Here’s some good news: three candidates from the conservative bloc lost in the senatorial and congressional elections. Bienvenido Abante, an incumbent representative in District 6, Manila City, lost to his rival Sandy Ocampo, a former congresswoman and currently Manila’s deputy mayor. Atty. Jo Imbong, legal counsel of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, ran … Continue reading »
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Bill criminalizing same-sex marriage filed in Congress
Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante (Vice Chair of the Committee on Human Rights) filed a bill to criminalize same-sex marriage in the Philippines. On its face, the bill is both farcical and dangerous. I’ll explain why later, but let’s go through the bill’s salient points first: Over-all framework: In line with the constitutional declarations recognizing the … Continue reading »
Coming Out: smashing closets, opening doors
Just sharing a coming out article I wrote for the PDI’s Sunday Inquirer Magazine. First Person: Smashing Closets, Opening Doors I WAS a little brash when I came out. It happened in 1998, on my last year in UP Diliman, when I was madly in love with another gay man. It was unrequited, but love … Continue reading »
Gay sex and the Catholic Church
Monsignor Achilles Dakay of the Archdiocese of Cebu blames ‘gay sex’ as the real culprit behind the so-called Cebu rectal surgery scandal. All I can say to Father Dakay is this: Father, there’s a whole world of gay sex taking place in your parish, perhaps even within your parish church. All you have to do … Continue reading »
