Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Karlo Mikhail Mongaya is a contributor to Global Voices Online.

Karlo is a bibliophile, social activist, flaneur, literature graduate and citizen media advocate based in Panay Island in the Philippines. Check out hello.lenin!, his blog on books, literature, reading and politics.

Members of the Gabriela Women's Party, a group advocating the rights of Filipino women, shout "Justice for slain transgender Jennifer Laude" during a protest in Olongapo City, north of Manila, on October 21, 2014.

Filipinos are outraged by the alleged killing of a transgender woman by a US Marine

October 21, 2014Justice

On October 11, transgender Filipina Jennifer Laude was found dead after checking into a motel with a US Marine. The handling of the case, which is being carried out by American investigators, has sparked protests and demands to change military agreements between the US and the Philippines.