UP Babaylan X STATUS QUO, STATUS KO.

UP Law Batch 2015, UNIQLAW (UP Law Batch 2015 Core Group),
UP Law Student Government, Paralegal Volunteers' Organization
and the University Student Council
present

"Status Quo, Status Ko"
A Forum on Sexual Rights as Human Rights in the Philippines

August 3, 2012
1-5pm
Malcolm Theater

With Speakers:
Atty. Germaine Trittle Leonin - Founding President of Rainbow Rights Project and Third Congressional Nominee for Ladlad Party-list in the 2013 National Elections

Prof. Eric Manalastas - Dept. of Psychology, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman

Prof. Florin Hilbay - College of Law, UP Diliman

Also in cooperation with:
The Rainbow Rights Project, Ladlad Party-list, RH Agenda, UP Portia, UP Women in Law, Organization of Human Rights Advocates, and UP Babaylan

UP Pride Week Forum

UP Babaylan x EURO Summit

UP Babaylan is a partner organization of EURO Summit 2012.

BREAK SOCIAL BOUNDARIES. Know the better on the current struggle against discrimination based on gender, race, nation, colour, and class.

UP EURO (Euro-Filipino Understanding and Relations Organization) presents
THE PHILIPPINE SUMMIT ON EUROPEAN STUDIES 2012 | Gender and Human Rights in the Philippines and Europe: Issues, Perspectives and Directions | March 10, 2012 | Engineering Theater - Melchor Hall, UP Diliman

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UP Babaylan x National Human Rights Commission LGBT Forum

UP Babaylan attended  the 11th National Human Rights Forum of the Presidential Human Rights Committee with the theme "LGBT Ngayon: Lalim ng Pag-unawa, Antas ng Pagtanggap" on 

09 December, from 9am to 5pm at the Richmonde Hotel in Eastwood City.  Present during the forum with several notable LGBT organizations and allies.

 

11^th National Human Rights Forum

LGBT Ngayon: Lalim ng Pagunawa at Antas ng Pagtanggap

Date:  9 December 2011, 8:30am-5:00pm

Venue:  Richmonde Hotel, Eastwood City

Moderator:  Dir. Nolivienne Ermitaño

9:00am – 9:30am          REGISTRATION

9:31am – 9:36am          PRELIMINARIES

·        National Anthem

·        Invocation

9:37am – 9:47am          WELCOME REMARKS

·        USec. Severo Catura, PHRC

·        Introduction of participants and guests

9:48am – 9:58am          KEYNOTE MESSAGE

                                   

·        Ms. Rena Dona

Assistant Country Representative

                                             United Nations Populations Fund

SNACKS

9:59am – 10:34am        LGBT 101:  An Introduction

·        What is LGBT?

·        What is sexual orientation?

·        What is gender identity?

·        What is gender expression?

·        History of LGBT research and updates

                                             Speaker: Mr. Eric Manalastas

                                                            Psychological Association of the

                                                            Philippines

                                             Note:  15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

10:35am – 11:10am   Transgender 101            

      Speaker: Ms. Bemz Benedito

                     Ladlad

                                      

                                             Note:  15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

  

11:11am – 11:46am     PERSPECTIVES:

·        LGBT and Society 

Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel de Guzman

                                                            Polytechnic University of the     Philippines

        Note:    15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

11:47am – 12:30 pm     LUNCH

12:31pm – 1:06 pm         PERSPECTIVES:

·        LGBT and the Church 

Speaker: Rev. Sol Villalon

               United Methodist Church

Note:     15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

1:07 pm – 1:42pm        DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING OF THE LGBT

RIGHTS 

·              The International Human Rights Framework

                                             Speaker:  Atty Liezl Parajas

                                                             Women’s Human Rights Center                      

                                                              Commission on Human Rights

Note:     15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

1:43 pm – 2:18 pm       CURRENT ISSUES:

A.      LGBT Activism at the Grassroots level

Ø      History highlights of LGBT Activism at the grassroots level

                                            

                                                Speaker: Mr. Oscar Atadero

                                                               Pro-Gay

                                                Note:     15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

2:19 pm – 2:54 pm          B.  LGBT Activism and Legislative Initiatives

Ø      History highlights of the anti-discrimination bill

Ø      History of LGBT Activism in the Philippines

Ø      Hate crime resolutions

Speaker: Mr. Ronald Emmanuel De Vera

Amnesty International

                                                Note:     15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

2:55 pm – 3:30 pm         C. LGBT Internal Dynamics vs. External Forces

                  (Political and Human Rights Issues)

                                                  Speaker:  Mr. Danton Remoto

     Ladlad

                                                Note:     15 minutes presentation and 20 minutes open forum

3:31pm – 3:41 pm           Acoustic number from Tao Aves

3:42pm – 3:52 pm        Synthesis

                                     Dir. Gerald Bitonio

3:52pm – 4:00pm         Closing

Babaylan at Kapihan

January 22, 2010

by Mae Emmanuel Hernandez

Indeed, LGBT rights are human rights. UP Babaylan, the premier LGBT student support organization, was invited to participate in Kapihan on Human Rights at the Ateneo Professional Schools in Rockwell Center, Makati City last January 12. The event was organized by the Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism. It is a two-part forum series that focuses on human rights issues that affect each sector of the society. The Kapihan was the first of the forum series.

The objective of the event was to convene all sectors of the society and discuss every sector’s issues and concerns. These were integrated and documented as a civil society input to be presented at the second part of the forum series. The second forum will invite the presidential hopefuls and the participants of the Kapihan to further discuss the issues.

As one of the participants, I was able to share some ideas and concerns that I seemed necessary and needed urgent attention. I was also given the opportunity to present it to the entire forum. Below is the summary of the pertinent issues that we came up for the LGBT sector:

General Issues
- Discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation;

- Violence (hate crimes)

- Homophobic and Transphobic society

- Non-recognition of rights (marginalized groups)

- Education and awareness

Prioritized Issues
- the passage of Anti-Discrimination Bill

- adoption of the Yogyakarta Principles

Present Situation
- COMELEC rejected Ang Ladlad as party-list rep.

- pending bills that are anti-LGBT

- masculinity/femininity test in schools

- court cases on transgender issues

Recommendations
- LGBT sensitivity training for all LGUs/gov’t. agencies

- inclusion of LGBT topics in existing modules/mechanism

- more legal actions/legislative measures

- passage of ADB

- mainstreaming of Yogyakarta principles

- employment opportunities for LGBT people in media

The Kapihan forum opens doors for all the marginalized sectors of the society to air their views and needs and to recognize their rights as citizens. Being the LGBT community, it is our duty to fight for what is for us and to fight for the life we truly deserve. Thus, it is the government’s responsibility that all rights of human beings, regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation, are ensured and protected.