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Aruba Bar in Metrowalk has done it again.  This bar, which reeks of discrimination, has continually refused entry to transgenders via a sign at the entrance:  No Cross-Dressing.

BB Gandanghari went to Aruba Bar & Restaurant because she wanted to watch her friend Rannie Raymundo’s show. But she and her friends were denied entry because they were cross-dressing. A similar incident happened not so long ago – at the same bar, to a different person: Inday Garutay.

“Rules,” Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “are not necessarily sacred, principles are.”
The incident that happened to me and my friends on the night of April 24 is an example of rules violating the principles which motivate humanity to live in equality, to treat each other with respect, and to uphold each other’s dignity.

(continue reading on BB’s Blog www.iambbgandanghari.com)

While Aruba can say that it is their “right” to refuse entry to people and to choose their customers, they do not have the right to discriminate against anyone. They do not have the right to trample on anyone’s dignity just because that person does not conform with their narrow-minded culture and upbringing.  They do not have the right to treat anyone with less respect just because that person is not up to par with their moral standards.  What is Aruba so afraid of that they resort to transphobia? I wonder how people can be so afraid of our beautiful transgender sisters.

I daresay we call for a BOYCOTT of this bar – a bar that thinks that they are so good, they can choose their customers and that they can choose to discriminate!  Stop the hate Aruba because if you continue doing that, I’m pretty sure you will be out of business in no time!

We’re also calling the attention of our dear members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to please do your part in ending the hate, in  putting a stop to all the discrimination against members of the LGBT community.  PASS THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL!

Read more about BB Gandanghari’s experience on her blog: Time For Change!

Searching for photos of Bebe Gandanghari online is quite a task. But the long wait is over! Thanks to ManilaGayGuy, Bebe Gandanghari’s photos (from what seems like a fashion editorial of sorts) have now seen the light of day!

I don’t know about you but there’s something about Bebe Gandanghari that reminds me of Ruffa Guttierez.

More photos after the Jump.

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Here’s what’s going on in the Pink world this week:

Repeated exposure to HIV during oral sex elicits HIV-neutralising antibodies in HIV-negative men.

Jonathan Knight of the New Kids on the Block, has been outed by his former lover, Brazilian model Kyle Wilker on the National Enquirer.

Hip-hop star 50 Cent is risking his macho reputation in the name of business – he’s reportedly planning to launch his own range of male grooming products.

Tom Cruise shows off his amazing new physique — rippling abs and bulging biceps! — while relaxing with his family at the exclusive hotel on Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Marc Jacobs is cutting down on costs this season as he cuts down the fashion show’s guest list from 2,000 to 700, and cancels the after-party.

Vice Ganda is not Happy with Bebe Gandanghari, and Mother Ricky Reyes shares some tips for Bebe.

Paolo Ballesteros’s daughter (yes he has a daughter!) is welcomed to the Christian world.

Bebe Gandanghari wishes “people can be happy for me too.”

Enjoy your weekend!

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I know this is kind of late, but we just wanted to share with you (for those who haven’t heard of the news yet… I mean, where have you been hiding?) the new Rustom Padilla: Bebe Gandanghari or BEBE for short (Bebe also means Be all you want to Be!”). (watch the Startalk interview here)

We can only surmise that ever since he came out on the reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition, he has gone through so many things in his life – and we were all witnesses to some of them. One of them was when he surprised everyone at the Urian Awards last year when he entered the stage (to present an award) dressed in women’s clothes.

Recently, he came out on national television and announced that Rustom Padilla is now “dead” and he is now called Bebe Gandanghari. We knew this time was gonna come after he announced a few months ago that he did not need permission from anyone to wear women’s clothes. Also, he said in an interview in October of 2008 that the reason why he was dressed in women’s clothes was that he was doing a character study to prepare for his one-(wo)man show at the Music Museum this February.

So do you think Bebe Gandang Hari will stay for long or is this just a publicity stunt for his show? I don’t know. One thing I know is that he’s brave enough to face the consequences of his actions. Ganda mo ‘teh!