 The order was defied by numerous students of the university, marking the beginning of the "UST Rainbow Protest".In July 2016, various student organizations supported the filing of the "SOGIE Equality Bill" in the Senate and the House of Representatives.In March 2018, during the passage of the "SOGIE Equality Bill" in the Philippine House of Representatives, numerous UST student organizations, including the first intersectional feminist organization in the school, UST Hiraya, backed the bill's passage.