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POSITION PAPER OF THE BAGUIO PRIDE NETWORK SUBMITTED TO THE BAGUIO CITY COUNCIL RE: Proposed Resolutions denouncing and prohibiting the conduct of same sex unions in the City of Baguio and for the Conduct of an Investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation and the Baguio City Police Office regarding the conduct of same-sex unions.…

Human Rights Online Philippines

August 13, 2011

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POSITION PAPER OF THE BAGUIO PRIDE NETWORK SUBMITTED TO THE BAGUIO CITY COUNCIL

RE: Proposed Resolutions denouncing and prohibiting the conduct of same sex unions
in the City of Baguio and for the Conduct of an Investigation by the National
Bureau of Investigation and the Baguio City Police Office regarding the conduct
of same-sex unions.

I. BACKGROUND:

The Baguio Pride Network (BPN) is an alliance of the different LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) groups/organizations, advocates and individuals in Metro Baguio. Every year, the BPN celebrates June as pride month and conducts different activities in celebration thereof; some of which are Libreng Gupit conducted at the Baguio City Jail, the Silungan Center of the DSWD, the Peoples Park and at the La Trinidad Municipal Plaza; Tree planting and clearing activities at the Pride Park at Busol Water Shed; Relief Operations during calamities; Pride Religious Services conducted by one of its members, the Metropolitan Community Church of Metro Baguio (MCC); Educational Forums re: LGBT issues at the different colleges and universities in the city and lastly the yearly Pride Parade.

As part of the 2011 Pride Celebration, the MCC conducted the Pride Religious Service with the celebration of the Holy Union of 8 same sex couples. Such ceremony has drawn mixed reactions from the public. Members of the church hierarchy and the ecumenical community had condemn the act and some had made discriminatory statements against those involved in the Holy Union branding them as “abnormal”, “mentally ill”, “kadiri” and a pastor-announcer at Z-Radio Station called them as, “mga kampon ni satanas” and the event as “gawain ng demonyo”.

The City Mayor was “ashamed” that the event occurred in the City of Baguio. Other politicians/lawyers also joined the band wagon and stated that criminal cases can be filed against the persons involved in the said event.

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