“This recent incident further highlights the violence and harassment experienced every day by the LGBTQI community because of their sexual orientation and gender identity,” she said. Need for Sogie billThe incident, De Guia added, further stressed the need to pass the Sogie Equality Bill to penalize all forms of discrimination. The proposed bill on sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression continues to languish in Congress, despite strong support from several lawmakers and advocates. On its Facebook page, the Makati police’s Station Community Affairs and Development Section reported that on Jan. 22, it conducted a profiling of illegal settlers inside the Manila South Cemetery followed by Oplan X-Men. Source of headachePolice sources said that transgender workers in the Poblacion area had become a source of headache.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 16, 2020 19:52 UTC