Category: Society

Convicted killers and rapists released: Just another one of those Pinoy corruption things

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Convicted killers and rapists released: Just another one of those Pinoy corruption things

Why are Filipinos so shocked about prisoners with connections getting a get-out-of-jail pass? That’s just stock-standard garden-variety Filipino way-of-doing-things at work there. According to an “intel report” quoted by Senate President Tito Sotto, “buying of good conduct points inside the New Bilibid Prison exists.” Sotto’s intel revealed Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials receive millions in…

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Crime, Society

SOGIE Bill got the LGBTQ+ movement in trouble and also set back the Feminist movement

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SOGIE Bill got the LGBTQ+ movement in trouble and also set back the Feminist movement

One thing the circus surrounding the arrest of Gretchen Diez, a “trans” male who demanded that he be allowed to use the female toilet in a mall, proved is that women continue to bear the brunt of society’s ingrained regard for them. People who supported Diez labelled natural women who were in favour of barring…

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Science, Society

Hong Kong is not China – but Beijing will CHANGE all that

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Hong Kong is not China – but Beijing will CHANGE all that

Here is the biggest irony of it all. Hong Kong’s youth are protesting because they believe Hong Kong is special. Why do they (and the rest of the world) believe Hong Kong is special? Simple. Because it was once a British colony and, following that brief break from being Chinese, came out as a postergirl…

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Government, Society

Protecting Trannies but not Ugly Fat Dudes? What gives?

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Protecting Trannies but not Ugly Fat Dudes? What gives?

More than two weeks have passed since tranny Gretchen Diez has been catapulted to stardom (political and otherwise). The new darling and heroine of the LGBTQ+ community has even expressed the possibility of entering into the world of politics in order to push the agenda of her fellow LGBTQ+ members. There is nothing inherently wrong…

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Government, Politics, Society

Why the Modern Science of Sex and Transgender Identity Matters for Every Filipino

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Why the Modern Science of Sex and Transgender Identity Matters for Every Filipino

Transgender identity has been in the news lately—and unsurprisingly so. The charged political climate of this month has yielded many contentious issues about gender and LGBT rights to use public restrooms—and it’s clear that these discussions are long overdue. But before we delve and expound on whether transgender individuals like Gretchen Diez should be allowed…

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Lifestyle, Science, Society

The LGBTQ cause: how a once-dignified community became a POWER-HUNGRY lynch mob of cyber-bullies

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The LGBTQ cause: how a once-dignified community became a POWER-HUNGRY lynch mob of cyber-bullies

Whereas it took the better part of 30 years for the once-fashionable Yellow “cause” of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan to turn uncool, it has taken just a matter of months for the “cause” of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Trans, and Queer (LGBTQ) — plus any new manufactured notions of “gender identification” (LGBTQ+x) — to run aground….

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Science, Society

Bruce, Brenda and the Roots of Gender Identity

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Bruce, Brenda and the Roots of Gender Identity

When I was a graduate student at UCLA, I came across this sad and tragic story in neuroscience class of a young boy who had a circumcision that went awry. In the early 1960s, identical twins were born to a Canadian couple. Bruce was born first before his identical twin brother, Brian. When the twins…

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Science, Society

Change cannot be avoided. Stop thinking like VICTIMS. Refuse to be one!

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Change cannot be avoided. Stop thinking like VICTIMS. Refuse to be one!

Whether we like it or not, the Philippines is changing. Whether it is because current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is making good on his campaign promises or not, change will come to Filipinos. We need to put a stop to the traditional thinking that any one person, clique, or some sort of “god” is behind…

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Development, Society