# Ladlad > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ladlad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ladlad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladlad > Source revision: 1323659417 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Ladlad** ([Tagalog](/source/Tagalog_language) for "[coming out](/source/Coming_out)," "Unfurled", from the [swardspeak](/source/Swardspeak) *pagladlád ng kapa* unfurling one's cape),[1] formerly **Ang Ladlad LGBT Party Inc.**[2][3] and sometimes colloquially known as "**the LGBT party**", is a [Filipino](/source/Philippines) [lesbian](/source/Lesbian), [gay](/source/Gay), [bisexual](/source/Bisexual), and [transgender](/source/Transgender) ([LGBT](/source/LGBT)) political party. It was founded on September 1, 2003, by [Danton Remoto](/source/Danton_Remoto).[4] They sought [party-list representation](/source/Party-list_representation_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines) at the [House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines) in the [2010](/source/2010_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections) and [2013 elections](/source/2013_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections) but failed to win a seat. They were delisted as a partylist organization by the COMELEC in 2015 but remain an active organization. The party's official motto is "*Bukas isip. Bukas puso.*" ("Open mind. Open heart.")[3] ## History Ladlad first tried to register with the [Commission on Elections](/source/Commission_on_Elections) (COMELEC) in 2006,[2] with the hopes of appearing on the 2007 ballot, but was denied for supposedly not having enough members.[5][6] COMELEC further denied Ladlad's petition to be allowed to run in the 2010 elections, this time on the grounds of "immorality".[7] However, on January 12, 2010, the Supreme Court granted a [temporary restraining order](/source/Injunction#Temporary_restraints), thereby allowing Ladlad to participate in the 2010 elections.[8] On April 8, 2010, the [Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines) overturned the ban in the case of *Ang Ladlad v. COMELEC* (G.R. No. 190582), allowing Ladlad to join the elections.[2] The party received 113,187 votes or 0.37% (excluding votes from [Lanao del Sur](/source/Lanao_del_Sur)), below the optional 2% threshold and was not able to win a seat in Congress. In the [2013 elections](/source/2013_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections), the party also failed to reach the minimum two percent of votes cast and failed to win a seat. Consequentially their COMELEC delisted their registration along with 38 partylist groups which failed to win a seat in two consecutive elections, barring the party from running in the [2016 elections](/source/2016_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections).[9] ## Programs and platforms The organization's goals are focused toward [human rights](/source/Human_rights), and the organization fights for equal rights among all Filipinos, whether they are LGBTQ or not.[5] Ladlad has the following platforms:[3] 1. to pass an anti-discrimination bill that would guarantee LGBTQ Filipinos equal opportunities and treatment; 1. funding employment opportunities and welfare programs for impoverished and disabled LGBTQ Filipinos; 1. setting up of centers for LGBTQ youth and seniors in need of protection. [Same-sex marriage](/source/Same-sex_marriage) is not part of the party's platform,[10] although it would add it if it were to achieve the passage of its desired anti-discrimination bill.[11] ## Electoral performance Election Votes % Seats 2010 114,120 0.38% 0 2013 100,700 0.37% 0 ## See also - [LGBT rights in the Philippines](/source/LGBT_rights_in_the_Philippines) ## References 1. Manalansan IV, Martin F. (2003). [*Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora*](https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/827/global-divasfilipino-gay-men-in-the-diaspora). Duke University Press. [doi:10.1215/9780822385172](https://doi.org/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. 1. ["www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/apr2010/gr_190582_2010.html"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210901203636/https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/apr2010/gr_190582_2010.html). 2010-04-08. Archived from [the original](https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/apr2010/gr_190582_2010.html) on September 1, 2021. 1. ["About Ladlad"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110807073237/http://www.ladlad.org/?page_id=2). Ladlad. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.ladlad.org/?page_id=2) on 2011-08-07. Retrieved July 24, 2011. 1. Coloma, Roland Sintos (2013-09-01). "Ladlad and Parrhesiastic Pedagogy: Unfurling LGBT Politics and Education in the Global South". *Curriculum Inquiry*. **43** (4): 483–511. [doi:10.1111/curi.12020](https://doi.org/10.1111/curi.12020). [ISSN 0362-6784](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-6784). [S2CID 219287795](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219287795) It was founded on September 1, 2003 and ratified its constitution and by-laws on March 25, 2004. 1. Pascual, Patrick King (2012-09-17). ["Ladlad: Nine years of fighting for LGBT rights"](https://outragemag.com/ladlad-partylist-nine-years-of-fighting-for-lgbt-rights/). *[Outrage Magazine](/source/Outrage_Magazine)*. Retrieved 2020-06-07. 1. Aning, Jerome (2007-03-01). ["Gay party-list group Ladlad out of the race"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120926163623/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20070301-52263/Gay_party-list_group_Ladlad_out_of_the_race). *Philippine Daily Inquirer*. Archived from [the original](http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20070301-52263/Gay_party-list_group_Ladlad_out_of_the_race) on September 26, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 1. ["CHR backs Ladlad in Comelec row"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140707054450/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/09/chr-backs-ang-ladlad-comelec-row). *ABS-CBN News*. November 15, 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/09/chr-backs-ang-ladlad-comelec-row) on July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2009. 1. Romero, Purple (2009-01-12). ["Supreme Court issues TRO for Ladlad"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100115071102/http://abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/12/10/supreme-court-issues-tro-ang-ladlad). *ABS-CBN News*. Archived from [the original](http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/12/10/supreme-court-issues-tro-ang-ladlad) on January 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 1. Granali, Rima (16 February 2015). ["What to do? Ang Ladlad party list in quandary"](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/673147/what-to-do-ang-ladlad-party-list-in-quandary). *Philippine Daily Inquirer* 1. Jorge Cariño (December 9, 2009). ["Church not anti-gay, says priest"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212145536/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/12/08/09/church-not-anti-gay-says-priest). *ABS-CBN News*. Archived from [the original](http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/12/08/09/church-not-anti-gay-says-priest) on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009. 1. Dizon, David (2015-06-29). ["LGBT group: Anti-discrimination first, gay marriage later"](https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/29/15/lgbt-group-anti-discrimination-first-gay-marriage-later). *ABS-CBN News*. Retrieved 2020-06-07. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ladlad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladlad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladlad?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.