We beg to differ.
What were Philippine senators thinking inviting a Roman Catholic nun to be a resource person to consult with on the issue of “gender equality” and the controversial proposed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill? Sister Mary John Mananzan is a famous nun because she was one of those photographed “heroically” standing…
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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First of all, I have gay friends and relatives whose views on the SOGIE bill I support regardless of my own views on the proposed law. Second, this is about Sass, a.k.a. Allan Troy, Rogando and how he seems to have maliciously USED people whom I count as friends in his hysterical rampage to make…
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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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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….
For all the media attention “aggrieved” transgender person Gretchen Custodio Diez is getting, it seems nobody is giving embattled janitress Chayra Ganal fair coverage. According to the more popular account of what happened at the Farmers Plaza mall in Cubao, Quezon City last Wednesday, the 14th August, Diez, a transgender who identifies as female, was…
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The word “bakla” is a derogatory term. When I was in grade school in an all-boys school, we called school mates who exhibited effeminate behaviour bakla. However, though we liberally threw the term around in the school yard, the notion of being a male person who is sexually-attracted to another male person was completely alien…
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In the remaining few weeks in the lead up to this year’s elections, the most prominent Opposition coalition dubbed “Otso Diretso” have yet to make progress up the poll rankings into that fabled “Magic 12”. So far only two individuals have made it to that list — Bam Aquino (an Aquino, we are reminded) and…