Trans teacher Estee Saway (left) and Mike Armando Wilson (right). (Facebook) A Filipino elected official has been accused of formulating the killing of a trans teacher in Abra according to a Police report. Barangay chairman hon. Mike Armando Wilson was reportedly identified by one of the four suspects arrested a few hours after the killing
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Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) An investigation is being opened into the brutal murder of Cindy Jones Torres, a trans woman found dead with multiple stab wounds in the Philippines. The 39-year-old was found dead on 28 July in her salon in Guiginto, Bulacan. It is believed she was
Volunteers carry sacks of rice on March 20, 2020 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines (Ezra Acayan/Getty) The LGBT+ community in the Philippines has been recruited to distribute coronavirus relief after packages reportedly went missing in the hands of corrupt officials. Mayor Sara Duterte of Davao City in the southern Philippines noticed a “recurring problem”