Ladlad

Ladlad
LeaderDanton Remoto
SpokespersonBemz Benitez
FoundedSeptember 1, 2003 (September 1, 2003)
HeadquartersMetro Manila
Membership (2009)22,000
IdeologyHuman rights
LGBT rights
Civil libertarianism
ColorsPink
SloganBukas isip. Bukas puso.
Seats in the Senate
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Seats in the House of Representatives
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Website
www.ladladpartylist.blogspot.com

Ladlad (Tagalog for "coming out," lit. "The Unfurled", from the swardspeak pagladlad ng kapa lit. unfurling one's cape),[3] formerly Ang Ladlad LGBT Party Inc.[4][5] and sometimes colloquially known as "the LGBT party", is a Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party. It was founded on September 1, 2003, by Danton Remoto.[6]

The party's official motto is "Bukas isip. Bukas puso." (Open mind. Open heart.)[5]

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  2. ^ Per COMELEC
  3. ^ Manalansan IV, Martin F. (2003). Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822385172. ISBN 978-0-8223-3204-6. (a) The term coming out has been translated in swardspeak as pagladlad ng kapa, or "unfurling the cape." (b) "The Americans are different, darling. Coming out is their drama. [...] Maybe their families were very cruel. Back home, who cared?" [...] [S]ilence stands in sharp contrast to the kinds of discursive norms of coming out.
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  5. ^ a b "About Ladlad". Ladlad. 2010. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Coloma, Roland Sintos (September 1, 2013). "Ladlad and Parrhesiastic Pedagogy: Unfurling LGBT Politics and Education in the Global South". Curriculum Inquiry. 43 (4): 483–511. doi:10.1111/curi.12020. ISSN 0362-6784. S2CID 219287795. It was founded on September 1, 2003 and ratified its constitution and by-laws on March 25, 2004.