Quezon City allows LGBTQ+ couples to make health care decisions for each other

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Quezon City has been proactive in ensuring the rights of the LGBTQ+ community with the passage of the Gender-Fair Ordinance in 2014, which is one of the first in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – LGBTQ+ couples in Quezon City will soon have the right to make health-related decisions on behalf of each other through the “right to care card”, Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Friday, June 23.

Through Quezon City’s care card, Belmonte said that LGBTQ+ couples can include their partner as their beneficiary in their life insurance policy under their special contract. As the SOGIE equality bill remains stuck in Congress for several decades, Belmonte said that local governments have the power to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ community.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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