The Never-ending Fight
Gretchen Diez: Sogie Equality bill? The history of the LGBTQ+ community is a bit complex as it was not perceived by society as norms. In recent years, the LGBTQ+ community has gain passage and international support particularly United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to acknowledge to have rights globally. Although it took longer to recognize the wrongdoings and the victims from the past. Inequality and discrimination for the LGBTQ+ community still remain a challenge in the Philippines. The struggle that is known in the country for almost 2 decades. According to (Martinez, 2019) 28 years old Gretchen Diez, a transgender woman from Novatas city goes viral in social media. A Facebook live video of Diez being arrested after being prevented from using a female restroom on August 13, 2019 (Tuesday) in Farmers Plaza, a Cubao Mall in Quezon city. Before getting arrested Diez at around 1 pm that day she fell in line for the women’s/...