Ladlad
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Ladlad (Tagalog for "coming out," "Unfurled", from the swardspeak pagladlád ng kapa unfurling one's cape), formerly Ang Ladlad LGBT Party Inc. and sometimes colloquially known as "the LGBT party", is a Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party. It was founded on September 1, 2003, by Danton Remoto. They sought party-list representation at the House of Representatives in the 2010 and 2013 elections but failed to win a seat. They were delisted as a partylist organization by the COMELEC in 2015 but remain an active organization.
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Ladlad (Tagalog for "coming out," "Unfurled", from the swardspeak pagladlád ng kapa unfurling one's cape), formerly Ang Ladlad LGBT Party Inc. and sometimes colloquially known as "the LGBT party", is a Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party. It was founded on September 1, 2003, by Danton Remoto. They sought party-list representation at the House of Representatives in the 2010 and 2013 elections but failed to win a seat. They were delisted as a partylist organization by the COMELEC in 2015 but remain an active organization.
The party's official motto is "Bukas isip. Bukas puso." ("Open mind. Open heart.")
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