As school opens this June, Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino is seeking a congressional probe into the discrimination faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in schools.
In filing House Resolution 1333, which seeks to investigate “prejudicial, discriminatory, and unjust practices and policies” against LGBTs “implemented and tolerated” in schools, the youth representative hopes to shed light on the plight of LGBTs in the academic setting.
According to Palatino, students who are LGBT, or are perceived to be LGBT, or who associate with LGBT people have been and are subjected to …