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Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:41:00 08/02/2009

Filed Under: Research

16,000: Estimated number of members and affiliates of Ang Ladlad, an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos (2007)

18: Number of founding members of the UP Babaylan, a campus-based LGBT organization formed in 1992.

1994: Year that the first gay pride marches was held in the Philippines.

3: Age of Aiza Seguerra when she entered show business.

43: Age of Rustom Padilla when he announced that he has changed his identity into BB Gandanghari. The former action star and matinee idol came out as gay during his stint as a ?Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition? housemate in 2006.

2002: Year that the comic book ?Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah? won the Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for Best Comic Book.

P4 million+: Earnings of ?Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros? during its first week of showing in 2005. The movie was made with a mini-DV camera with a budget of only P1 million.

P100,000 to P500,000: Proposed fine for violators of the Anti-Discrimination Bill or HB 956, a legislative proposal that seeks to criminalize discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

6: Number of California Supreme Court justices who upheld the state?s gay marriage ban or Proposition 8 last May.

3: Number of times Harvey Milk ran for public office and lost. Milk became the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in history when he became a member of San Francisco?s board of supervisors in 1977.

25: Number of Daytime Emmy Awards won by ?The Ellen DeGeneres Show? during its five seasons.

3: Number of Academy Awards won by ?Brokeback Mountain? in 2006

268.9 million: Number of page views of the gossip website PerezHilton.com (June 2009)

21: Number of days between the ?American Idol? finale and the long-awaited release of ?American Idol? runner-up Adam Lambert?s interview with Rolling Stone magazine that formally ended all speculation about his sexuality.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research

Sources: pcij.org, upbabaylan.org, progay.multiply.com, fridae.com, visprint.net, akbayan.org, huffingtonpost.com, time.com, ellen.warnerbros.com, brokebackmountainmovie.com, perezhilton.com, rollingstone.com, amidolupdates.com, PDI Archives



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