“Ayaw mo nun? Lalaki na lumalapit sa iyo (Don’t you like it? It’s the man who’s coming on to you),” she quoted a barangay official who scoffed at her, so she thought of going to higher authorizes, but changed her mind. “I know there are women’s desks that also handle LGBT cases in police stations, but I told myself, why bother when the barangay (officials) don’t even help me?”