LGBT Rights in Philippines

Homosexuality
⚢
✔ Legal
Marriage
⚭
✖ Not legal
Changing Gender
✖ Illegal
Adoption
✖ Single only
Discrimination
✖ No protections
Housing Discrimination
✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
Employment Discrimination
✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
Military
✔ Legal
Age of Consent
✔ Equal
Donating Blood
✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion Therapy
✖ Not banned

Public Opinion

"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"

Philippines ranks #10 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)

(26%) No

Yes (73%)

History

Homosexual activity in Philippines

Current status
(since Jan 1, 1900)

Legal

The only article that may apply to LGBT is Article 200 of the penal code which cites "serious sexual misconduct"

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Same-sex marriage in Philippines

Current status
(since Aug 4, 1988)

Not legal

Legalization pending. Law makers say denying gay marriage is unconstitutional. Civil unions pending.

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Aug 4, 1988–Sep 19, 2018

Unrecognized

Legalization of Gay unions and gay marriage pending. currently under debate in the Philippine supreme court.

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Right to change legal gender in Philippines

Current status
(since 2007)

Illegal

Filipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender

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Jan 1, 2007–Sep 14, 2018

Legal, surgery not required

Missing non binary options on documents.

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Same-sex adoption in Philippines

Current status

Single only

Unsure of date

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LGBT discrimination in Philippines

Sep 16, 2003–Jun 7, 2018

Illegal

According to ILGA.

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Current status
(since Sep 16, 2003)

No protections

There are no nation-wide discrimination protections for LGBT people.

On October 17, 2012, Cebu City approved an anti-discrimination policy.

On September 25, 2014, Philippine province, Agusan del Norte, passed an anti-discrimination ordinance that protects people irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

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