“I hope this is just a start,” said Manila City Mayor, Isko Moreno, as gender discrimination is now banned in the Filipino capital city.
Mayor Moreno signed Ordinance No. 8695, also known as the Manila LGBTQ+ Protection Ordinance of 2020, which “protects the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, queers and intersex (LGBTQ+) in the city of Manila against any and all forms of discrimination solely on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression.” Manila has joined Quezon City in undertaking anti-discrimination ordinances to combat prejudice and gender discrimination across the Philippines. “There will be long painstaking processes that we need to achieve, but at the very least that we can do for you, is