Marcos lauded for order promoting gay rights

By Kristina Maralit

Dec 27, 2023 12:03 am

(UPDATE) CIVIL rights group LGBT Pilipinas lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for being the first Philippine leader to issue an executive order (EO) creating a special committee further advocating the affairs and rights of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Marcos issued EO 51 which reinforces the country's Diversity and Inclusion Program, reconstitutes the Inter-Agency Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, and creates the special committee on LGBTQIA+ affairs.

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