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The kidnap for ransom incident involving the ABS-CBN news team marks yet another chapter in the annals of violence shared by the struggles for media freedom and genuine peace in Mindanao, Philippines.

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Anissa Helie talks about LGBTI agenda, organising, and challenges  

In a cozy patio one afternoon with fellow feminists, author and activist Anissa Helie bravely engaged the politically charged terrain of LGBTQI relationships and struggles with state actors, fundamentalist forces, and even themselves and other social movements.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups around the world marked International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) last 17 May 2008. On this day, LGBT groups called for concerted action towards the shaping of societies that respect LGBT persons, particularly through changes in laws. As reported by TARSHI (Talking about Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues),a group based in Delhi, India, 86 member states of the United Nations still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual acts among adults.

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By Niel Steve Kintanar

The pre-conference caucus discussions of the 3rd ILGA-Asia Regional Conference held last 24 January 2008 provided a venue to identify the different Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) issues in the different countries and to enumerate different strategies, including those which can be employed at the regional level.

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By Bianca Miglioretto

Why should LGBT organisations, communities, and movements want to collaborate with feminist organisations, feminist movements, communication movements and the broader social movements?

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The Association on South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was once again put to the test in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis which left 130,000 people dead in the Irrawaddy delta of Burma.