The Mandaluyong City local government celebrated Pride Month on Monday, June 26, by giving due recognition to members of the LGBTQ+ community in the city and throughout the world. | ManilaBulletin
During the city government's assembly, Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos swore in officials of the Mandaluyong Rainbow Tigers which is the largest association of LGBTQ+ individuals in the city led by its president Mark Anthony De Jesus.
In May, Abalos signed a local ordinance that protects individuals of all genders in the city from sexual harassment in the streets and other public spaces. According to the ordinance, gender-based sexual harassment acts include, but are not limited to, catcalling, wolf-whistling, making unwanted advances, saying misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic and sexist slurs or other derogatory remarks on the basis of their gender; exposing private parts for sexual gratification in order to demean, harass, threaten or intimidate the offended party ; as well as stalking, touching, pinching, or brushing against any part of the victim’s body without consent.
The suspects will be penalized according to the guidelines, considering the manner and degree of the crime, as stipulated in RA 11313. Depending on the severity and repetition of the crime by the perpetrators, they can be fined as much as P100,000.
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