Fridae

The series presents 10 movers and shakers in Asia – the world's most populous continent – who are set to bring about positive change in their local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. 

Columnist Joseph Gonzales of the Freeman, a newspaper in Cebu, Philippines reacts to the news that although the Supreme Court has recognised Ang Ladlad to be a legitimate political party, it has said that the decision is not meant to suggest the "impending arrival of a golden age for gay rights litigants."

The LGBT community in Philippines won a political victory this week as the country's highest court recognised Ang Ladlad, a LBGT group as a legitimate political party for the first time and can participate as a party-list group in next month's elections.

The Philippnes Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upheld a recent decision in which it barred Ang Ladlad, a LBGT political party, from running in the national elections next year.

After weeks of heated debate about the separation of church and state an alliance between various Filipino LGBT organisations and youth groups brought their grievances to the headquarters of the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec)  Wednesday morning and demanded a recent discriminatory ruling be struck down. Laurindo Garcia reports from Manila.