Adelo Dexter Macaldo

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U.S. AMB. HARRY K THOMAS SPEECH FOR THE LGBT

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jun 15, 2011, 9:20 am
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas gave a moving speech for the LGBT community. I am gay. I am gay. I am gay. Three little words. Six letters. Three syllables. It is not a phrase that trips the tongue. It is not a phrase that should take lifetimes to utter. But my friends, these are some of the hard...
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INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA and TRANSPHOBIA

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 27, 2011, 5:51 am
Press StatementHillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC May 17, 2011 In every part of the world, men and women are persecuted and attacked because of who they are or whom they love. Homophobia, transphobia and the brutal hostility associated with them are often rooted in a lack ...
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ALL OF US ARE CAREDIVAS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 25, 2011, 3:34 am
Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) and LADLAD Partylist present a night full of musical mixed with comedy and drama performances of CAREDIVAS on July 17, 2011, 8:00pm at the PETA Theater in Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City CAREDIVAS is a story of 5 Filipino overseas worke...
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IN MY HEART AND IN MY SOUL, I AM A WOMAN

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 23, 2011, 5:05 am
Message delivered by Ms. Bemz Benedito, Chair of LADLAD Party List, at the launching of Human Soul: Multimedia Exhibit Against Discrimination, at the Mitra Hall, Philippine Congress, 16 May 2011.Mr. Renaud Meyer, UNDP Country Director, Mr. Sebastien Farcis, Mr. Roman Rivierre, UNDP, TLF-Share an...
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LESBIANS REACT OVER CRISTY FERMIN'S STATEMENT

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Apr 19, 2011, 6:42 am
A group of lesbian lawyers reacted to the alleged malicious statement of veteran showbiz writer and tv host, Cristy Fermin, to singer/actress Aiza Seguerra, advising the latter not to talk about morality because she “lives an immoral life.” Lately, Seguerra found herself in the controversy afte...
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LADLAD WELCOMES ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE IN CEBU

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 1:23 pm
THE PUBLIC hearing on Anti-Discrimination law is all set this Friday, 2pm, March 11, 2011 at the Legislative Bldg of the Cebu Provincial Capitol, this is the announcement from the office of Cebu Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy. SP Sitoy filed an Anti-Discrimination ordinance that prohibits ...
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LADLAD CONDEMNS U.P. PROFESSOR

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Mar 3, 2011, 10:52 am
LADLAD Partylist denounces the transphobic act committed by a professor of University of the Philippines (U.P.) Diliman against a transsexual woman. According to Ms. Hender Gercio, a junior undergraduate taking up European Languages and a transsexual woman, she talked to her professor on Advanced S...
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PHILIPPINES IS ALL - SET TO COMPETE AT THE 2011 MR. GAY WORLD IN MANILA

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Feb 10, 2011, 9:04 am
Manila, Philippines – The 5’8” tall, registered nurse, Marc Ernest Biala is all set for the big day of his life as he competes with other gay men representatives in the 2011 Mr. Gay World on March 13 at Club Mwah, (one of the most outstanding theater-clubs in Asia) in the Tiger City of Mandalu...
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"OUT" IN THE WORKPLACE

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 18, 2011, 3:28 am
ANTONIO SIEGFRID O. ALEGADO, Researcher Business World RAYMOND PAOLO A. ALIKPALA, 44, is a Filipino lawyer and writer working for the United Nations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His colleagues know that he is gay, which makes him able to relax and work better having had no qualms about how he should be...
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2011 PARALEGAL TRAINING FOR LGBTs

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 7, 2011, 5:04 am
From the desk of Atty Germaine Leonin http://www.rainbowrightsproject.org/ Rainbow Greetings! In the early years of Rainbow Rights Project’s quick-reaction team (QRT) “rescues” and legal interventions, R-Rights members found that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community suf...
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SAME SEX MARRIAGE GIVES PINOY MIXED FEELINGS ON MIGRATION

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 2, 2011, 7:37 am
CANDICE Y. CEREZO, OFW Journalism Consortium FIRST PART I am a consort in waiting, waiting to be petitioned by my fiancé to Australia, a country open to marriage of both males. This is our story. Our engagement is a very long one: I said yes in 2009. Marriage proposals are usually followed by the ...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 2, 2011, 7:34 am
Wishing you and your family a double dose of good health and happiness topped with loads of good fortune. Have a great new year 2011! a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";
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2010 MANILA PRIDE MARCH

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Dec 2, 2010, 6:51 am
We are inviting all Ang Ladlad coordinators, members and supporters to join our contingent on the 2010 LGBT Pride March. Our battlecry will be: One Love. One Community. One Party-list. Ang Ladlad. Please contact Dex Macaldo (+63.916.605.6166) or Bemz Benedito (+63.917.998.4584) for inquiries. a...
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PORTRAIT OF THE BAKLA AS FEARLESS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Dec 1, 2010, 3:10 am
BOOK REVIEW By KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO www.gmanews.tv Let me begin with what needs to be said before this review unfolds. One, I’m a fag hag, and once long ago was asked: “Kailan ka nag-umpisa maging bakla?" and had no answer but a bongga shoulder shrug. Two, I grew up with Mama’s gay friends,...
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FILIPINO STUDENT KICKED OUT OF KOREAN SCHOOL FOR BEING GAY

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Nov 19, 2010, 1:38 am
His light purple eyeshadow glowed softly over his long eyelashes. He has neat bobbed hair. He is 24-year-old "P", a gay (homosexual) man from The Philippines who appears to be a woman. He has been attending a Catholic graduate school in Seoul since September. However, at the end of month the school ...
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AND MAN CREATED WOMAN

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Sep 27, 2010, 9:45 am
Photo courtesy of Naomi Fontanos Is gender (like sex) all in the mind? The right to self-determination is no laughing matter; just ask the Transpinays by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento (originally published in UNO August 2010 issue) Not all girls and women were assigned female at birth.―Slogan of ST...
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YOUNG MSM and TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE RAISING THEIR VOICE

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Sep 15, 2010, 4:30 am
http://www.unaids.org Young men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in Asia and the Pacific region are calling for governments, donors and partners to ‘make youth voices count’ by increasing focus and programming of national HIV responses to include their opinions and needs. A g...
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CONDOMS AND PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Sep 8, 2010, 5:10 am
By Daryl M. Dano --------------------------------------------------- Daryl Dano explores tensions between religious and secular approaches to population growth, sexual health care, and women's rights in the Philippines, focusing particularly on the promotion of comdom use as a peace initiative in th...
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ANG LADLAD SLAMS SEPARATE BATHROOMS FOR LGBTs

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Sep 6, 2010, 8:57 am
Ang Ladlad slammed the ordinance of Cebu Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy requiring business establishments to designate a separate restroom exclusively for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenders (LGBTs). The ordinance said that "separate restroom is the solution to end the confusion of what p...
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GAY FILIPINOS AND RAINBOW

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Sep 3, 2010, 5:56 am
By Oliver M. Pulumbarit Philippine Daily Inquire JUST HOW AWARE ARE GAY Filipinos of their rights? One gay organization, the Rainbow Rights Project (or R-Rights), helps educate gays and straights alike by spearheading discussions about the Filipino LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) commun...
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THE ABORTION SCARE VS. HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Aug 20, 2010, 6:22 am
Executive Director EnGendeRights www.engenderights.org The abortion scare is truly just a scare. The religious right would use all kinds of scare tactics and disinformation by claiming that contraceptives are abortifacients and that the reproductive health care bill (RH bill) promotes abortion. They...
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D' LEOPARD'S FAMILY

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Aug 7, 2010, 5:21 am
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SI PNOY AT ANG PAMBANSANG WIKANG PILIPINO

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jul 28, 2010, 7:27 am
May isang birong ipinasa sa text na ibinahagi sa akin ang isang kaguro ko tungkol kay Kris Aquino. Sa isang pakikipagpanayam diumano ni Presidente Noynoy Aquino sa midya mayroong nagtanong: “Mr. President, kapansin-pansin po na simula nang umupo kayo bilang presidente, parang tumahimik na ang k...
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THE POWER OF ONE MAN's HONESTY

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jun 16, 2010, 11:10 pm
Here is the review of Mr. Ronald Lim of Manila Bulletin RONALD LIM Manila Bulletin The author says being gay is the sweetest gift that God has given him. Here’s why... Coming out as gay to your family and friends is a hard enough process. So one can just imagine how difficult it would be to do it...
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HOMOPHOBIA AND THE CASE OF BOY ABUNDA

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jun 9, 2010, 1:53 am
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/insights/ Ang Ladlad -- the national organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Filipinos -- wants to express its alarm over the quality of the debate and discourse regarding Mr. Boy Abunda and the alleged offer for him to become Secretary of the Department of ...
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JUNE IS LGBT MONTH

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jun 4, 2010, 1:10 am
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 28, 2010 As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the s...
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GAY BAN IN SAUDI HIT

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jun 1, 2010, 11:34 pm
abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino lesbian worker hit a memorandum banning members of the third sex from working in Saudi Arabia. “Dubz” (not her real name) felt bad that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) will not be allowed to gain employment in the Kingdom. Dubz ...
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Iranian Teens Executed For Being Gays

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 27, 2010, 12:00 am
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";The execution was public and endorsed by local laws in a cable sent by the agency's latest news, reports that two Iranian gay teenagers were publicly executed for having sexual relations earlier this year. The youths were hange...
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ARE YOUNG PINOY GAYS THE NEW FACE OF AIDS IN RP?

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 22, 2010, 7:40 pm
JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE, GMANews.TV It started with a cough that never went away. Then came a sore that never seemed to heal. After days of fervent worrying, Paul (not his real name) decided not to see his regular doctor anymore. He proceeded to have an HIV test. YOUNG and AT RISK. When Wanggo Galla...
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PINK PRIDE PARTY WITH ANG LADLAD PARTY-LIST!

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - May 20, 2010, 9:06 pm
YOU are all invited to come! On June 2, 2010, Wednesday, ANG LADLAD PARTYLIST and THE LOUNGE give you PINK PRIDE PARTY! Out & Proud LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual) Night. Hosted by: Royal Hotness KRIS LOYOLA, Event Promoter PRINCE VINNY and TV HOST COOLAI CONCEPCION. Feat HOUSE ANTHEMS ...
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ANG LADLAD TO ADD FLAVOR, COLOR IN CONGRESS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Apr 30, 2010, 11:18 pm
By Alcuin Papa Philippine Daily Inquirer A party-list group, which promises to add color to the usually staid congressional proceedings, is going “yellow” in its choice for president and vice president in the May elections. With expected gay flair, this was how Danton Remoto, chair of Ang La...
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SUPREME COURT ALLOWS ANG LADLAD TO JOIN MAY POLL

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Apr 8, 2010, 9:52 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court on Thursday approved the petition of Ang Ladlad group to represent lesbians, gays, homosexuals, and bisexuals (LGBT) as a party-list group in the May 10 elections. In a de...
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FILIPINO LGBTs: VOTE ANG LADLAD PARTYLIST!

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Mar 30, 2010, 8:21 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com"; Do you believe in equality and diversity? I am asking all Filipino lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans-genders and its supporters to please vote Ang Ladlad Patylist. We are number 89 in the ballot. We much deserve to have a voi...
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NETHERLANDS GAY PROTEST OVER CATHOLIC COMMUNION SNUB

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Feb 28, 2010, 8:55 pm
SOURCE: BBC NEWS Hundreds of Dutch activists have walked out of a Mass in protest at a Roman Catholic policy of denying communion to practising homosexuals. On this occasion, the church, in 's-Hertogenbosch, had already decided not to serve communion, so the protesters left, shouting and singing. T...
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ANG LADLAD NATIONAL CONVENTION

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Feb 11, 2010, 8:21 pm
a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";Ang Ladlad will hold the National Consultation Meeting on February 27, 2010 (Saturday) at 9:00AM to 5:00PM in the University Hotel of UP Diliman to elect our new set of officers and party list representatives. We might be able to...
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AIN'T I GLAD

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 30, 2010, 9:43 pm
2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";By: Prof. Danton Remoto Chairman Ang Ladlad Party-list Now that the Senate has shown itself for the circus that it really is, ain't I glad I did not file an appeal with the Comelec when it disqualified me from running for se...
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SUPREME COURT TO COMELEC: INCLUDE GAY GROUP ON BALLOT FOR MAY POLLS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 12, 2010, 8:23 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com"; RJAB Jr/ARCS/GMANews.TV The Supreme Court has stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from implementing two decisions that denied party-list accreditation to Ang Ladlad, a group representing the interests of lesbian, gay...
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GAYS ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVERSE COMELEC RULING

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 9, 2010, 8:04 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";Ang Ladlad No longer on the margins of the page By Danton Remoto Philippine Daily Inquirer (Editor’s Note: This is a shortened version of the petition filed by Ang Ladlad with the Supreme Court on Dec. 5 to r...
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SUPREME COURT ORDERS COMELEC TO EXPLAIN GAYS PETITION

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 7, 2010, 7:59 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";Ang Ladlad LGBT Party, the organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Filipinos received an en banc order from the Supreme Court (SC) asking the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to submit their explanation to the p...
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GAY GROUP BRINGS TO SUPREME COURT BID TO JOIN 2010 ELECTIONS

Adelo Dexter Macaldo posted an article on - Jan 5, 2010, 6:59 pm
a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="http://buhaybayot.blogspot.com";Ang Ladlad brings to Supreme Court bid to join party-list polls By Edu Punay The Philippine Star January 05, 2010 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines - An organization of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders has asked the Sup...
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