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Ladlad

Leader Danton Remoto

Spokesperson Bemz Benitez

Founded September 21, 2003

Headquarters Metro Manila

Ideology Human rights

LGBT rights

Colors Pink

Seats in the Senate 0 / 24

Seats in the House of Representatives 0 / 287

Website

www.ladladpartylist.blogspot.com

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Ladlad (English: "come out," lit. "The Unfurled") or the LGBT Party is
a Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party. It was founded on
September 21, 2003 by Danton Remoto.
The party's official motto is Bukas puso, bukas isip. (Open heart, open mind.)[1]

Contents

 1Platform
 2Controversies
  3Low Popularity Dilemma
 4Programs and platforms
 5Electoral performance
 6References

Platform[edit]
The organization's thrust is toward human rights, and the organization is fighting for equal rights
among all Filipinos, whether they are LGBT or not.[citation needed]

Controversies[edit]
The Commission on Elections denied Ladlad's petition to be allowed to run in the 2010 elections, on
the grounds of "immorality",[2] However, on January 12, 2010, the Supreme Court granted
a temporary restraining order, thereby allowing Ladlad to participate in the 2010 elections.[3] In
the 2007 elections, Ladlad was previously disqualified for failing to prove they had nationwide
membership.[4]
On April 8, 2010, the Supreme Court formally allowed Ladlad to join the elections. The party
received 113,187 votes or 0.37% (excluding votes from Lanao del Sur), below the optional 2%
threshold and was not able to win a seat in Congress.
In the 2013 elections, the party also failed to reach the minimum two percent of votes cast barring
the party from running in the 2016 elections.[5] The party can enter elections in 2019 instead.

Low Popularity Dilemma[edit]

The party's low popularity due to the country's opposing influential Catholic figures is seen as the
major walls in Ladlad's congressional bid.
Modernization has lessened the percentage of Filipinos tracking traditional Catholic teachings and
more LGBT Filipinos are coming out of the closet as noted by local surveys and as seen in the huge
influx of LGBT Filipinos in nationwide Pride Marches, notably the Metro Manila Pride March.[6]

Programs and platforms[edit]

Ladlad has the following platforms:[1]

1. Re-filing of the Anti-Discrimination Bill that gives LGBT Filipinos

equal opportunities in employment and equal treatment in
schools, hospitals, restaurants, hotels, entertainment centers,
and government offices.
2. Re-filing of the bill to repeal the Anti-Vagrancy Law that some
unscrupulous policemen use to extort bribes from gay men
without ID cards;
3. Setting up of micro-finance and livelihood projects for poor and
handicapped LGBT Filipinos;
4. Setting up of centers for Golden Gays, or old and abandoned
LGBTs, as well as young ones driven out of their homes. The
centers will also offer legal aid and counseling, as well as
information about LGBT issues, HIV-AIDS, and reproductive
health. These centers will be set up initially in the key
cities/metropolitan areas of the Philippines -- Baguio, National
Capital Region, Cebu and Davao.
 Same-sex marriage is not yet part of the party's platform.[7]

Electoral performance[edit]

Election Votes % Seats

2010 114,120 0.38% 0

2013 100,700 0.37% 0

2016 Disqualified*

2019

*Parties that didn't win for two consecutive elections are barred from running in the next immediate
election.

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "About LADLAD". LADLAD. 2010. Retrieved July
24, 2011.
2. ^ "CHR backs Ladlad in Comelec row". ABS-CBN News. November
15, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
3. ^ Romero, Purple (January 12, 2009). "Supreme Court issues TRO for
Ladlad". ABS-CBNNews.com/Newsbreak. Retrieved January
15, 2010.
4. ^ Aning, Jerome (March 1, 2007). "Gay party-list group Ladlad out of
the race". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on
September 26, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
5. ^ "What to do? Ang Ladlad party list in quandary".
6. ^ https://psmag.com/social-justice/gay-population-lgbt-homosexual-
sex-kinsey-68670
7. ^ Jorge Cariño (December 9, 2009). "Church not anti-gay, says
priest". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 10, 2009.

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