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There is a vibrant gay scene in the Philippines with several bars, clubs and saunas in Manila as well as various gay rights organizations. UP Babaylan, [165] founded in 1992, remains the oldest and largest LGBT student organization in the Philippines. Progay-Philippines, founded in 1993, which led the first Gay March in Asia in 1994. [166]
The Family Code of the Philippines enacted into law in 1987 by President Corazon Aquino defines marriage as "a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman" [23] Republic Act No. 386 of 1949 or the Civil Code of the Philippines, also includes mentions of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
GAHUM: A gay support and advocacy group in Cebu City; Rainbow Rights (R-Rights) Philippines (formerly the Rainbow Rights Project): Non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization to create an environment which upholds human rights and equal opportunities for all, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE).
Ambiguous, a gay Singaporean man with a male partner in 2018 won an appeal in court to adopt a child that he fathered through a surrogate. [141] Yes: Yes Protections against anti-gay discrimination, harassment and violence [142] Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery: Thailand: Yes Legal ...
Golden Gays member Al Enriquez, better known as “Carmen Dela Rue,” then 82 years old, pushes a wooden cart while working as a street vendor in an alley in Manila, June 2, 2018.
In February 2016 the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, rejected the Catholic Church's interference in a parliamentary debate to introduce civil unions and adoption rights for same-sex partners. This followed Bagnasco's (Archbishop of Genoa) attempt to get the Italian Senate to carry out a secret ballot in the hope it would make it easier ...
LGBTQ foster parents say the policy change from Bethany Christian Services is "wonderful."
A government-sponsored adoption law in Uruguay allowing LGBT adoption was approved by the lower house on 28 August 2009, and by the Senate on 9 September 2009. In October 2009, the law was signed by President and took effect. [108] According to Equipos Mori Poll's, 53% of Uruguayans are opposed to same sex adoption against 39% that support it.