"I am an out gay man. This is why I still go to Church"

This news article written by Raymond Alikpala delved into his experiences of being a Catholic gay man.  Here, he talked about his motivations for staying in the Church such as feeling a “personal connection with a loving God” and the Church being important because it “underscores this sense of community”. 

Pacquiao argues vs. anti-discrimination bill: Bible does not allow cross-dressing.

This article highlights the prevalence of using religious arguments to defend one’s position despite the separation of Church and State. In an interpellation, former Senator Manny Pacquiao used examples from the Bible to make his case. 

Being LGBT and Catholic in the Philippines is not easy.

This article by de Guzman (2022) talked about how the Philippines embodies both conflict and harmony between doctrinaire teachings on identity and modernity with the aid of accounts from various people.

Southeast Asia’s most Gay-Friendly country still has no law against LGBT discrimination

This article by de Guzman (2023) talked about how, despite the Philippines’ identity as a gay-friendly country, with the highest score for LGBT social acceptance in the Southeast Asia region, it struggles to pass the SOGIE bill. 

Pride and prejudice: Reconciling queerness and religion

The Guidon, the official student newspaper of Ateneo de Manila Univeristy, chronicles the life of M. Dofitas, a non-binary and aromantic individual. The article also narrated how they grew up in a devoutly Catholic household and how they experienced pressure, emotional, and verbal abuse from religious believers for not conforming to the gender binary. 

Despite common belief, queerness, religiosity can co-exist.

Claire McBride retells their story on how they stopped going to church after realizing that they are queer. They explained how they struggled with reconciling their religious identity with their queerness. 

QC gov’t launches ‘Right to Care’ card

The news article talks about the “Right to Care” card developed by the Quezon City government to provide LGBTQ+ couples the ability to make healthcare decisions for their partner as they are often barred from doing this. 

Queer sex and spirituality can coexist—LGBTQ+ people of faith tell all

Olivares (2018) expresses in their article that "I believe that Jesus loves me because I'm gay — not in spite of my sexuality." They explain how queer people have their own definitions of “God” and “gay” which they apply in order to find common ground between their two identities. 

Would I return to a queer-friendly church?

In this blog post written by Margot Tanjutco, she delved into the reasons as to how she came to identify as a queer lapsed Catholic. She talked about how it is hard for her to completely detach herself from the church because her family are all still a part of it. 

After “Fiducia Supplicans,” what is the role of LGBTQ Catholics in the church?

Written by Patrick Wells-O'Brien, this blogpost talks about their reasons for staying in the Catholic Church.