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Manila council eyes EARIST probe - For denying transgenders enrollment
March 16, 2024
|The Philippine Star
The city council of Manila is planning to investigate reports of the city-funded Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology EARIST) denying enrollment to transgenders unless they cut their hair short, lawmakers said on Thursday.
A video of such an incident was posted on X by the EARIST chapter of LGBTQIA+ group Bahaghari, earning the ire of netizens.
In a privilege speech during a city council session on Thursday, District 4 Councilor Joel Villanueva called on the council to recommend to Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan "the strict implementation and enforcement of
Ordinance 8695," a measure passed in 2020 meant to protect members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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