Count Me Out: Donate Your Online Presence for Equality on International Coming Out Day on Oct 10, 2010 in Headline No, this is not a day where we force people out of their closets. Instead, its a day when LGBT individuals and their heterosexual allies celebrate LGBT lives in an effort to create a safe atmosphere where LGBT youths and adults feel that there is no...
Words of the Gay: Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys on Aug 23, 2010 in Featured Outspoken Ah, 1990s, the decade of boy bands, girl bands. Remember Hansons vs. The Moffatts, 'N Sync vs. Backstreet Boys, and Spice Girls vs., er... Spice Girls? Many of them may have not returned to the limelight (we won't drop names here) but even so, we s...
Get to know the Filipino gay: Bakla and the other names we go by on Aug 21, 2010 in Headline Outspoken Bakla, acheng, bading, badaf, badash, badingerzee, bayot , becky and more. Find out the names gays go by in the Philippines. Related posts:Get to know the Filipina lesbian: Tomboy and the other names we go byWords of the Gay: Count from 1 to 10Spea...
International LGBT group gets consultative status at UN on Jul 19, 2010 in Headline Outdo: Challenges we live with Outstanding: LGBT pride The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was recently granted the consultative status at the United Nations. IGLHRC is the tenth organization working primarily for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) human rights...
Ang LADLAD chair reacts on Saudi’s gay and lesbian ban on Jun 2, 2010 in Headline Video homosexuality lesbian LGBT Asia LGBT Philippines LGBT rights Bemz Benedito, chair of Ang LADLAD, the national organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos, guested in Unang Hirit with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Marianito Roque to talk about Saudi Arabia's ban...
Glee’s Jane Lynch and gf tie the knot on Jun 1, 2010 in Featured Outspoken Outstanding: LGBT pride You may remember Jane Lynch, the scheming cheerios coach in popular hit TV series Glee, as the ever-sarcastic and mean faculty superstar. But last Monday, May 30, she was all smiles as she and longtime girlfriend, Dr. Lara Embry, tied the knot at B...
Ang LADLAD to party, raise funds at Pink Pride Party tonight on Jun 1, 2010 in Out and about: LGBT events Ang LADLAD, the national organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos, invites everyone to join its fundraising event Out & Proud Pink Pride Party, tonight. June 2, at The Lounge, Tomas Morato, Quezon City. Related...
“Don’t hire ‘third sex’ or else” – Saudi Arabia Embassy to Philippine recruitment agencies on May 31, 2010 in Featured Outdo: Challenges we live with equal rights GLBT LGBT Asia LGBT Philippines In a recent memorandum circulated to accredited recruitment agencies in the Philippines, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia explicitly instructed the companies to thoroughly screen work applicants to exclude lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders...
Same sex couple convicted in Malawi; IGLHRC condemns conviction, ongoing discrimination on May 19, 2010 in Featured Outdo: Challenges we live with (Cape Town, May 18, 2010) - The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Malawian organization the Center for the Development of People (CEDEP) condemn the conviction of same sex couple Steven Monjenza, 26, and Tiwonge...
Lesbian+hetero band FATT plays at Back2Back2Back on May 18, 2010 in Featured Out and about: LGBT events On-Air Studio in cooperation with Merci Bar and Restaurant presents BACK2BACK2BACK, a music party with a mix of music genres on May 21, Friday at Merci Bar and Restaurant, Timog Avenue, Quezon City. Featured bands include Flush and the Toilets, Jayci...