The largest city in the Phillipines - Quezon City - has passed important LGBT protections after a long eight hour city council session.
All 30 city councilors took part in the vote which passed the ordinance unanimously.
From Gay Star News:
'This is very special and better than other ordinances, because it not only penalizes actions, but there is also affirmative action. This is an early gift ahead of the QC pride march in December,' Ging Cristobal, project coordinator for the Asia Pacific region of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, told GMA News.
The law extended a 2003 resolution banning discrimination of LGBTI people in employment to education, delivery of goods or services, insurance and access to accommodation.
The city-wide ordinance also provides venues to educate employers and educators on LGBTI rights.
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