Tonette Lopez Explained

Tonette Lopez (died April 25, 2006) was the first transgender woman activist in the Philippines and a popular Asian LGBT activist, HIV/AIDS researcher and journalist.

Lopez led the 16th International AIDS Conference in 2005.^[1]

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In 2001, Lopez started the Gay Human Rights Movement (GAHUM), based in Cebu City.

Lopez has stated: "Discrimination is very eminent. A country such ours, which is predominantly Roman Catholic is very difficult. Opinions and decisions are always coiled and intertwined with one's religiosity, belief and faith."^[2]

See also

• LGBT rights in the Philippines

External links

• Web site: Tonette Lopez, APNSW's human rights expert and singing star died from complications related to diabetes . https://web.archive.org/web/20060716212153/http://apnsw.org/r/lopez.htm . 2006-07-16 .
• Web site: In Memory of The Heroine of Our Time. https://web.archive.org/web/20071021232729/http://www.tsphilippines.com/tonette.htm . 2007-10-21 .
• Web site: CORE PARTICIPANTS - Ms. Tonette LOPEZ . https://web.archive.org/web/20080923043330/http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/smmt-2/lopez2.html . 2008-09-23.
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20090525033526/http://progay.multiply.com/journal . 2009-05-25 . CASIÑO TO GAY, LESBIAN SOLONS: Come out and push passage of anti-discrimination bill.
• Web site: Transgender Rights Are Human Rights. https://web.archive.org/web/20071021232849/http://www.tsphilippines.com/transgenderrights.htm . 2007-10-21 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sex workers on frontline of Asia's AIDS battle - Express India . www.expressindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923023857/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=49968 . 2012-09-23.
2. Web site: STRAP | Transgender Rights Are Human Rights . 2009-03-19 . 2007-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071021232849/http://www.tsphilippines.com/transgenderrights.htm . dead .