SC Gives Ang Ladlad the Go on May 10
On Thursday, The Supreme Court approved Ang Ladlad’s petition to represent the LGBT as a party-list.
The Supreme Court junked COMELEC’s decision of not allowing Ang Ladlad to run as a party-list group on the basis of moral grounds. [read full text here]. This calls for celebration and gaiety...
Source: ApplesDaily
For me, Reproductive Health Bill is pro-life
Is the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, anti-life just like the Catholic church claims or is it really pro-life? Well it depends on who’s looking at the issue. It depends on the core belief(s) of the person looking at the issue. Just like if you look at a glass with 50% water in it, is it [...]...
Source: Greenoys Blog
You guys are just mean
God, when used in arguments defending conservative morals, is the ultimate bull whip. If God says that X is Y, then it must be Y! Period! At this point, Conservatives hurrah and expect liberals to shut-up and follow suit. If that doesn’t work, they use good ‘ole fear and anger mongering to...
Source: Filipino Freethinkers
Should same-sex marriage be legalized or not?
Personally, being unbiased and all, I don’t see anything wrong about the provisional accreditation given by the Supreme Court (SC) to the party-list group of gays called Ang Ladlad allowing them to be included in Commission on Election’s (COMELEC) party-lists.
Well of course as I’ve...
Source: Greenoys Blog
Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Manny Pacquaio
Mayweather blames Pacquiao for failed talks over fight:
LOS ANGELES – The proposed mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is off, and Mayweather said the Filipino fighter was to blame after a failed attempt to salvage the bout through mediation.
Whatever, Gayweather! Oh shit, I don’t...
Source: 'Wag na lang!
Ang Ladlad and Danton Remoto, A Bunch of Liars
marginalized = : to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group
Ang Ladlad, a gay group representing Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) led by Prof. Danton Remoto is once again rebuffed – like little school boys being sent to the discipline office by...
Source: Pinoy Sounding Board
The Long View: Comelec lays down case for persecution
The Long View
Comelec lays down case for persecution
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:14:00 11/16/2009
THERE is no point arguing the merits of the Comelec’s decision to deny Ang Ladlad recognition as a party-list group. That is because there are none. The paper...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines
Below is an open letter of Sass Rogando Sassot, a transgender woman, who experienced discrimination at one bar in Makati.
PEOPLE LIKE US
An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines
[25 May 2008 / Sunday / 6.04 AM to 6.45 AM]No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
My friends and I have been made to feel inferior approximately five hours before I wrote this letter. I’d like to sweep this incident under the proverbial rug but there is no more space to accommodate it.
On the 24th of May 2008, my friends and I were celebrating the anniversary of our organization the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), the first transsexual women’s support group and transgender rights advocacy organization in the Philippines. We settled to celebrate it in Ice Vodka Bar, located in Greenbelt 3, 3rd level Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila. It was my first time in that bar. Two in our group have been there before and they had nothing bad to say about it.
There were five of us. I was leading the way. The bouncer stopped us. I asked why. His reason was we were dressed “inappropriately”. We were rather dressed decently, tastefully, and most importantly just like any other human being who lives her life as female 24 hours a day.
I asked for the manager. The bouncer was nice enough to let me in. The manager, Ms Belle Castro, accommodated me. I don’t know if I spelled her name right. I asked for a business card but she had none available. Her telling feature though was her braced teeth.
