Same-sex Couples Hold Mass Wedding

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 25: A priest from the LGBTS Christian Church Inc. holds wedding rings as he presides over Filipino same-sex couples in a mass wedding ceremony on June 25, 2023 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. In a symbolic act against the lack of comprehensive legislation for gender minorities in the Philippines, 29 same-sex couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the LGBTS (Let God Be Thy Savior) Christian Church Inc. The event was held against the backdrop of a predominantly Catholic nation that refuses to acknowledge such unions. It takes place 23 years after the country's first anti-discrimination bill was introduced, a bill that remains one of the slowest-moving pieces of legislation in Philippine history. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)