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Homosexuality is NOT Curable Because It’s Not an Illness!

July 28th, 2009

I chanced upon this article on Negros Chronicle written by a priest named Father Gammy Tulabing (JCD, VG) titled Homosexuality is Curable. Before I go on and react to his article, may I just say that coming from a Filipino priest, the article is actually quite offensive for me.  I find it deeply insulting. Here’s why:

Father Tulabing begins his article with a definition of homosexuality:

"Homosexuality is sexual orientation to the same sex. It is sexual attraction towards the person of the same sex. It is either attraction of man to another man or attraction of woman to another woman called lesbianism. So homosexuality is synonymous to gay, a word which may be applied to a man homosexual or to a woman lesbian."

He then says that he agrees with the idea of homosexuality being caused by genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences. He mentions that homosexuality may be caused by one or a combination of these factors.With this statement as part of his opener, one would think that this is an open-minded article about homosexuality. However, the title of his article pretty much sums up his confused view on it.

When one says something is curable, it means that that something is a disease, an ailment or an illness.  Let me remind the good priest that homosexuality is not an illness.  In fact, the American Psychological Association (APA) has already removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in 1975. So saying that homosexuality is curable is saying that it is an illness.

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Daniel Radcliffe Hates Homophobia

July 28th, 2009

“I just loathe homophobia. It’s just disgusting and animal and stupid and it’s just thick people who can’t get their heads around it and are just scared… I grew up around gay people entirely… .”

These words came from the mouth of Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe in the latest issue of Attitude Magazine. 

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The Un-Gay Pill

June 30th, 2009

Davey-Wavey posted this question over at the Rainbow Bloggers Blog:

If you could take a pill that would turn you straight, would you take it?

If you know me well (or not even that well), you would know my answer to this preposterous question.

Before I go into detail and expound my answer, let me pose these questions: “Aren’t pills taken to alleviate pain or to cure diseases? If so, does that mean being gay is a disease?”  I do not believe so. Now that that’s clear, let me elaborate on my answer to this hypothetical question.

Had I been asked this say, 10 or 15 years ago, I would have considered taking the pill – if something of the sort actually existed.  This is only me though.  We have to take into consideration other gay men out there, I mean “in” there, who may be thinking of taking the pill.  I guess I am one of the lucky ones who have a solid support group of friends and family.  Also, the society I am living in makes it a lot easier for me to say that I would never un-gay myself.

If my environment and the circumstances around it were different, would I take the pill and “un-gay” myself? I wouldn’t. You see I wouldn’t be who I am as a person now had I been heterosexual.  My answer has nothing to do with love and relationships.  It may have something to do with cocks though. Seriously, I would never trade being gay for being straight.  I would not have it any other way. I love the Gay Way! I wouldn’t be as competitive a person as I am now if I were straight.  I wouldn’t also be too much of a hard worker.  As a young boy, I had this strange feeling that I had to work so hard to prove my worth.  In my teens, I felt the pressure of fitting in.  I wanted to be “one of the boys” and did whatever I could so people would not notice my sexual inclinations and tendencies. I felt like I had to prove to the world that in spite of and despite my sexuality, I was someone and I will be someone.

While I cannot always say that my sexuality defines who I am as a person, I can say that my being gay has played a big part in broadening my horizon and in my blossoming into a wonderful young man. After all, being gay has helped hone me to become the fabulous, witty and smart person that I am right now. Charot.

And duh, if I took that pill, this blog would not have existed. Bakla ako and forever I will be! May reklamo?

What about you? Would you take that pill?

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I’m Proud to Be Gay!

May 18th, 2009

IDAHO 2009: One Voice, One Message, Heard Around the World.

This video was a joint effort by the Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, and http://gays.com

May 17 (it’s still May 17 in other parts of the world as of this posting) is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. So many people from all parts of the world (including a few Pinoys, spot us all!) contributed to this video and pronounced how proud they are to be homosexuals!

And yes, I’m part of this!  on the 1:03 to 1:04 mark, you will see me (my full video is below).

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Gay Philippines: Pilipinas, Gay Ka Na Ba?

September 29th, 2008


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In a column titled Gay Philippines on the Philippine Daily Inquirer (First Posted 06:45:00 09/29/2008), Pompeyo Pedroche, wrote his reaction to a Youngblood Article of Renee Julienne Karunungan of UPLB. I’m not sure how to react to this column article but here are some points that I’d like to clarify with Mr. Pedroche.

On Renee’s “outcry” in her article that gays “suffer discrimination… are looked down upon, that obstacles are thrown at them… aren’t fully accepted, are seen as immoral, are bashed and treated as freaks,” Pedroche says

that he’s sure that it was not the Catholic Church that taught Renee that homosexuality is evil.

I agree with Mr. Pedroche that such an idea is “preposterous and ghastly” but I disagree with him when he says that it definitely was not the Catholic Church that put that idea into Renee’s head. Like many others out there,  I grew up in a family who followed the Catholic doctrines and tenets strictly.  I was not out as a young man, but it was actually the Church that prevented me from coming out.  In Cathechism classes and from numerous sermons from priests,  it was imbibed in me that homosexuality is indeed evil.

Pedroche asks: “Now, in Catholic Philippines, does our society really discriminate against other religions, or against gays for that matter, as writer Renee contends?”

In more ways than one, yes! Tolerance, sir, is completely different from acceptance.  And just because the society is tolerant of homosexuals, it does not mean that there is absolutely no discrimination against homosexuals in this land. While gay men can “attend Sunday masses, take holy communion, can even get married by a priest or a minister (?)” it is not tantamount to saying that there is no discrimination. And as Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales said in an interview with the church-run Radio Veritas: “I am not angry at gay men. But I’m against what they’re actually doing.” What Rosales means by “what they’re actually doing,” is beyond me.

Pedroche adds: they (gay men) “can hold their own fashion show, they have their own dance and singing groups, they have their Ladlad voice in Congress, and have already created their own gay lingo. So, what discrimination, bashing and obstacles is Renee crying about?”

Might I remind you, Mr. Pedroche, that the items you enumerated are but mere hasty generalizations.  Do you think these are the only issues that gay men (and women) here in the Philippines are concerned about? Ask any gay guy and I’m sure you’ll get answers which are completely wayward from your list.  Also,  if you have not been paying attention to the news in the recent years, Ang Ladlad has no voice in Congress (yet) as the party’s bid for a seat in the last elections was curtailed because the COMELEC deemed it ineligible. So where is this voice coming from?  Do we have someone in Congress singing and dancing for the gay men and women? I don’t think so.

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Foreigners Arrested in Dubai for Alleged Homosexuality

July 18th, 2008
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At some point in my life, I contemplated on going to either Singapore or Dubai for employment.  I never really pursued that because of so many different reasons.  The primary reason was that I never really wanted to leave the Philippines and seek employment somewhere else. I mean, sure, you earn a lot of money somewhere else and experience living an independent life in a foreign country, but I wasn’t ready for that. Besides, I knew that I was in a good place — emplyment-wise.

Another reason was that I have read news about how difficult it is to be gay in a place like Dubai. I’ve read some things about the state of homosexuality there, and I kind of hesitated, too.  How will I then maintain a gay blog if that was the case right?

I’m sure that there’s more to it than meets the eye.  I think one has to experience living there to really feel and know what it’s like to be gay in Dubai. We have some kababayans who are there and I’m just wondering how their lives are.

Anyway, for our kababayans there, and our friends here who have friends in Dubai, let me just share the recent news from Dubai.

Last July 7, Alarabiya.net reported1 that Dubai police launched a morality campaign after a British couple were arrested for having sex on a Dubai Beach. The campaign also resulted in the formation of an undercover unit to “combat homosexual and indecent activity on the emirates’ public beaches.”

    An unnamed official at Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department told UAE daily Al-Emarat al-Youm that police officers in civilian clothing are patrolling local beaches after complaints from the public of indecent behavior, especially at night time. He encouraged the public to report any activity they find offensive.

    According to Dubai government statistics, out of 2.97 million beach visitors last year, 641 people were caught engaging in indecent acts. There were also seven cases of alcohol consumption, five cases of alcohol possession, and five attempted robberies.

    Recently, about several foreign men were detained for allegedly being gay or openly wearing women’s clothing in public2.

    Police in the Gulf tourist hub of Dubai say they’ve detained 17 foreign men for allegedly being gay and wearing women’s clothing in malls and other public places.

    Police spokesman Zuhair Horoun says the men were either visiting or working in Dubai. He says they were detained Wednesday but would not elaborate.

    I may not want to work in Dubai, but I still want to visit it.  Heck, it is my dream to stay at the Burj Al-Arab Hotel!

    *note: This entry is not meant to  scare anyone in Dubai nor is it meant to prevent anyone from going to Dubai.

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