work in the cities only to be trafficked or forced into prostitution. Because of lack of other options, they stay in prostitution and suffer all kinds of abuse and discrimination.  They are vulnerable to physical and other kinds of abuses.  They have limited access to health and social services, including free medicines, ST/HIV testing, general check-ups.  When they complain about abuse and assault by their clients, police do not entertain them.  They have high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases and infections, HIV, and AIDS due to the nature of their work.  They vulnerable to exploitation - they are underpaid or not paid at all, only their handlers benefit from them.  Women who wish to get out of prostitution lack employment opportunities or face employment discrimination.  The women working in night clubs are immediately stereotyped as prostitutes. Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders (LGBTs)  LGBT issues are not prioritized in many LGU programs on gender, resulting in failure to address their specific issues.  Service providers often do not address their concerns appropriately. For instance, they encounter discrimination in filing complaints.  LGBTS are bullied and discriminated against solely because of their gender. Regardless of whether they dress appropriately or not or act appropriately or not, people still disrespect them.  Various cases of discrimination have been noted in Region 10: A public school elementary student who self-identified as a boy and dressed as such - was humiliated by the school principal by forcing the student to parade around the campus wearing a window curtain as a skirt, stressing that the student was born female and thus must dress as a girl; A transwoman who was told to cut her hair short so she could get a job; A security agency which tried to layoff all its lesbian security guards/employees.  Lack of family acceptance, and discrimination even from family members. 8