LGBT

(Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender)

I. Objectives
 LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender. They also stand for "love,
grace, beauty, and truth." The challenges of, and
the solutions to, creating a different world are
intertwined in these two representations of these
four letters. Peace, hope, faith, and dignity are
the winners and losers, depending on whether or
not ignorance, prejudice, closed-mindedness, and
fear take part in the battle.
Our video documentation aims:

 a. To let the audiences/ public know about the insights and opinions of
the LGBT community’s lifestyle,
 b. To know the views and beliefs of the people about the LGBT
community in our country
 c. To know the views of parents having a son or a daughter who is a
LGBT member
 d. To reflect on the true to life experiences of some famous LGBT
member on how they disclose their sexuality to their loved ones and to
the public
 e. To give information to the public about the rights of a LGBT
member
 f. To know some insights from the priest/s and student/s about the
LGBT community.
 II. Rationale
 In this video presentation about LGBT, we want to know
more about LGBT’s lifestyle after they disclose their
sexuality to their family and to the public and on how they
live on a world full of discrimination. We also wanted to
know the reasons why they chose to become a LGBT and
what is the root of their homosexuality. LGBT in Philippines
was already accepted in the society. But same sex marriage
has not already been approved. According to article by A.C.
Martin, the Philippines is the most gay friendly nation in
Asia. On a global survey covering 39 countries, only 17 of
which had majorities accepting homosexuality, the
Philippines ranking as the 10th most gay-friendly.
 The survey titled. Although legislation supporting same-sex marriage in
the Philippines has been proposed several times to the Philippine
legislature, none has ever been passed. The Philippines does not offer any
legal recognition to same-sex marriage, civil unions or domestic
partnership benefits. One of the political party of LGBT is Ladlad, with a
primary agenda of combating discrimination and harassment on the basis
of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines has always been against any civil rights legislation for the
LGBT community. According to Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, “same-
sex marriage is against "natural law," Natural law dictates that a union in
marriage is only between a female and a male. He added that natural law
cannot be change on human law. But Cruz said members of the LGBT
(lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community should still be
respected.
 III. Methodology
 LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender. LGBT people in the Philippines have a
distinctive culture but limited legal rights. Gays and lesbians
are generally tolerated, if not accepted, within Filipino
society, but there is still widespread discrimination. The
most visible members of the Filipino LGBT culture are
mostly gays which are a distinct group in the Philippines.
The term gay is used in reference to any LGBT person. For
Filipino gays, the Tagalog phrase paglaladlad ng kapa
("unfurling the cape"), or more commonly just paglaladlad
("unfurling" or "unveiling") refers to the coming-out
process.
 Tibo, T-Bird and tomboy are insulting terms for butch
lesbians just as bakla is for effeminate gay men. However
this tolerance is tempered by the strong influence of the
Catholic Church and macho culture. Most Filipinos
appear to be comfortable with gays as long as they fit to
certain stereotypes and behave according to accepted,
non-threatening norms. Effeminate gays are seen in
places like theatres or beauty parlors, but not as serious
doctors or teachers.
 There is a vibrant gay scene in the Philippines with
several bars, clubs and saunas in Manila as well as various
gay rights organizations. The main gay rights
organizations in the Philippines are Progay-Philippines,
founded in 1993, which led the first Gay March in Asia
in 1994, LAGABLAB, the Lesbian and Gay Legislative
Advocacy Network established in 1999 and STRAP
(Society of Transsexual WOMEN of the Philippines), a
Manila-based support group for women of transsexual
experience and trans genders established in 2002.
I. Interview with the community
 As part of this project, we as a group, discussed on how
we will reach out the LGBT people. Majority said that
we conduct our research here inside Mina to have focus
on the said research about LGBT. We conversed on
whom the persons were involved in this kind of topic.
We have discussed that we will interview students,
priest/s, and people to represent the public and parents
who have a LGBT son or daughter.