The celebration is part of the supreme court’s judiciary-wide Pride Month celebration for 2023, according to a memorandum from the supreme court in May 2023.
It is the supreme court’s “first ever” nationwide ceremony to acknowledge and honor the LGBTQIA++ community, in coordination with the Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary .Executive Judge Marlon Jay Moneva of Regional Trial Court in Cebu City told CDN Digital that the judiciary supports the members of the LGBTQIA++ community.
Also present in the event was Lawyer Magdalena Lepiten M. R. Lepiten, President of Cebu for Human Rights who revealed as an “openly lesbian” lawyer during the event. “We, the LGBTQ++ community are grateful the supreme court decided to celebrate gay pride and recognize us as a marginalized and discriminated minority of the Philippine society., chief legal officer of the University of the Philippines Cebu, who was also one of the attendees, told CDN Digital that it is significant that the supreme court has issued a nationwide order to celebrate Pride Month.
“This is also aligned with the current administrative policies issued by the supreme court in line with the power to exercise administrative supervision all over the courts as well as the practice of lawyers,” Perez said.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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