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Puerto Princesa LGBT community to strengthen gender equality in the city
- Source: http://palawan-news.com/puerto-princesa-lgbt-community-strengthen-gender-equality-city/
- Saturday, October 15, 2016
- By Nikki Aquino-Watt
The LGBT community of Puerto Princesa will hold an assembly at the City Coliseum on Saturday, October 15, to fully discuss the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of the local government and promote gender equality in the city.
“Kailangan kasi magsasama ang lahat ng mga LGBT sa Puerto Princesa para mas lumakas ang puwersa sa pagpapatupad ng gender equality,” says Joey Odtohan, founder of the LGBT movement in the city.
The issue on equality for LGBT members was again highlighted after news of an LGBT person who suffered physical abuse from a group of men surfaced last Monday, October 10.
“Hindi dahil bakla pwede na laitin at saktan kasi basta nasa tama kami, lalaban kami,” Odtohan said.
The Anti-Discrimination Ordinance was passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod on July 1, 2015. Odtohan considers the said ordinance a stepping stone in pushing the fight for gender equality in Puerto Princesa.
Otdohan claimed they have around 600 members in the city.