{"id":27450,"date":"2014-10-01T16:31:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T08:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27450"},"modified":"2014-10-01T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T08:31:55","slug":"qc-okays-city-ordinance-upholding-the-rights-of-lgbt-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/01\/qc-okays-city-ordinance-upholding-the-rights-of-lgbt-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"QC okays city ordinance upholding the rights of LGBT individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27452\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/640px-Rainbow_flag_and_blue_skies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27452\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/640px-Rainbow_flag_and_blue_skies.jpg\" alt=\"LGBT flag\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/640px-Rainbow_flag_and_blue_skies.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/640px-Rainbow_flag_and_blue_skies-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBT flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Quezon City Council on Monday approved a city ordinance banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Ging Cristobal, project coordinator for the Asia Pacific region of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and vice chairperson of the Quezon City Pride Council, likened the city council\u2019s decision to an \u201cearly gift\u201d preceding the group\u2019s QC pride march in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very special and better than other ordinances, kasi di lang pine-penalize yung actions, but there is also affirmative action. Maagang regalo ito ahead of the QC pride march in December,\u201d Cristobal said<\/p>\n<p>Cristobal told GMA News Online that the ordinance \u2013 which was authored primarily by First District Councilor Mayen Juicoo \u2013received unanimous votes for from more than 30 city councilors in attendance at the 8-hour deliberation session.<\/p>\n<p>The IGLHRC is one of the staunchest supporters of the ordinance, which expands a 2003 resolution on the rights of homosexuals. The original enactment was limited to discrimination in employment opportunities only; the new ordinance, on the other hand, includes sections that prohibit discrimination in terms of employment, education, delivery of goods or services, insurance and access to accommodations.<\/p>\n<p>The new ordinance likewise seeks to educate the work force, employers, industry leaders, and the general public about the rights of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSa employment, ang gusto nila, ma-inform ang employees na merong karapatan ang LGBT persons. In fact, isa sa pinakamaganda dito, yung dapat yung mga establishments, ay magkaroon ng rest room for transpeople,\u201d Cristobal said.<\/p>\n<p>Cristobal also noted that although the ordinance was authored specifically with the rights of the LGBT community in mind, it is beneficial to the entire community, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAng maganda dito is the inclusion of gender expression, and this can apply to any person, even heterosexuals, pwede nila magamit itong ordinansa. Halimbawa yung isang babae na medyo masculine ang presentation niya, nadidiscriminate din sila [whether or not they identify as part of the LGBT community.] Kasi sabi daw pang LGBT lang, sabi namin hindi, pasok din ang heterosexual, ang lahat ng tao,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Quezon City Council on Monday approved a city ordinance banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":27452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[8029,8027,8028],"class_list":["post-27450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-gay-pride","tag-lgbt-community","tag-qc-lgbt-ordinance","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}