The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill, also known as the Anti-Discrimination Bill, is a proposed legislation of the Congress of the Philippines. It is intended to prevent various economic and public accommodation-related acts of discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. The current versions of the bill are championed by Kaka Bag-ao, Geraldine Roman, and Tom Villarin in the House of Representatives, and Risa Hontiveros in the Senate. The version in the House of Representative passed its third reading most recently on September 20, 2017, but died in the Senate. It has been refiled for the 18th Congress.

HB 4982 cites as discriminatory:

Denial of access to public services

Including SOGIE as a criteria for hiring or dismissal of workers

Refusing admission or expelling students in schools based on SOGIE

Imposing disciplinary actions that are harsher than customary due to the student’s SOGIE

Refusing or revoking accreditation of organizations based on the SOGIE of members

Denying access to health services

Denying the application for professional licenses and similar documents

Denying access to establishments, facilities, and services open to the general public

Forcing a person to undertake any medical or psychological examination to determine or alter one’s SOGIE

Harassment committed by persons involved in law enforcement

Publishing information intended to “out” or reveal the SOGIE of a person without consent

Engaging in public speech which intends to shame or ridicule LGBTQ+ persons

Subjecting persons to harassment motivated by the offenders bias against the offended party’s

SOGIE, which may come in the form of any medium, including telecommunications and social media

Subjecting any person to gender profiling

Preventing a child under parental authority from expressing one’s SOGIE by inflicting or threatening to inflict bodily or physical harm or by causing mental or emotional suffering

     Any person who commits any discriminatory practice enumerated in the bill may be penalized by a fine of not less than P100,000 but not more than P500,000; or jailed for no less than one year but not more than six years or both, at the discretion of the court. The court may also impose upon a person found to have committed any of the prohibited acts the rendition of community service in terms of attendance in human rights education and familiarization with and exposure to the plight of the victims.