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"Sexual Orientation,Gender Sensibility Gender Identity, [ SOGIESC ] and Awareness Starts with Me"

Hi, I’m Klaus Meine Lonquino From Grade 11 ST-1B AND Currently studying at SUMULONG COLLEGE OF ART AND SCIENCE . I’m gladly and honored to use this kind of social platform to have a voice in promoting the Gender Sensibility and Awareness.

Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) is a universal and inclusive framework which does not only apply to the LGBTQ+ community but to all of us.

Recognizing and understanding these concepts can further combat SOGIE-based discrimination, violence, and oppression in schools, workplaces, institutions, and in broader society.

Let us be clear, the proposed SOGIE Equality Bill will give every individual in the Philippines equal rights and protection against SOGIE-based discrimination and will not provide special treatment to the LGBTQ+ community only.

We are living in a contemporary world yet we are chained to mid-90's mindset. As we envisioned an evergreen world, we should foster differences and should make the word 'acceptance' a common respond. Let us be enlightened with the reality that we are inarguably unique in our own ways that I am who I am and you is you.

Separated by seas, let us unite with a principle that love prospers growth and happiness that through love, all things that is impossible are possible. For love is never a sin and will never be a sin, spread love over hate!

This social dilemma is really a hot topic for a very long time, and I can confidently say that on our era "everyone can be anyone" gender is fluid; and as humans, it is a proven fact that our capabilities or potentials does not stop base on your gender, our abilities to learn, to grow and acquire new skills set are limitless. I'll say, continue to be you and you are capable and you can be anything you want to be.

The world has been used to categories and restrictions that it finds the fluidity of gender as alienating and taboo. It's always been either and never both. Black or white. fat or thin. boy or girl. wife or husband. Hopefully one day this mentality changes.

And I believe if I could teach also people to be grateful, we could have an amazing world where negativity could not grow and foster, and everyone would have a smile on their face and I want to show the world, the universe rather, that I am confidently beautiful with a heart. Thank You!

#GenderSensibilityAndAwarenessStartsWithMe #lgbtqpride #lgbtqsupport #lgbtqrights #lgbtqlove #lgbtqapositivity #LGBTQStopDiscrimination #lgbtqequality #LGBTQAIpositivePOV #TheresALightInMe

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Why Racism is a Public Health Issue

As health care experts, we know racism is a public health crisis. Public health is built on the principle of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. Police violence against communities of color is antithetical to that mission.

Multiple Public Health Crises

As our nation confronts the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health crisis of racism must also be addressed. COVID-19 is disproportionately ravaging the health and economic stability of the Black community. 

The country’s underinvestment in Black and Latinx communities has led to less access to health care and dramatic health care disparities. 

The effects of these disparities can be heard loud and clear amid the pandemic: Economic inequality, structural racism, and public health failures have translated to dramatically higher COVID-19 infection and death rates in the Black and Latinx communities.

Discrimination creates a barrier to health, both inside and outside the doctor’s office. The stresses of anti-Black racism, microaggressions, and discrimination take a toll on the health of Black people.

Systemic inequities that block Black people’s access to basic health care are, in turn, intensified by violence inflicted under the badge of government authority.

Standing Up for Bodily Autonomy and Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood fiercely values bodily autonomy. Full bodily autonomy is the ability to live without the threat of over-policing and without the fear of state-sanctioned violence or murder — and it’s the freedom to make personal decisions about your body without judgment or persecution.

Systemic Racism in Public Policies and Institutions

The policing of Black bodies in the United States extends beyond the police to all of the country’s public institutions — including not only the health care system, but also laws that restrict access to sexual and reproductive health care. 

The same politicians who use racial oppression as a tool of control against Black people also push policies that take away Black people’s reproductive rights. For example, many of the states with abortion bans have higher-than-average-sized Black populations. These states also have higher rates of voter suppression, gerrymandering, stand-your-ground laws, and anti-immigration legislation. 

Bodily Autonomy for Black People

Black women have long been denied control over their own bodies — whether being raped during slavery, not having access to affordable health services, or being punished for terminating a pregnancy or making other reproductive care decisions. 

Black people deserve to live lives free of violence; and Black women can and should be able to make their own decisions about their health. State control of Black bodies makes the promise of reproductive freedom unattainable for Black people. 

Intersecting Identities

It’s also important to note that structural discrimination also targets people who are immigrants, LGBTQ+, and part of other marginalized groups — and especially those whose identities intersect. Planned Parenthood will not rest until all those who are disproportionately affected by restrictions on health care get the access they deserve.

Lawmakers: Prioritize Public Health Approaches Over Further Investment in Policing

It’s unacceptable that Black people disproportionately suffer from state violence and killings. That’s why Planned Parenthood is committed to advocating for policies that will dismantle the system of white supremacy and oppression of communities of color — including policies to defund the police and end police violence. 

Specifically, we’re calling on public officials at all levels of government to work together to adopt four key proposals: holding police officers and departments accountable, divesting from police budgets, investing in community-based solutions, and ensuring peaceful neighborhoods.

We support calls from Movement for Black Lives and other social justice partners to defund the police. Here’s what that means: Instead of investing in police forces that brutalize Black communities, we demand that elected officials prioritize public-health approaches that strengthen Black communities. Excessive and discriminatory policing must be replaced with a model that promotes community support, connects individuals to available services, and actually creates safe and sustainable environments. 

In determining exactly how to defund the police, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Thankfully, examples of successful efforts to defund the police demonstrate what’s worked. And one thing is certain: True reform requires community participation.

Get Involved

We are working with organizations and communities to build a future where Black people have the right to live their daily lives without the fear of violence; make choices about their bodies without fear of persecution; and access sexual and reproductive health care without entrenched barriers.

Join us in calling for justice and freedom. 

Get involved in defunding the police, creating safer communities and defending Black lives. 

GO TO: M4BL.ORG

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GENDER EQUALITY

Gender equality benefits not only women and girls, but "a more balanced world will improve everyone who ever lives" (Chief of UN WOMEN, 2020). The more our world is balanced, our community will be much safer and healthier. According to the Victorian Government (2021), anti-social behavior and violence have higher rates because unequal societies are less cohesive. Also, countries that have gender equality show that their people have better well-being.

Gender equality benefits the economy. According to UN Foundation (2020), without gender equality, there is no sustainable development in the country. Gender equality has also been named one of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for the next decade, recognizing that women's rights are vital not just for achieving equality but also for achieving other goals like poverty reduction, health promotion, and economic growth.

Gender inequality is a significant contributor to women's violence. According to the Victorian Government (n.d), these are the main reasons why violence against women are happening:

men's decision-making authority and constraints on women's independence

rigid gender norms and stereotypes, and male interactions that promote aggression and

disrespect toward women

They are all factors that encourage violence against women

Also, boys are included in violence because of societal pressure happening in our community. Other men are being bullied because they don't act how boys should move on to social norms. According to Knutilla (2017), society must challenge hegemonic masculinities to achieve social change and diminish the dividend.

LGBTQ rights are also part of gender equality. Many people in the LGBTQ community have been affected due to discrimination because of their gender identity. Until now, they have been fighting and promoting that LGBT rights are human rights. According to Outright Action International (n.d), they envision a society in which LGBTIQ people enjoy full human rights and fundamental freedoms, exercise self-determination, build strong communities, and achieve personal and economic success.

REFERENCES:

United Nations. (n.d.). International Women's Day: Gender equality benefits everyone | | UN news. United Nations. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1058881.

The benefits of gender equality. Victorian Government. (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://www.vic.gov.au/benefits-gender-equality.

Audette, A. P., & Schmoll, H. (2019, August 23). Gender equality improves life satisfaction for men and women. LSE Business Review. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2019/08/24/gender-equality-improves-life-satisfaction-for-men-and-women/#comments.

Societal pressure of 'Manning up' has negative impact on young boys and men. The Brock News, a news source for Brock University. (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2017/04/societal-pressure-of-manning-up-has-negative-impact-on-young-boys-and-men/.

Mmoneymaker. (2021, July 15). About Us. OutRight Action International. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://outrightinternational.org/about-us.

Mmoneymaker. (2019, April 22). LGBT human rights worldwide. OutRight Action International. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://outrightinternational.org/what-are-lgbt-rights?gclid=CjwKCAjwq9mLBhB2EiwAuYdMtcFg0iQUBwZLvE4gXKJNSvXNot2d0r3qOzenGQwLhaWbaJ1vf1VbjRoC07wQAvD_BwE.

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The Pride Month We Know & Love

In 1969, the Stonewall Riots occurred. This is considered the beginning of the modern queer rights movement. At the time, it was called the gay rights movement and the word gay, while meaning homosexual, also was an umbrella term that included all of what we now call the queer community.

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On November 2, 1969, a group of people proposed the first gay parade be held in New York City, both to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots and to be an annual reminder that we are in a struggle for fundamental human rights. They called on homophile organizations throughout the country to hold demonstrations the same day to show nationwide support. 

On June 28, 1970, the Christopher Street Liberation Day marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a march. Christopher Street is the road in front of the Stonewall Inn and the road participants marched down. The New York Times reported (on the front page) that the marchers took up the entire street for 15 city blocks. Marches were also held in Chicago & Los Angeles while San Francisco held a “gay-in.”

In 1971, marches took place in Boston, Dallas, Milwaukee, London, Paris, West Berlin, and Stockholm.

By 1972 the participating cities included Atlanta, Brighton, Buffalo, Detroit, Washington D.C., Miami, and Philadelphia, as well as San Francisco.

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The first marches were both serious and fun and served to inspire the widening activist movement. There was a dramatic increase in the number of people organizing for queer rights. In 1969, there were 50 to 60 gay groups in the country. In 1970 that increased to at least 1500. In 1972 it was 2500.

Prior to 1969, the organizations called themselves the homophile movement. They focused on showing that gay people are respectable and politely asked for discriminatory policies to be removed. Their marches had dress requirements, age limits as to who could participate, and even the signs held had to be pre-approved.

The Stonewall riots with images of gays retaliating against police changed things and inspired new activists. They considered the movement an uprising and renamed it the gay liberation movement. We are gonna be who we are and live as we want, respectability be damned. Parades and festivals were to specifically to not have dress requirements or age limits. 

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In Nazi Germany, gay men were prisoners in the concentration camps and their clothes had inverted pink triangles sewn on them to mark them as homosexual men (this also included bisexual men and trans women). This pink triangle was extra large so they could be easily identified from a distance. 

After the concentration camps were shut down at the end of World War II and prisoners freed, the gay survivors were not released but locked up in prison. Homosexuality was illegal in Germany. West Germany continued to imprison them until 1994!

In 1973, Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin, a German gay liberation group, called for gay men to wear the pink triangle as a memorial to past victims and to protest continuing discrimination. This pink triangle became a symbol of the gay rights movement and many displayed it proudly, but the symbol couldn’t shake its association with the horrors of the Nazis. 

Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., urged artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, to create a new inspiring symbol for the gay community to replace the Nazi symbol. 

It’s thought that Baker was at least partially inspired by the Judy Garland song “Over the Rainbow” (Garland being among the first gay icons). He also liked the idea of a flag, as that is a way of being visible. The rainbow flag was unveiled at the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade. After the parade, hot pink was removed from new flags due to fabric unavailability. The murder of Harvey Milk in November 1978 led to a surge of requests for the Rainbow flag, which led to it being adopted by people around the country.

For the 1979 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade, the organizers reduced the number of colors from 7 to 6 so that they could divide it in half and have 3 colors decorating one side of the street, and the other three colors on the other side. This 6-colored rainbow flag became the standard and quickly replaced pink triangles.

In 2003, a mile-long version of the rainbow flag was made by Baker for the 35th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, this recognized the rainbow flag as THE international symbol for LGBTQ pride, it can be seen all around the world.

On June 26, 2015, the White House was illuminated in the rainbow flag colors to mark the legalization of same-sex marriages across the country.

In June 2017, the city of Philadelphia adopted a revised version of the flag that adds black and brown stripes to the top of the standard six-colors to draw attention to issues of people of color within the LGBTQ community.

In June 2018 designer Daniel Quasar released a redesign incorporating elements from both the Philadelphia flag and trans pride flag to bring focus on inclusion and progress within the community.

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But when did it go from Gay Liberation to Pride? 

Meetings to organize the first march in New York City began in early January 1970. Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist, is known as the “Mother of Pride” for her work in coordinating the march. She also originated the idea for a week-long series of events around the march.

She wanted to create a number of events to bring in people from out of town and wanted to unite the events under a label. The first idea was ‘Gay Power,’ however gay activist L. Craig Schoonmaker didn’t like that suggestion. He explained, “There’s very little chance for [gay] people in the world to have power…But anyone can have pride in themselves, and that would make them happier as people, and produce the movement likely to produce change.“

Brenda Howard, L. Craig Schoonmaker and bisexual activist Robert A. Martin (aka Donny the Punk) are credited with popularizing the word "Pride” to describe the festivities in New York.

As the 1980s approached, there was a cultural shift in the gay movement. Just as the elections of Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher indicated a conservative shift in their countries, activists of a less radical, more conservative nature began taking over the march committees in different cities. They dropped “Gay Liberation” and “Gay Freedom” from the names, replacing them with Schoomaker’s idea of “Gay Pride.” This also coincided with the replacement of the more radical pink triangles for the more positive rainbow flags.

The word “pride” was embraced as it defies the bigotry and hatred against the LGBTQIA+ community. It also teaches people they should be proud of themselves rather than feel shame. Replacing shame with pride helps people to come out and to be more assertive about who they are and that they deserve the same rights as others. 

In 1999, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation declaring that the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies would “celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall every June in America as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.” President Barack Obama issued a proclamation in 2009 declaring June LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. 

This is how we got Pride Month!

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Part of the original ideas of parades was to bring queer people and queer culture into what was considered heteronormative spaces. Queer lives were seen as dissident and radical. 

Today Pride events have taken on a festive character and it’s fun to join hundreds or thousands of other queer people. 

Pride events still have some of the original political or activist character. Most offer some aspect dedicated to remembering victims of AIDS and anti-LGBT violence. Booths are often on hand with people collecting signatures in support of constitutional amendments or petitions for laws & policies to change.

Large parades often involve floats, dancers, drag queens and amplified music, and they usually include political and educational contingents, such as local politicians, and groups from LGBT institutions of various kinds, such as PFLAG. Other typical parade participants include local LGBT-friendly churches and LGBT-employee associations from large corporations. 

The Stonewall riots, as well as the immediate and the ongoing political organizing that occurred following them, were fully participated in by lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, and gays, from all races and backgrounds. Pride festivals and parades continue to be inclusive spaces. 

Historically these events were first named Gay, the word at that time being used to cover the entire spectrum of what is now called the queer. Today these festivals & parades are often called Pride.

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Fully Vaccinated and Happy

Fully Vaccinated and Happy

One of my greatest flex this year! . . I am proud to say that I am fully vaccinated against #covid19 . As someone who is diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease and with Atrial Septal Defect + being a hyperallergenic one, it’s really scary. I was scared at first to get vaccinated due to my condition but I was advised by my Cardiologist to get the Covid vaccine as soon as I am able to. As…

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Thirty One-derful And Still Holding

Thirty One-derful And Still Holding

If 2021 has made me realize something, it’s that “there is absolutely no limit to what we can achieve as humans. We, however choose to define what we can and cannot do.”Life is so fabulous and unpredictable that leave us with no words sometimes, literally in a shocked state! It is challenging us all the time and that is the magic behind of this world. When I think about something, I always had…

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There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this 🌱🙏🏻💕 . . . . #chasingwaterfalls #theislandgirldiary #waterfalls #zen #nature (at Ngardmau Waterfalls) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJDZbdXAEr-/?igshid=1fldq1psky2rv

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Balance is not something you find, but something you create. Wish it. Dream it. Do it! 🧘‍♀️ 🌱 🙏🏻 . . . . #rockcairn #theislandgirldiary #cairn #zen #nature (at Palau Micronesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBd_1eAoCn/?igshid=cu0sfzad15c2

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