Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in the Republic of the Philippines have faced many difficulties in their homeland, such as prejudice, violence, abuse, assault, harassment and other forms of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

Many LGBTQ Filipinos are met with mixed attitudes and reactions by their families, friends and others in their communities, as well as professionals, educators, their national public officials, politicians, attorneys and others working for the government and the rest of the general population.

[20] The babaylan, also called katalonan, bayoguin, bayok, agi-ngin, asog, bido and binabae depending on the ethnic group of the region,[16] held important positions in the community.

Filipino homosexuals eventually identified to this oppressive identity and began engaging in projects of inversion, as the disparity of homo and hetero entrenched and became increasingly salient in the people's psychosexual logic.

[36] During the same time, and likely much earlier, Ukà of Lange-Lange, a transgender animist woman among the Teduray people, was recorded as being the most prominent musician in Mindanao, specializing in the kutiyapi, the most difficult and demanding of all indigenous Philippine musical instruments.

At the behest of Imelda Marcos, an anti-gay book was published that clarified the agonistic situation of gay culture at the same time that all other progressive movements in the country were being militaristically silenced.

[46] The community has also shown their advocacies through the 21st LGBT Metro Manila Pride March held in Luneta Park on June 27, 2015, with the theme, "Fight For Love:Iba-Iba.

[54] In November 2022, the newly elected government rejected the recommendations of the United Nations, including the passage of the SOGIE Equality Bill, stating that it was unacceptable for the administration.

Announced by city mayor Joy Belmonte during the 'Pride PH Love Laban sa QC' Festival and in partnership with creative agency MullenLowe TREYNA, it allows LGBT couples to make medical and health decisions on behalf of each other.

Non-commercial, private, consensual sexual activity between people of the same-sex is legal in the Philippines and there is no single historically recorded and archived evidence of any informed documents of any criminally-charged enforced penalties of anyone that is legally prosecuted and convicted for such actions under the criminal laws of its own penal code in the country's constitution that does not constitutionally considered it at all as a criminal offense throughout the entire historical timeline.

[74] Conservative senators Tito Sotto, Manny Pacquiao, and Joel Villanueva told media that they would block the bill at its current state, while Win Gatchalian, Dick Gordon, Migz Zubiri, Cynthia Villar, Ping Lacson, Gregorio Honasan, Alan Peter Cayetano, Chiz Escudero, Ralph Recto and Koko Pimentel expressed support only if modifications to the bill were passed.

The bill was also backed by senators Nancy Binay, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Loren Legarda, JV Ejercito, Kiko Pangilinan, Grace Poe, Antonio Trillanes, Sonny Angara,[75] and Leila de Lima.

"Any form of discrimination threatens social stability and economic progress in the Philippines, making it imperative that discrimination—or any act that establishes, promotes and perpetuates standing inequalities and disregards the right to 'equality of treatment' afforded by the 1987 Constitution—be reduced", Angara argued.

[121] Sexual orientation and gender identity are included as prohibited grounds of bullying in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Anti-Bullying Law, approved by Congress in 2013.

The use of words, gestures, or actions that ridicule a person based on sex, gender, or sexual orientation, identity, and/or expression—including sexist, homophobic, and transphobic statements and slurs—is also prohibited.

"The Act also defines discrimination as:"Discrimination refers to unfair or unjust treatment that distinguishes, excludes, restricts, or shows preferences based on any ground such as sex, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, economic status, disability, ethnicity, and HIV status, whether actual or perceived, and which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all persons similarly situated, of all their rights and freedoms.

The creation of the Special Committee on LGBTQIA+ aims to enhance existing mechanisms to combat discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community and provide a platform for their meaningful participation in government policy formulation.

The CPRA explicitly emphasizes fairness and respect for diversity, addressing discrimination based on various attributes, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE).

The statement – dubbed "Our Common Humanity, Our Shared Dignity" – stresses the church's position that it "must openly embrace God's people of all sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions".

Hate crimes and forced conversion therapy committed by family members towards INC LGBT teenagers have also surfaced and are backed by the Templo Sentral, the central establishment of the INC church.

"[12] The lack of sexual orientation and gender identity awareness is emphasized in other circumstances; transphobia is ubiquitous with media practitioners who do not address transgender people in accordance with how they self-identify.

[12] At the 2013 Cinemalaya indie awards, transgender actress Mimi Juareza won under the Best Actor category, and in reports, she was referred to repeatedly using the male pronoun.

[143] Participants in the UNDP-facilitated national dialogue stated that content emphasized a general lack of understanding for sexual orientation and gender identity, such that LGBT stereotypes dominate; there are many gay men hosting programs at radio stations and television networks, but they are limited to covering entertainment shows.

[12] Given their platform, some media personalities have publicly shared their anti-LGBT sentiments; in 2009 newspaper columnist Ramon Tulfo wrote that LGBT people "should not also go around town proclaiming their preferences as if it was a badge of honor.

"[12] Beyond mainstream media, which already has a niche for the sector, the Internet has provided LGBT people ways to tell their stories outside the realm of film, television, print, and radio.

Disadvantaged workers usually practice absenteeism, low productivity, inadequate training and high turnover, which make for higher labor costs and lower profits.

[146] This coincides with Emmanuel David's article, Transgender Worker and Queer Value at Global Call Centers in the Philippines, in which he states that "trans- and gender-variant people have always sought paid employment, and they have routinely performed unpaid labor and emotional work".

[152] He has also filed the Heterosexual Rights Act which explicitly guarantees people to express opinions against the LGBT community, especially negative stances which are based on religious grounds.

[157] On April 8, 2010, the Supreme Court of the Philippines reversed the ruling of COMELEC and allowed Ang Ladlad, a progressive political party with a primary agenda of combating discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, to join the May 2010 elections.

However, on September 26, 2014, the country gave a landmark yes vote on a follow-up resolution by the UN Human Rights Council to fight violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).