Tag: lgbt

Vice Ganda’s vulgar behavior damages the image of the Philippines’ gay community

February 20, 2016December 4, 2021 Ilda 69 Comments

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community has been thrown in the spotlight after boxing champion and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao’s controversial statement saying they are worse than animals. While he received a lot of flak from people around the world and consequently got fired by his sponsor, shoe manufacturing giant Nike, Pacquiao also…

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The rock we keep smashing our heads with

February 19, 2016 rsurtida 9 Comments

So much for “Pinoy Pride”. The real surprise was that a lot of people were actually caught off-guard and were taken aback by what Manny Pacquiao said. You’d think people expected some suave, smooth-talking sophisto who can weasel himself out of a relatively difficult question on national TV. He may be a good boxer, but…

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The Local Media And Bobotantes Are ‘Worse Than Animals’ For Dooming Our Nation

February 19, 2016 Grimwald 22 Comments

Well, there goes the neighborhood ladies and gentlemen. It seems that everyone is having a heyday over Manny Pacquiao’s recent comments about his stance on same-sex marriage and his apparent insult towards the LGBT community by comparing them to animals and implying that they may well be worse. The LGBT community reacted accordingly and as one can…

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Why Manny Pacquiao can still win an election despite his homophobic slur

February 18, 2016February 19, 2016 FallenAngel 12 Comments

Manny Pacquiao is in an unenviable position right now. He has just faced all sorts of backlash in response to his statement that “homosexuals are worse than animals.” Nike has recently dropped their contract with him. His Senate run seems in peril. To the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community in the Philippines, all seems…

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3 Things In The Philippines That Are Worse Than Homosexuality

February 17, 2016 Grimwald 27 Comments

Well, there it goes ladies and gentlemen, my recent article about my approval regarding same-sex relationships and my scathing criticism against Manny Pacquiao are being read and critiqued both fairly and unfairly by our readers here at GRP. Of course, I’m quite sure that the detractors of my articles will once again cite the Bible…

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The futility in outrage over Manny Pacquiao’s homophobia

February 17, 2016 rsurtida 22 Comments

The recent outrage over Manny Pacquiao’s statements about the LGBT community is just a media-covered exercise of something that every Pinoy—educated or otherwise—live with and even practice on a daily basis. Pacquiao simply represents the groupthink of Filipinos. And, unfortunately, Filipinos are among the biggest anti-LGBT group of people in existence. Just take a walk…

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Why I Find Vitriol Against ‘Homophobes’ Disturbing

February 17, 2016 Hector Gamboa 91 Comments

Over the weekend, 8 time world boxing champion and senatorial candidate, Rep. Manny Pacquiao, got himself on the receiving end of verbal flurries from netizens and celebrities that were probably a lot more stinging than the beating he took from his arch-rival Juan Manuel Marquez. This happened after he expressed his disagreement on same-sex marriage…

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3 Reasons Why I Approve Of Same Sex Relationships

February 16, 2016 Grimwald 51 Comments

Well, it really looks like Manny Pacquiao is adamant about running for senator in the coming elections and there’s little anyone can do about it. As a matter of fact, considering the kind of mindset majority of Filipinos have, it won’t be all that surprising if he actually wins and uses his seat in the…

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