SOGIE Equality Bill
The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE, Tagalog: ['sɔdʒi]) Equality Bill,
also known as the Anti-Discrimination Bill (ADB),[1][2] are a series of House and Senate bills that
were introduced in the 17th and 18th Congress of the Philippines which aims to set into law
measures to prevent various economic and public accommodation-related acts of
discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.[3]
2018 rally at the EDSA People Power Monument to support the passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill
Legislative history
Prior to the 17th Congress
A senate bill against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity was
believed to have been first filed under the 11th Congress of the Philippines in 2000 by then-
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. On July 26, 2004 under the 13th Congress of the Philippines,
Senator Defensor-Santiago filed the Employment Non-Discrimination bill which aims to prohibit
employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.[4] Similar bills were refiled by her
on the 14th (Anti-Discrimination bill of 2007) and 15th congress (Anti-Sexual Orientation
Discrimination bill).[5][6]
In the House of Representatives, counterpart house bills were filed continuously by the
representatives of Akbayan party-list starting with House Bill 634 filed during the 13th Congress
of the Philippines on July 1, 2004 by then party-list Representative Etta Rosales.[7][8][9]
Similar measures continued to be filed by other senators during the 13th to 16th Congress but
none have been successful. Example provided below are the first anti-discrimination senate bills
from their respective congress:
13th Congress - Senate Bill 165 (Employment Non-Discrimination bill of 2004)[10]
14th Congress - Senate Bill 11 (Anti-Gender Discrimination bill)[11]
15th Congress - Senate Bill 1559 (Anti-Sexual Orientation Discrimination bill)[6]
16th Congress - Senate Bill 1022 (Anti-Discrimination bill)[12]
17th Congress
In 2017, the first SOGI house bill of the 17th Congress was filed by Dinagat Island Representative
Arlene Bag-ao under House Bill 51.[13] Similar bills were filed by Bataan Representative Geraldine
Roman (HB 267), Akbayan Representative Tomas Villarin (HB 3555), and other representatives.
These bills were consolidated and substituted by House Bill 4982.[14] HB 4982 made history
when it was approved on the third and final reading with no members of the House of
Representatives in opposition, becoming the first Anti-Discrimination Bill that was approved in
the House of Representatives.[15][16][17]
The counterpart bill in the Senate, filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros (the first Akbayan senator),
was in the period of interpolations by May 2018. It was backed by Senators Loren Legarda,
Grace Poe, Nancy Binay, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Chiz Escudero, Ralph Recto, Sonny Angara,
JV Ejercito, Francis Pangilinan, Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Leila de Lima, although de Lima is barred
from voting on the bill as she is currently in police custody.[18][19] It was opposed by Senators
Tito Sotto, Manny Pacquiao, Cynthia Villar, and Joel Villanueva (who signed up as a co-author of
the bill). Other senators such as Win Gatchalian, Koko Pimentel, Antonio Trillanes, Panfilo
Lacson, and Richard J. Gordon did not express their support or rejection of the bill. Senator
Trillanes is currently facing cases that may put him in jail, which may make him ineligible to vote
for the bill like senator de Lima if he is arrested. Additionally, Alan Peter Cayetano and Gregorio
Honasan lost their voting rights on Senate measures as they declined to be part of the
presidential cabinet.[20] Out of the existing 24 Senate seats: 12 seats can vote and are in support
of the bill, 1 seat is in support but cannot vote on the bill, 4 seats can vote and are in opposition
to the bill, 5 seats can vote on the bill but have not yet given their positions on it (although the
number may be reduced to 5), and 2 seats are de facto vacated.[20] For a bill to pass the Senate,
it needs more than half the votes in favor of it from all 24 Senate seats. The SOGIE Equality Bill
currently is supported by 12 seats that are allowed to vote on the measure.[21]
The bill is also supported by the Catholic student governments of University of the Philippines-
Diliman (UPD), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU)-Manila, De La
Salle - College of St. Benilde (CSB), Far Eastern University (FEU), Miriam College (MC), St.
Scholastica's College (SSC)-Manila and San Beda University (SBU). The longest running LGBT
student organization, UP Babaylan, has also been supporting the bill ever since it was first
filed,[22] as well as known celebrities and icons such as Heart Evangelista, Nadine Lustre, Bianca
Gonzalez, Iza Calzado, Charo Santos-Concio, Dingdong Dantes, Joey Mead King, Divine Lee,
Karen Davila, Chot Reyes, Tootsy Angara, BJ Pascual, Samantha Lee, Christine Bersola-Babao,
Rajo Laurel, Tim Yap, Anne Curtis, Mari Jasmine, Laureen Uy, Pia Wurtzbach, Lorenzo Tañada III,
Vice Ganda, Arnold Van Opstal, and Chel Diokno.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
In March 2018, a small group of Christians protested at the Senate against the SOGIE bill by
calling the proposed legislation an "abomination", adding that homosexuality is a "sin" citing that
their hate is justified because it is written in the Bible and that identifying as part of the LGBT
community is a lifestyle. The group also claimed that the bill relates to same-sex marriage,
which is not found anywhere within the bill.[32] Senators Villanueva, Gatchalian, and Villar spoke
against same-sex marriage after the protest.[33] In May 2018, senator Tito Sotto, who opposes
the SOGIE bill, became the new Senate President. In an interview, Sotto was asked on the bill's
passage, to which he responded, "Not in this congress."[20]
In July 2018, various high-profile celebrities rallied for the passage of the SOGIE bill. They also
called out senators Sotto, Pacquiao, and Villanueva to end the debates and pass the proposed
legislation.[24] In August 2018, at the height of the bill's postponed debates, various
discrimination incidents against the Filipino LGBT community surfaced, causing public calling
for the passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill in the Senate.[34][35] Numerous influential personalities,
including political allies of the three senators who oppose the bill, sided with the calls to pass
the landmark proposal.[28][34][19]
In May 2019, the SOGIE Equality Bill officially became the longest-running bill under the Senate
interpellation period in Philippine history. Supporters of the bill have remarked that the prolonged
interpellation was intended by the dissenters to block the passage of the historic anti-
discrimination bill.[36] The bill's principal author and sponsor in the Senate, senator Risa
Hontiveros, called on her Senate colleagues to formally close the question period so that the bill
can be open for amendments and voting.[36] In June 2019, with the end of the session of the
17th Congress, the SOGIE Equality Bill prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression—after the lawmakers failed to tackle the bill in this
session of the Senate of the Philippines. The Senate version of the bill was first filed on August
11, 2016. It was sponsored by Risa Hontiveros on December 14 of the same year. The bill has
become one of the slowest-moving bills in the country's history. The passed House version of
the bill would have penalised discrimination with a fine of not less than ₱100,000 but not more
than ₱500,000, or imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than six years or both,
depending on the court's decision.[37] However, she said the bill had gained new allies and wider
acceptance among policy makers and the public and that she is confident the bill will pass in the
next Congress.[38] The bill was archived, and the bill must be refiled in the 18th Congress,
restarting the one to three-year process of enactment.[36][39]
18th Congress
Versions of the SOGIE Equality Bill were refiled in the 18th Congress by Senator Risa
Hontiveros,[40] Senator Leila de Lima, Senator Kiko Pangilinan,[41] and Senator Imee Marcos
although she is against divorce and same sex marriage stating that its "too complicated".[42]
Another similar bill was filed by Senator Sonny Angara.[43] Senators Bong Go,[44] Juan Miguel
Zubiri,[45] Ralph Recto,[19] and Franklin Drilon[19] announced their support for the SOGIE Bill. In the
House of Representatives, various representatives also filed their versions of the bill, notably, Sol
Aragones of Laguna,[46] Geraldine Roman of Bataan,[46] Loren Legarda of Antique,[47] Maria
Lourdes Alba of Bukidnon, Jose Belmonte of Quezon city, Bayan Muna representatives Eufemia
Cullamat, Carlos Zarate, and Ferdinand Gaite, Kristine Singson of Ilocos Sur, Bagong Henerasyon
representative Bernadette Dy, Eric Olivarez of Parañaque city, and Francis Abaya of Cavite.[48]
Representatives Sy-Alvarado, De Venecia, Reyes, Taduran, Bordado, Olivarez, and Violago have
also signed as co-author of the bill filed by representative Roman,[48] while Gabriela Women's
Party representative Arlene Brosas has signed as co-author of the bill filed by Bayan Muna.[48]
Religious leaders also gave their support for the SOGIE Bill, such as Koko Alviar of the Iglesia
Filipina Independiente (Aglipayan Church)[49] Sister Mary John Mananzan, OSB, executive
director of the Institute of Women's Studies of the Catholic St. Scholastica's College,[50] Bishop
Solito Toquiero of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines,[51] and Pastor Kakay
Pamaran of the Union Theological Seminary.[51] In contrast, representative Eddie Villanueva
claimed that the SOGIE Bill is 'imported' and not part of Filipino culture.[52]
Senate president Tito Sotto expressed dissent against the bill again, adding that the bill "will not
pass" in the Senate as long as he is the Senate president.[53] Senator Joel Villanueva also
expressed dissent.[54]
Various personalities announced their support for the SOGIE Bill, namely: Anne Curtis,[55] Heart
Evangelista, Catriona Gray, Pia Wurtzbach, Judy Taguiwalo,[56][57] Iza Calzado, Nadine Lustre,
Janine Gutierrez, BJ Pascual, Mari Jasmine, and Samantha Lee.[58] Vice President Leni Robredo
also supports the SOGIE Bill,[59] while President Rodrigo Duterte supports "an anti-discrimination
law patterned like the one approved in Davao".[60] The government has stated that they will not
certify an anti-discrimination bill as "urgent".[61] In September 2020, groups again called to pass
the SOGIE bill after President Duterte gave an absolute pardon to a former US Marine who has
been convicted of homicide in relation to the killing of trans Filipina Jennifer Laude.[62]
See also
LGBT rights in the Philippines
Bakla
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