bigleafbride said:On the question of if you can be married, YES. But that is not an assurance that he can petition you. For one, (I am no legal expert) but what I know about same sex marriage is that the country where you reside has to acknowledge it too. He can get you as common law probably?
If they get legally married in Canada or another country outside Philippines, then they can definitely apply under married spouse class for PR sponsorship. CIC doesn't care what Philippines thinks about the marriage.