Society

Carlos Celdran's trial is one of the highlights of the fight for the Reproductive Health Bill, which is encountering a ton of opposition from the Catholic Church and other Catholic organizations, even though the people themselves seem to be all for it.

All creators are mothers, and all creation is like giving birth – painful, bloody, and dangerous.

...should I be open about my secular humanism to my students when I know well that my opinions will bear the seal of a teacher’s authority? After all, am I not a math and science teacher, not a social science teacher? Can’t I just be silent about my opinions, wear the robe of neutrality on sensitive issues and get on with science education? After all, a good science education is an avenue to progressive thinking, is it not? Perhaps there’s no need to use my influence as teacher to “preach” secular humanist values. Perhaps I can just teach science well and let the brightest among the kids find their own way to secular humanism.

Last Saturday, I went to my first LGBT Pride March under the banner of the Filipino Freethinkers. It was worth every...

A Filipino Freethinker gives a quick recap of the EPIC excommunication party.

A Filipino Freethinker recaps her very first LGBT Pride March.

We're getting a very positive reaction on our planned LGBT pride march event, over 90 people have confirmed on the Facebook...

Last November 26, more than 100 reproductive health advocates gathered at the very first Excommunication Party in the Philippines, held in...

What conservative Catholics continue to call as "immoral" is the simple admission that human suffering is wrong and that we should do everything in our power to prevent it.