LGBTQ Psychology at UPV

LGBTQ Psychology at UPV This is a safe space to learn, appreciate, and promote LGBTQ Psychology driven by social justice.

08/03/2026

Psychology at UP Visayas is one with the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women's Day. We celebrate their significant contributions in the field of psychology, their tremendous work in training psychology researchers and practitioners, and their honor and excellence in the service of the Filipino nation.

Prof. Emeritus Ida Josephine Siason, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Bernice Vania Mamauag, PhD
Asst. Prof. Moniq Muyargas, PhD
Asst. Prof. Aniceta Patricia Alingasa-Aguirre, MA
Asst. Prof. Augil Marie Robles, MA, RPm
Asst. Prof. Janelle Rose Tan, MA
Jezzebelle Baldo-Villanueva, MS, RPsy
Khent Adenix, RPm

22/02/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ We cordially invite you to join our open forum
โ€œRevelations and Reflections on Q***r Ageing: Insights from Thailand and the Philippinesโ€ ๐ŸŒˆโœจ
๐Ÿ—“ February 23, 2026
๐Ÿ“ Room 304, Siriwittayalak Building,
Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education (LSEd),
Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus
๐Ÿ“ฒ Live streaming via Facebook Live: LSEd TU Page
๐Ÿ“ Register here: https://forms.gle/bGCuWD2KCufKjvpW9
๐ŸŽ“ All registered participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
๐Ÿ“ž For further information, please contact Khun Thanyabhorn (June) at 02-696-6733


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21/02/2026
๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ
16/02/2026

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

Explore clinically oriented, open access article summaries from Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity! The latest issue covers topics such as:

๐Ÿ’  minority stress and resilience experiences in young adults with inters*x variations
๐Ÿ’  differences in risk for suicidal ideation and su***de attempts among s*xual and gender minority young adults
๐Ÿ’  and much more.

Read here: https://bit.ly/3O67NOI

Division 44 APA: Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

10/02/2026

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐”๐๐Œ๐”๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ "๐ˆ" | ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐–๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘ โ€ผ๏ธ

Join us for ๐”๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž "๐ˆ": ๐€ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  as we move inters*x issues from the margins into mainstream conversation. This roundtable is made possible through our collaboration with ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ and ๐€๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐›, with the special participation of the ๐๐€๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

This session features advocates ๐‰๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ณ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐  from Inters*x Philippines, alongside ๐‘๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ of the PAP Industrial-Organizational Psychology Division, to share narratives on bodily autonomy and affirmative mental health support. Moderated by our Co-chairperson, ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐จ, this roundtable aims to debunk common myths and distinguish biological s*x characteristics from gender identity to foster deeper empathy and professional understanding.๐ŸŒˆ

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” [๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ]
๐Ÿ•™ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐•๐ข๐š ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐‹๐†๐๐“ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐ˆ๐† ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐š๐ ๐ž

๐Ÿ”— ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ! ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค:
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A small win, but a win nonetheless ๐ŸŒˆโœจโ™ฅ๏ธ
10/02/2026

A small win, but a win nonetheless ๐ŸŒˆโœจโ™ฅ๏ธ

JUST IN: The Supreme Court has ruled that same-s*x couples who live together and can provide proof of actual contribution may be recognized as co-owners of property under Article 148 of the Family Code.

05/02/2026
Congratulations to our home programme, BA in Psychology for successfully going through the External Quality Assurance Re...
30/01/2026

Congratulations to our home programme, BA in Psychology for successfully going through the External Quality Assurance Review. Our LGBTQ Psychology course continues to become one of the best offerings of our programme ๐ŸŒˆโœจ

12/01/2026
04/01/2026

If you have ever been at the receiving end of the โ€œSino sa inyo ang lalaki?โ€ question, chances are, you didnโ€™t know what to say. As a q***r teenage girl, I did not know what to say. Still, I knew it meant to ask: in a relationship between two teenage girls, whoโ€™s more masculine? But beneath this seemingly harmless question, the modern Filipino lens sees q***r relationships as black and white, and acceptance is watered down to mere tolerance.

Expressions like โ€˜tomboy na may Mioโ€™, or โ€˜sabi ko na barbieโ€™ were born out of this belief as euphemisms, but it has turned into boxes that confine q***r individuals.

Read full story in the comment section.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜...
16/12/2025

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐Ÿ’ฌโœจ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐Ÿงฉ๐Ÿ’›

In a society where cis-heteronormative language is treated as โ€œstandardโ€ or โ€œgrammatically correct,โ€ โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ“š ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—š๐—•๐—ง๐—ค๐—œ๐—”+ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿšซ When language centers only one way of being, it reinforces systems that decide whose identities are valid, and whose are ignored. โŒ๐Ÿ‘ค
Challenging cis-heteronormative language is an act of resistance. โœŠ๐Ÿ”ฅ It pushes back against gendered power structures that restrict how gender is understood, expressed, and accepted. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ”“

Gender-inclusive language is rooted in respect and dignity for people of all genders. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’– Its purpose is simple but powerful: to ensure that everyone feels seen, heard, and included. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘‚โœจ It acknowledges that gender is experienced differently by each person and ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, especially those based solely on appearance. ๐Ÿšซโš ๏ธ

By using gender-inclusive language, we actively challenge gender stereotypes and demonstrate our commitment to inclusion and equity. ๐ŸŒˆโš–๏ธ It is not just about wordsโ€”itโ€™s about ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2018). ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ“–

Because language shapes how we think, interact, and build society, choosing inclusive language is a meaningful step toward understanding and acceptance. ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ž

15/12/2025

"๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ-๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’†." In this video, we feature gender-diverse individuals to write heartfelt letters to their younger selves.

Their stories reveal a powerful truth: acceptance isnโ€™t just supportโ€”it is life-saving. When institutions such as families, schools, and communities choose empathy, they give LGBTQ+ individuals the chance to grow, to hope, and to live fully.
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Special Thanks to:

Fatima Capin
Francheska Louise Chua
Timothy Monsale
Romano Gabriel Pascual
Gaile Ponce and;
Asst. Prof. Moniq Muyargas

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