The Rainbow Blog Philippines

Mga Tanong: Pwede bang ma-consider legally ang domestic partnership between gay couples ngayon sa Pilipinas? Up to what extent pwede marecognize ang partner ko? Anong gagawin mo if you are fired from work because you are gay? Anong gagawin mo kung nahuli ka sa isang bathouse, massage parlor or sinehan na gumagawa ng milagro? Pwede ba akong mag-adopt ng child if I am single and gay? Ano ba yung bagansya at paano ko mapo-protektahan ang sarili ko? Paano kung may nagkalat ng chismis na bakla ako or may HIV ako, anong laban ko sa mata ng batas at human rights? Ang Sagot: Rainbow Rights Project Inc., in coordination with Single Guys Online, Metropolitan Community Church QC, IFTAS, and GABAY, presents: “THE LGBT LEGAL FORUM” This event is on Saturday, 3pm, September 19, 2009 and will be held at Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City (MCCQC) LGBT Center, 56th Mindanao Avenue, Project 6, Quezon City. Please come and join us in discussing everything you need to know about Legal Rights for Le...

I really thought that I was not going to comment on this issue; especially since those involved come from showbiz, an industry that is notorious for fabricating stories about its denizens just to keep them in the public eye. This whole “scandal” may very well be just another one of those well-crafted publicity stunts such that commenting on the whole thing might prove futile in the end. But as things stand, the story has now caught the nation’s undivided attention and is being used by various parties including several government agencies and politicians to earn them media mileage as well. Let us not forget that it is an election year after all. What I cannot personally stand are the moralistic and medical discourses being voiced out by these public personages, which are ultimately anti-sex and therefore anti-people, something that I feel we must all guard against. How it all started Not too long ago, rumors started circulating about the existence of a sex tape involving Katrina Halili ...