- Homosexual (lesbian, gay)
- Bisexual
- Asexual

SEX
- Male, Female, Intersex
Remember
1.LAHAT ng TAO ay may SOGIE.

2.IBA-IBA ang SOGIE ng BAWAT TAO.

3.LAHAT ng SOGIE ay NORMAL.

4.LAHAT ay dapat RESPETUHIN.

 FAQs
 BORN (pinanganak/namana) OR INFLUENCED (nahawa)?
 Does it matter?
 Would that affect HOW you RESPECT someone?

 CHOICE ba maging bakla, lesbyana, bisexual or transgender?

 NOT A CHOICE – We do not choose to be attracted to anyone. Everyone does
not decide whom you get attracted to. We simply have those feelings.
 IT IS A CHOICE– We choose to follow our genuine feeling and live our lives as
heterosexual, gay or lesbian.
 IS HOMOSEXUALITY A PHASE?
 It is a phase to SOME (like heterosexuality) but to assume that it is to
EVERYONE is wrong.
 Importante ba magladlad?
- Bakit hindi magladlad o magpaka-totoo?
- Ano ang pumipigil sa kanila para magladlad o mag-out?
 Pagpapaka Pagpapaka
Pagpapaka-TAOBABAE
LALAKE
• Matapang • Mahinhin
• Guwapo • Maarte
• Makisig
• iyakin
• Mahina
• Matatag
• Loyal
• Malakas • Maasikaso
• Mayabang • Pabago-bago ng isip
• Babaero • Sexy
• Malibog • Selosa
• May isang salita
• Banidosa
• Playgirl
• PaninindigaN
• Sa bahay lang
 homosexuality is a “disease” that
is “spreading fast” throughout
India
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Health Minister, India

Lesbian should be
lashed and
homosexual men be
put to death in
countries governed
Bilal Philips, by Islamic law.
Canada
Homosexuals are
immoral and
disgusting!

Teodoro Bacani
Bishop Emeritus, Novaliches
Discrimination, abuse & violence
Because of PHOBIA – irrational and systemic
fear and hatred:
• Transgender person – TRANSPHOBIA
• Homosexual persons – HOMOPHOBIA
• Bisexual persons - BIPHOBIA
PERPETRATORS
1. Family
2. Police Force
3. Religious Institutions
Issues faced by LGBTI children & Youth

bu se
A n g
ly i
Bul r
Fea
r ea t
Th ion
j ec t
Re te
Ha

SUICIDE – NOT because they are

LGBT BUT to END the pain of
constant rejection and abuse.
 State - legislations
o No laws criminalizing LGBT persons
o Laws are haphazardly used against conduct of LGBTI
persons
o Anti-trafficking law
o Grave scandal
o kidnapping
o Insufficiency of Laws that protect LGBTI rights
- We lack laws addressing the concerns and needs of LGBT
persons.
o Future challenge – ARMM and LGBTI persons
o Local Syariah law vs.
18 out of 27 ADOs are comprehensive
anti-discrimination ordinance

Only Quezon City & Cebu City has the

Implementing Rules & Regulations (IRR)
LGBT families (same-sex relationships
o No “next-of-kin” status
o Hospitalization
o ‘guardian’ or ‘primary caregiver’
o Death
o Using legal papers to protect the relationship
o Living wills, last will & testament
o Right to purchase
o Using new ‘ surnames’
o Legal recognition of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE from other
countries
o Visa issues
 LGBTI Rights issue in the Philippines
• Violence, abuse & discrimination due to
homophobia, biphobia & transphobia
– Employment
– Education
– Health & well-being
– Access to basic services (housing, toilet, etc.)
– Legal change of sex & name of transgender persons
– Legal recognition of same-sex relationships
• Next-of-kin status
• adoption
– Bullying & abuse of LGBTI children & youth
 Intersectional
Discriminations
 LGBTI rights are human rights

SAFE & SECURE

RESPECT LIFE
DIGNIFIED
EQUALITY LIFE
 LGBTI rights are human rights

INCLUSION OF LGBTI ISSUES

GENDER
INTO LAWS, PROGRAMS,
RECOGNITION
POLICIES
LAW

ANTI-
MARRIAGE DISCRIMINATION
EQUALITY LAW LAW
SOGIESC-inclusive CHR
Gender-based violence laws
• RA 7610 - Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act (Anti-Child Abuse)
• RA 7877 – Anti-Sexual Harassment Laws
• RA 8353 – Anti-Rape Law & RA 8505 Assistant to Rape Victim
• RA 9208 – Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2003
• RA 9262 – Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children
Act (Anti-VAWC)
• RA 9344 – Children in Conflict of the Law
• RA 9231 – Anti-Child Labor
• RA 9775 – Anti-Child Pornography Law
• RA 10154 – Reproductive Health Law
 8 remedies to access justice
1. Barangay – BPO under RA 9262 or Gender Fair Ordinance
2. Police – warrantless arrest, complaint
3. Quezon City Protection Center – medico-legal, psycho-social, police
assistance, legal consultation, social welfare assistance, shelter referral
4. DSWD/Local Social Welfare Development Office (LSWDO) –
investigation, Protective Custody under RA 7610,
5. Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – investigation, filing of
cases, financial assistance
6. Administrative Case – filed under People’s Law Enforcement Board
(PLEB), PNP, National Police Commission, PRC
7. Department of Justice – monetary claim,
8. Court – criminal complaint (penal code, gender fair), civil remedies (TRO or
PPO, hold departure, Writ of Habeas, Writ of Amparo
G
Role of Service Providers
AS
uide
…the victim to make
informed choices and
ssist
decisions.
upport
 Intervention Guidelines
1. Kunin ang informed consent (pahintulot)
2. Kunin ang mga impormasyon ng
 Victim (naabuso / complainant)
 Perpetrator (nang-abuso)
 Witness (naka-saksi)
3. Kunin ang SOGIE ng victim at perpetrator
4. Alamin ang relationship
– dating, paglive-in, kanya-kanyang bahay
 Intervention Guidelines
5. Disclosure situation
 Kanino o sino ang may alam? (outness)
 Sino ang tanggap siya? (Source of support)
6. Document ang pangyayari
7. Assess ang needs ng victim-survivor
– Medical, shelter, counseling?
8. Mensahe sa victim-survivor
– “kaya mo yan”, “karapatan mo…”
– Wag mangako
9. Intervene as appropriate
So how, how the carabao?
 Pagtanong Tungkol sa Pangalan

Ricardo Santiago po
Ano ang pangalan
mo sa birth certificate?

Rica Santiago
Ano na ang po.
ginagamit mong
Pangalan sa ngayon?
 Pagtanong Tungkol sa Sexual Orientation

Kanino ka nagkakagusto Sa kapwa babae ko po.

O nakikipag-relasyon sa lalake, sa
babae o pareho?

Opo lesbyana
po ako.
So lesbyana ka po
 Pagtanong Tungkol sa Gender Identity

Kahit babae po akong

ANO ANG TINGIN MO pinanganak ang tingin ko po sa
o pagkilala sa sarili mo – sa sarili ko ay lalake.
lalake o babae?

Siguro nga po.

Hindi ko alam na yun
So Transgender man ang tawag.
ka po.
Pagtanong Tungkol sa pagiging OUT and SUPPORT

Sino ang may alam na Lahat po – pamilya, kaibigan,

lesbian ka? trabaho…

Kaibigan lang po.

Lahat ba yun tanggap Pinalayas po ako ng
ang pagiging lesbian pamilya ko at medyo
mo? nababastos po ako sa
trabaho…
 BE INCLUSIVE and SOGIE- SENSITIVE

Mario may PARTNER

Mario, sino girlfriend mo?
ka ba?
Meron po

*deadma*

Anong pangalan
ng partner mo? Carlo po
 Intervene as appropriate
• Role as a service provider is to
– Guide, Assist and Support para
makapili ng pinakatama at naaayon na
desisyon ang victim ayon sa mga
impormasyon na ibabahagi mo.
• Provide a resource of support services to the victim, and
• Recommend priority service based from the assessment
of the victim and the abuse
 Be professional…
• Sa isip, salita at gawa.
• STOP using discriminatory statements:
– “Tao rin sila” –
– “babaeng-babae” , “tunay na babae”
– “lalakeng-lalake”, “tunay na Lalake”
– “normal”, “abnormal”,
– ”tomboy” , “binabae”, “bakla” , “AC-DC” – gamitin
ang pangalan na gusto ng LGBTI person.
So now what will you do?
 Reflection
• Ano ang natutunan mong bago tungkol sa
LGBTI persons?

• Ano ang babaguhin mo sa iyong sarili sa

pakikipag-ugnayan sa LGBTI persons ?

• Ano ang gusto mong baguhin sa iyong

trabaho?
 ________________________________
_____________________
 I TY i s no t
AL
“If EQU

r yo ne ,
for eve I TY”
’t E Q U A L
i t i sn

Ging Cristobal
gcristobal@outrightinternational.org
0917.557.0405
Thank you!
and please