hello wrote:Please don't hate me for my ignorance or of my opinion. Maybe you can educate me further instead of cursing me.
I have always accepted and respected gays and lesbians. I have friends and relatives who are either of the two. My bestfriend is gay. Growing up, people call me gay because I act effeminately and I played with dolls as a kid. I am not a sports fan nor I am into sports. I am passionate about showbiz and beauty pageants. I am soft. I love chick flicks and I cry on dramatic scenes. I appreciate good looking guys. I would turn my head when I see one. I never had a girlfriend. Because of these, people say I am gay.
But I am not. I may not be the alpha male or what others consider as a real man. People may say that I am just a confused gay man and eventually I would come out. For me, it's not about the choices one makes or his interest and things he is passionate about that would identify if a person is gay or not. I like girls. I am sexually attracted to females and not to males. For me, this what makes me a straight man.
I always believed that there are two sexualities - heterosexuals and homosexuals. They are under the umbrella of homo sapiens. For me, there are 4 genders as follows:
Male - sexually attracted to females
Females - sexually attracted to males
Gays - men sexually attracted to men
Lesbian - women sexually attracted to women
I always believed that gay men think of themselves as females, want to become women and would like to have or have sexual relations to men. Vice Ganda considers himself as gay and several times he said that he's gay, bakla, not a trans, not bi, but bakla. Although i heard him say that he's a woman trapped in a man's body, I never heard him identify himself as trans. These traits I mentioned are what, I believe, were the sentiments of trans. So what's the difference?
I believe the additional letters in their community confused the situation. I believe these were coined because there are discrimination inside their community. Gays or those straight acting gays do not want to associate themselves with crossdressers as they think that these are the loud gays, the parloristas. So they coined the term trans. Bisexuals for me do not want to be labeled as gays as they, I believe, look down on gays so they consider themselves as bisexual. Plus they are the ones who cannot accept themselves as gays. The same goes to asexual. This discrimination within themselves should be addressed first by them.
For this reason, I would like to state my stand on the SOGIE bill. I am not really in favor of it. As mentioned in my very first statement, I am not fully aware of what this bill really is. I know it is an anti-discrimination bill against anyone's choice of gender and sexual choice and identity. It will protect the LGBTQ+ community against discrimination. But my question is why only them? What about my rights or other people for that matter? Don't we have laws that would protect everyone's right? In a very rare occasion, I agree with Sen. Sotto. Why not push for anti-discrimination for all people regardless of gender, sexual identity, color, race, built, choices, etc? As I mentioned, growing up, until now, i am being humiliated because people think I am gay. Gays would sneeze and say that I am "paminta". I have seen gays bullying straight guys to be gay, I don't know why. If they would like to be respected, they should respect me as well. The government should also protect my right as a straight guy being bullied to be gay...
These are my thoughts. Again, as I said, if you think I am wrong, educate me and not attack me.
Thank you
Bongacious Divah wrote:DEAR SENATORS AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
Ang SOGIE Bill ay hindi humihingi ng gay marriage. Hindi din ito humihingi na gawing babae ang lalake at lalake ang babae. Hindi din po ito humihingi ng special treatment tulad ng sariling CR dahil ang pakiusap lamang ng iba ay Gender Neutral Toilets na lahat ay pwedeng gumamit, lalake man o babae at mga LGBT. Hindi naman kami humihingi ng tax exemption. Hindi din po kami humihingi ng extra rice o libreng pabahay. Hindi kami nagpapadagdag ng sweldo o di kaya discount sa ibabayad namin kay baby boy. Hindi din namin hinihingi na makigulo sa paniniwala ninyo. Hindi din namin kayo pinipilit sa mga paniniwala namin. Hindi nga namin hinihingi na itrato ninyo kaming ka-pantay sa estado ng mga nakararami.
Ang SOGIE ay pagkilala lang sa LGBTIQ+ bilang parte ng lipunan, ipaunawa sa mga hindi nakakaunawa sa aming pagkatao para maiwasan ang patuloy na dikriminasyon ng LGBTIQ+. Hindi din pag-abandona ng inyong paniniwala ang SOGIE dahil di naman binabago ng bill ang pagiging makasalanan namin sa mata ng Diyos o ang pagiging imoral ng gawain namin sa mata ng Maykapal. Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko, tao pa din naman kami sa mata ng Diyos.
Pag-unawa lang ang hiling ng SOGIE. Hindi namin kayo pinapasuko sa amin. Hindi namin kayo inaalisan ng kapangyarihan. Hindi namin kayo pinapalitan. Hindi namin ninanakaw ang mga bagay na para sa inyo at mga kaligayahan ninyo.
Wala kaming planong baguhin ang tugtog ng buhay na nakasanayan niyo na sayawin. Humihingi lang kami ng konting espasyo sa dance floor para sumayaw din sa parehong tugtog kahit magkaibang indayog kasi matagal na kasi kaming nakatago sa labas ng baylehan, dun sa madilim. Masaya kasi umindayog sa sayaw ng buhay kasama kayo kahit may kanya-kanya tayong giling. Na kahit di niyo man gusto ang sayaw ko, masaya pa din kasi ang importante ay kasama na kami sa selebrasyon.
Mas nakararami kayo. Kokonti lang kami. Kung pipilitin ninyong ibalik kami sa dilim na sulok at malayo sa liwanag dahil ang paniniwala ninyo ay wala kaming karapatan na masilayan ng mga ilaw sa samu't-saring kadahilanan, kayang-kaya ninyong ibalik kami sa kadiliman. Pasensya na kung nandidiri kayo sa amin. Hindi namin ginustong ipanganak na iba pero nirerespeto namin ang pandidiri ninyo kasi kahit ayaw ninyong aminin, magkadugtong ang mga sikmura natin.
Yan po ang SOGIE Bill. Isang pakiusap naming mga kapatid ninyo na hindi pinalad maging normal sa inyong paningin. Umaasa na bigyan ng konting puwang sa inyong mundo.
Pero hindi kami namimilit. At hindi kami titigil mahalin kayo. Kasi may puso din kaming nagmamahal at nasasaktan. Huwag po kayong mag-alala. Patuloy pa din ang sayaw namin sa musika ng buhay. Kahit madilim. Handang magtiis hanggang dadating ang araw na maging parte na kami ng pagdiriwang.click and see below video
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