• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…