Discrimination. Lack of freedom. Belittled. These are the current situations that the LGBT community faces in the existing co-educational schools wherein they are enrolled. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth should have the freedom to be open about their identity and ideas in schools and government facilities. Therefore, we strongly believe that there is a need to establish exclusive schools for the LGBT that will strive to protect their right to be safe and visible, and to have their identity embraced rather than belittled and erased.
The opposition side told you that by establishing exclusive schools for the LGBT, they are being set apart from the real world, however, what they forgot to consider is that these exclusive schools are not boarding houses or a military-type of an institution wherein they will be compelled to stay for their whole life. Therefore, after attending their classes in an institution wherein they are very comfortable, they can still interact with the real world. Moreover, these classes will actually help them to be more open-minded about the society’s thinking towards them and learn how to address the latter. Therefore, creating a much more integrated social relationship between the straights and the LGBT.
Another idea that was pointed out by the opposition side is that this notion of establishing exclusive schools for the LGBT will not work in conservative countries like the Philippines which is predominantly Catholic, however, what they forgot to consider is that, currently, there are already existing LGBT organizations and groups within different universities in the Philippines that push for their rights to be heard and be visible. One example of this is Babaylan in the University of the Philippines. Despite of the existence of these LGBT organizations, the Philippine government and even the Catholic church does not even