 The women working in night clubs are immediately stereotyped as prostitutes. (Region 6 ) Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders (LGBTs) Various forms of discrimination against LGBTs have been noted in 10 out of the 15 Regional Consultations (66.66%), including discrimination within their homes, schools, and government facilities, as well as ridicule and lack of prioritization in accessing government services.  LGBT issues are not prioritized in many LGU programs on gender, resulting in failure to address their specific issues. For instance, LGBT concerns are not yet incorporated in the GAD plan of the Municipality of Nagcarlan (Region 4).  There are no specific programs for VAW for LGBTs who are victims of violence. Furthermore, there are no programs at all for transgender women and men, and for lesbians who are not victims of violence.  Service providers often do not address their concerns appropriately. For instance, they encounter discrimination in filing complaints. In one case (Region 10), the police berated a victim-complainant of a mauling incident who is gay, telling the victim that he deserved what happened to him because he is gay.  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 (Region 8).  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.  Street bullying against LGBTs (name-calling, throwing rocks at them, hate crimes). 64

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