• 2022 National LGBTQI Students Network Conference

    Iba’t iba man ang pinanggalingan, Iba-iba man ang pananalita, Ngunit ito’y hindi naging hadlang Sa pagkakaisa’y napunan ang kulang. Eji Quiem of University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) Balangaw on his experience participating in the 2022 National LGBTQI Students Network Conference Fifteen (15) LGBTQI student organizations attended…

  • Hangout with BEF Fellows

    ‘Hangouts’ may mean different things for every person but for our Babaylanes Equality Fellows, it’s their chance to casually talk and share ideas with LGBTQI Mentors about special topics related to their interests. The BEF Hangouts, just like the Discourse & Discussion sessions introduced earlier in the program, are part…

  • BEF Catch-Up: On Intersectional Feminism and the Human Rights Advocacy

    The first half of the BEF Discourse & Discussion Sessions are now done! During the months of April and May, BEF D&D Sessions 3 and 4 were conducted respectively. The fellows were joined by BEF Mentor Natsy Africa-Verceles for D&D Session 3 who discussed Intersectional Feminism while BEF Mentor Marc…

  • Happy Pride 2022!

    Happy Pride 2022! Let us continue the fight for equality #SOGIEEqualityNow

  • Advocacy Discussions on Leadership and Effective Communication

    The first two Discourse & Discussion (D&D) sessions of the Babaylanes Equality Fellowship have been conducted last March 2022. As part of their coursework, our Fellows have to learn eight different topics related to LGBTQI advocacy in a D&D format. Each D&D session is composed of a pre-recorded lecture and…

  • SOGIESC Workshops with Private Companies

    Babaylanes Inc. recently launched the in-country implementation of the regional project, (IM)PART. The project is a multi-country initiative led by APCOM with country partners from the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Lao PDR, and supported by VOICE. (IM)PART advocates for LGBTQI Social and Economic Inclusion by building up on the…

  • Transgender Day of Visibility

    Babaylanes, Inc. celebrates this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility! In continuing our fight for equality, we guarantee to include and empower our trans siblings in all of our projects and undertakings. Babaylanes vows to always fight to assert the existence and rights of every transgender individual until we reach the…

  • Meeting Glamourosa—the Rainbow Community in Catarman

    Glamourosa is an informal organization based in Catarman, Northern Samar that started in 2010. They are composed of LGBTQI individuals who are dedicated to lobbying for equality. Glamourosa is one of the organizations being mentored by Babaylanes under the Building Rainbow Communities project in partnership with Voice Philippines. Last 27…

  • Babaylanes and Voice Philippines Visit Mariveles Rainbow Alliance

    Last March 6, 2022, Babaylanes Inc traveled to Mariveles Bataan to conduct one of the first capacity building and networking activities under the Building Rainbow Communities project. Building Rainbow Communities is a three-year project with Voice Philippines. It was developed to strengthen working relations and address the disparity in the…

  • Babaylanes Equality Fellowship Launch

    We are pleased to announce that the final 20 applicants have been selected. Congratulations to the pioneering batch of the Babaylanes Equality Fellows! To welcome them, an Orientation for Fellows was conducted last 19 February (Saturday). The successful applicants were given an overview of the program activities and introduced to…