Home⇛NRCP Research Journal⇛vol. 25 no. 1 (2026)

Proteksiyon sa Bahaghari: mga Polisiya at Lehislasyon sa Pagkilala ng LGBTQIA+ ng Pilipinas, Thailand, at Singapore

Jessica May S. Reyes | Rowell D. Madula

Discipline: social policy

 

Abstract:

Hindi maikakailang marami nang plataporma sa pagsulong ng pantay-pantay na karapatang pantao ng mga nasa LGBTQIA+. Mula sa pagkampanya gamit ang social media, pagsasagawa ng pride march, maging ang paghalungkat ng mga mainstream media na nagsasalaysay ng mga kuwentong LGBTQIA+ gaya ng mga lumang pelikula, dating soap opera, at marami pang iba, talagang naidiriin kung gaano kahalaga ang maging malay sa usaping ito. Upang mas mapalawak pa, pinakalayunin ng pananaliksik ang sumusunod: a) ilarawan ang pagkakahawig ng mga patakaran sa Pilipinas, Thailand, Singapore; b) suysuyin ang pagkakaiba ng mga batas at patakaran ng mga nabanggit na bansa; at c) tukuyin ang mga implikasyon ng mga pagkakapareho at pagkakaiba ng mga batas ng nasabing bansa. Ginamit dito ang Document Analysis upang magalugad ang batas ng mga nabanggit na bansa. Bilang resulta, natuklasan ang iba’t ibang priyoridad ng mga bansang Pilipinas, Singapore, at Thailand. Sa kabila nito, makikita pa rin ang pagkakapareho ng mga polisiya ng tatlong bansa upang maprotektahan ang LGBTQIA+ kabilang na ang pagtugis sa diskriminasyon at pagsulong sa karapatang pantao.



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