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By Carlos Diego A. Rozul Since the June 1969 Stonewall Riot in Manhattan New York, liberation of the gay  community accelerated not only in the United States, but globally as well. In the Philippines, there have been numerous efforts in repairing the erasure of the  LGBTQIA+ community from centuries of colonial occupation. From representation in the media to legislation, pillars of the community have paved the way for the diversity and inclusion we experience now. This June, LoveYourself launches its LGBT Pride Month Campaign ATBPride (At Iba Pride), a play on the Filipino abbreviation for etcetera. While we take pride in one's otherness as something special we come together as a community with kindness and mindful intentions. This includes listening to each other's narratives and being open to learn about the diversity of people's experiences. Usapang ATBPride  aims to engage the community at large in learning more about the experiences of selected people who i...

By Mark de Castro SOGIE and LGBT are language tools that may still continue to evolve, used to better capture the experience of human diversity. Due to its complexity, confusion in understanding sexuality is inevitable. The term “Third Gender” was the closest common, non-derogatory vocabulary for non-heterosexuality before the sexual revolution in the 1960s. Today, the term LGBT has been adopted by a majority of sexuality and gender identity-based communities in the United States from about 1988. [1] In the Philippines, the initialisms used are LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, and a few others. These variations may be caused by groups giving emphasis on what the group’s main objective is and on the diversity of their members which may include queers, allies, and others that are not found in the initialism LGBT. The initialism LGBT, the list of initials have sometimes gotten as long as LGBTTQQIAAP: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pans...