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Maadong Pag Abot Dili sa Odiongan! Babaylanes Goes to Romblon
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Maadong Pag Abot Dili sa Odiongan! (Welcome to Odiongan!) Romblon Pride and the Odiongan LGU warmly received the Babaylanes team in the municipality of Odiongan, Romblon last October 14, 2022. This partnership became possible because of the Odionganons desire to have a more equal and inclusive municipality. Thus, Babaylanes conducted…
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Wrapping Up: Hangouts with BEF Fellows
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That’s a wrap! The Hangouts with our BEF Fellows are officially over. Last July, the Hangout session 3 was used to talk about the initial batch project ideas of our fellows. Here, our Executive Director Jap Ignacio answered the fellows’ concerns about their incoming batch project implementation. The Babaylanes staff…
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BEF Catch-Up: Community Organizing and Lobbying
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The BEF Discourse & Discussion (D&D) sessions 7 and 8 are now done. This marks the end of the D&D sessions for the BEF 2022 curriculum. Last July, the BEF D&D on Community Organizing was conducted with Maroz Ramos from GALANG Philippines. Our Mentor discussed GALANG’s experiences and tips in…
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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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BEF Catch-Up: LGBTQI Issues and Protection and Project Management
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With two more sessions done, we are almost nearing the end of our discourse and discussion series! Last June 11, 2022, we had our 6th session on LGBTQI Issues and Protection. We were joined by our mentor Atty. Claire De Leon, the former secretary general of the Lagablab LGBT Network.…
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Babaylanes Launches Online LGBTQI Resource Hub — Balangaw.ph
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Babaylanes Inc. recently launched balangaw.ph – your new one-stop resource hub for research and existing data on SOGIESC education and LGBTQI rights information, as well as updates on the SOGIESC Equality Bill/Anti-Discrimination Bill. Currently featured on the website is “Babaylanes in Pride History”, an exhibit on the activism of the…
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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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Hangout with BEF Fellows
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‘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…
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BEF Catch-Up: On Intersectional Feminism and the Human Rights Advocacy
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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…
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Advocacy Discussions on Leadership and Effective Communication
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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…
