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Herstory is Here: Lesbian Pride Stories
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Herstory takes place in the four corners of the UP College of Social Work and Community Development Seminar Room, as Babaylanes Inc., in celebration of its fifteen lustrous years, concludes the Lesbian Pride Stories. The event enabled the lesbian movement to take center stage once again as pioneers of the…
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Dayon Kam sa Catarman! Babaylanes Goes to Northern Samar
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Dayon Kam sa Catarman! (Welcome to Catarman!) Babaylanes went to Catarman, Northern Samar to visit Glamourosa and hold an organizational development workshop last July 18-20, 2022. This 3-day workshop is the roll-out of the second module for the Building Rainbow Communities project. On the first day, we had an introductory…
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HIV and AIDS Workshop with BRC Orgs
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The roll-out of the first module for the Building Rainbow Communities project continues! Last May 27, 2022, both Glamourosa and the Mariveles Rainbow Alliance joined the workshop for Module 1: HIV and AIDS. In this session, common STIs, HIV, and AIDS were discussed along with how these can be transmitted…
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2022 National LGBTQI Students Network Conference
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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…
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SOGIESC Workshops with Private Companies
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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…
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Meeting Glamourosa—the Rainbow Community in Catarman
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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…
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Babaylanes and Voice Philippines Visit Mariveles Rainbow Alliance
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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…
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Babaylanes Equality Fellowship Launch
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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…
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First Batch of Babaylanes Equality Fellows to be Announced Soon
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The interviews for applicants of the Babaylanes Equality Fellowship (BEF) have been conducted over the weekend. This set of applicants come from diverse fields and backgrounds, and are eager to develop skills for effective advocacy. During the course of the interviews, several have identified gaps in responses to LGBTQI issues…
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[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] Babaylanes Equality Fellowship
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The call for applications for the first batch of Babaylanes fellows is now OPEN. Babaylanes and the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives are proud to launch the Babaylanes Equality Fellowship. The program aims to capacitate young and emerging LGBTQI Filipino leaders and to develop second-liners to sustain the LGBTQI advocacy…
