At present, it is pending for approval in the Lower House, while the Senate Committee on Labor still has to act on several versions of the bill in the Senate. The bill was already approved by the House of Representatives during the 12th Congress but due to time constraints it was not enacted into law. It’s main project now is the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill, a proposed legislation that criminalizes a wide range of policies and practices that discriminate against Filipino LGBTs. It is also starting to lobby for local ordinances against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. It does research and documentation, too, to gather cases of abuses and human rights violations committed against Filipino LGBTs. It organizes campaigns to influence public discourse on sexuality and raise awareness on the situation of lesbians and gays. It does legislative advocacy to push for laws that will promote LGBT rights and welfare. The main purpose of LAGABLAB is to advance and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Filipino LGBTs, especially in the areas of policy and legislation. Behind the contingent is Asia-Pacific Rainbow’s Dede Otomo (Gaya Nusantara-Indonesia) and Vince Crisostomo In 1998, after a political party running for the party-list elections consulted the LGBT community for its sectoral agenda, the idea gave birth to LAGABLAB. The bill was quashed, but it provided an opportunity to lesbian and gay organizations to discuss the possibility of creating a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) network that would lobby and push for lesbian and gay rights in the country. The first attempt was in 1995, after a congressman filed a bill recognizing the lesbian and gay community as a sector. The Lesbian and Gay Legislative Advocacy Network Philippines (or LAGABLAB-Pilipinas) was formally launched in 1999, but efforts to create a network of different lesbian and gay groups and individuals started much earlier. Lesbian and Gay Legislative Advocacy Network-Philippines a broad, non-profit, non-partisan network of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) organizations and individuals working towards achieving a society free from all forms of discrimination, particularly those based on gender and sexual orientation.Ī society free from all forms of discrimination particularly those based on gender and sexual orientation
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