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Faces of HIV It was the year 1984 when Filipinos were first confronted with HIV-AIDS as a public health issue. Dolzura Cortez was the first to come out publicly to say that she had AIDS. In 1991, the young Sarah Jane Salazar followed suit and travelled the country to tell her story. Their life stories were even made into movies portrayed by show biz stars. But when they died, HIV and AIDS temporarily lost a public face, until 2009 when Wanggo Gallaga, the son of movie director Peque Gallaga, came out and admitted he had HIV. Cortez, Salazar, Gallaga and now Gorriceta have hoped that with their daring, Filipinos will have a better understanding of the disease and that its rapid spread can be stopped. HIV rising among males age 20-29 The latest data from the Department of Health, however, shows the contrary. To date, there are five to six new HIV cases reported daily to the DOH AIDS Registry. This is a significant increase from an average of one case a day i

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  It has been ten years since the first RH Bill, and after countless debates and delays we are no closer to a vote. The democratic process has stalled at the hands of time-wasting legislators and bullying bishops. With mounting frustration we remind our public servants that for every day they delay the vote, Filipino families around the country lose their mothers. The time for delay is over. The time for a vote is now. Starting tomorrow, November 21, RH Advocates from various organizations will occupy the park across the South Wing Gate of Congress, and launch a massive and sustained campaign to remind our Senators and Members of Congress of the urgency to vote on the Reproductive Health Bill before the year ends. Pro-RH lawmakers, celebrities, artists, government officials, civil society and non-government groups, business, academe, youth, religious and non-religious sectors will show their support at this mass action, and advocates will camp out in front of the South

Being portrayed as oppressed is best way to public sympathy, homosexual activists told Source: cbcpforlife.com/?p=5005   MANILA, Nov. 23, 2011– Are homosexuals really discriminated against? Whether or not the answer is yes, presenting themselves as victims of oppression is one of the steps in advancing homosexual rights, ultimately to include the recognition of such rights by the law, based on the presentation of Dr. Ligaya Anacta Acosta, regional director of Human Life International (HLI) Asia and Oceania. “Are they really oppressed? We see many gays in the media… in fact, they lord it over [in the industry] so how can they say that they are being oppressed?” Acosta asked a group of over 200 pro-life delegates. “But we have to understand that this is actually a Marxist mold to cast the homosexual revolution, which started as early as 1948,” she explained. A man named Harry Hay thought of the idea of a homosexual activist group, later formulating the principles that would give

Date: November 26, 2011 Time: 7:00pm Venue: Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City 3/F 56 Mindanao Ave. Project 6, Quezon City Agenda: 2011 Pride March RSVP: Raffy Aquino 09163089903 09333049795 taskforcepride@gmail.com

Task Force Pride, a non-profit network of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) groups will organize the 17th Annual Pride March in Manila. The aim of the march is to gather different LGBT groups, allies and individuals in solidarity, as well as provide positive visibility to the community. This year's theme, “Pride of the Orient”, recalls the community's achievements with regard to advancing LGBT human rights, such as... organizing the first pride march in Asia in 1994 and the formation of Ladlad party list, the only LGBT-oriented party list in the world, and extensive HIV/AIDS Awareness campaigns nationwide . “Pride of the Orient” calls on LGBT Filipinos to reclaim these milestones and look forward to more victories they've yet to achieve. For Organizations, please confirm in this link: http://taskforcepride.blogspot.com/2011/11/2011-confirmation-form-organizations.html%20 For Individuals, please confirm in this link: http://taskforcepride.blogspot.com

Where: Isis International #3 Marunong St., Bgy. Central, Quezon City Metro Manila, Philippines When: November 20, 2011, Sunday Time:1:00pm until 4:00pm Organizer: Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/194935397252709

Here's an email I sent to Penshoppe with regard to my experience just today from one of their staff in Trinoma.  It's been a long time since I last shopped for your brand and today I decided to visit your Trinoma Branch. I was looking for a pair of denim so when I got the pair I wanted, I asked the sales lady for a smaller size than the one I was holding, then with utterly complete disregard, she said "Ay Sir 29 lang po ang smallest size namin, yung 28 po sa ladies' section na po". I am a professional young gay guy who was dressed appropriately. Despite the fact that I am out (everyone I know knows my sexual preference), I found it very rude, unprofessional, and disrespectful of her to say that to me. While she was looking for a smaller pair, I left the store hoping to exit with a new pair of jeans, but all I took with me was an insult from one of your staff. Had it not been for my two friends who convinced me to shrug it off, I wouldn't have had the energ