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'[FAMILY] DOES NOT MEAN… ONLY A MARRIED COUPLE WITH CHILDREN'As the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday concluded its oral arg...
15/08/2026

'[FAMILY] DOES NOT MEAN… ONLY A MARRIED COUPLE WITH CHILDREN'

As the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday concluded its oral arguments on the recognition of foreign divorce between two Filipinos, Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said that there can be strong families even without marriage.

At one point, Leonen then asked Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe if a widow and a child, a single parent, a single parent with a partner they are not married to, an unmarried couple with children, same-s*x partners with adopted children, and an orphan being taken care of by his or her grandparents were considered family.

Berberabe answered yes to each one.

“Therefore, when we read family there, that is to be strengthened as an autonomous social institution, it does not mean… only a married couple with children,” Leonen said.

He cited Article II, Section 12 of the Constitution, which starts with: "The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution."

Read the whole story here:
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/998113/sc-ends-oral-arguments-on-foreign-divorce-leonen-says-who-to-love-is-human-right/story/

15/02/2026

'FAMILY SILA'

Kinilala kamakailan ng Supreme Court ang karapatan ng same-s*x couples sa mga ari-arian na magkatuwang nilang ipinundar sa ilalim ng Article 148 ng Family Code.

Ayon sa Korte Suprema, bukod sa Civil Code ay maaaring ituring na co-owners ang same-s*x couples sa ilalim din ng Family Code hangga’t may pruweba sila sa kontribusyon.

Bakit nga ba mahalaga ang pagkakaroon ng paglilinaw sa karapatan sa ari-arian ng same-s*x couples?

Alamin sa interview kay Atty. Virginia Viray, UP Law senior lecturer at miyembro ng UP Gender Law and Policy Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQTBTnEVKdM&t=5s

13/02/2026

LOVE RESPONSIBLY.

February 13 is International Condom Day, launched in 2009 by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to promote safer s*x and raise awareness about HIV prevention ahead of Valentine’s Day.

: In October 2025, the World Health Organization urged the Philippines to address its rising HIV cases, which have increased sixfold over the past 14 years: https://inqnews.net/whohiv

13/02/2026

𝙋𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙊 𝙄𝙏𝙊 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝙎𝘼 𝙋𝘼𝙂-𝙐𝙉𝙇𝘼𝘿 𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝘼𝙔𝘼𝙉 — we welcome the Supreme Court's ruling which firmly upholds that same-s*x couples can be recognized as co-owners of property with proof of joint contribution.

This ruling, made by the Supreme Court overturning the decisions of both the RTC and CA, shall certainly serve as landmark jurisprudence on the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Filipinos in a legal system that has historically made them voiceless and invisible.

Of course, it must be noted that this ruling was reached as a result of the Supreme Court taking the view that LGBTQ+ couples — as couples who cannot marry according to existing laws — fall squarely on Article 148 of the Family Code, which governs rules for unmarried couples who are cohabiting.

In the first place, LGBTQ+ couples should not have to be treated as individuals without capacity to marry each other. Walang kasarian ang pag-ibig. Deserve natin ng pantay na pagkilala ng pagmamahal.

So more than this ruling — a great change in interpretation of the law where LGBTQ+ Filipinos have been dismissed for so long — we must call for a change in the law itself. It is time we amend the Family Code and institute marriage equality, otherwise known as same-s*x marriage.

We challenge Congress and the rest of the Marcos administration to finally take concrete steps in adopting the LGBTQ+ community's long-standing call for marriage equality. Most importantly, we call on all LGBTQ+ Filipinos to come together. A better world where Filipinos enjoy civil rights regardless of our gender is possible. Let us pass a Philippine marriage equality act now.


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