Diversity and Equality Philippines (diversityandequality.ph)

The Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS) evolved from Team Philippines or Team Pilipinas which started in 2002 as a diverse group of individuals—human rights advocates, members of the academe, artists, athletes, hobbyists, etc—that coordinates Philippine participation in international LGBT sporting and cultural events (i.e. Sydney 2002 Gay Games, Chicago 2006 Gay Games, Montreal 2006 1st World Outgames, Montreal 2006 International LGBT Human Rights Conference, Melbourne 2008 1st Asia Pacific Outgames, Copenhagen 2009 World Outgames, Cologne 2010 Gay Games). Team Pilipinas aims to promote and strengthen human rights, sexual and gender diversity and equality, and peace through sports, culture and recreation in the Philippines.

In the spirit of diversity, equality, inclusion and empowering participation, TEAM PILIPINAS is holding the 1st Sports and Philippine Games for Diversity and Equality to 1) promote and strengthen sexual diversity and recognition of equal rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, transsexuals, bakla, tomboy, bayot, silahis, biyaning, etc in the country, 2) promote and encourage participation and representation of the Philippines in the Outgames, Gay Games and other international LGBT events, 3) promote and strengthen Philippine arts and culture, the cultures of human rights and peace and that of social-, cultural-, economic- and bio-ecological diversity.

Components
a. Philippine indigenous games and “larong-kalye” such as patintero, Chinese garter, luksong tinik, luksong baka, prikidam 1-2-3, sungka, games of the generals, etc
b. Sports: running, swimming, table tennis, tennis, badminton, billiards, bowling, dance sport etc

Contact person

• Bruce Amoroto, President-Coordinator, Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights Inc (TEAM PILIPINAS), diversityandequalityweek@gmail.com, http://diversityandequality.ph Phone: +63-916-2826781

Tags: culture, human rights, sport

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