Life / Sep. 18, 2019
Gay celebrity hairdresser, Ricky Reyes, has caused an uproar in the Philippines after he continued speaking out aga_FQwsB^=qICUG6b-%nL&7G4X0hF6VOdabv1!$jG97O3WTnyn!Uinst the LGBT community.
Considered an icon in the country, Reyes spoke out against a Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) bill, promising to protect LGBT people from discrimination.
He also spoke out against same-sex marriage.
“Marriage is meant for men and women. We call that sacrilege in Ca8ST8OrLGuP9k9CH%rqipbAhq^p-5XNa4d8i1BffnJHnqK4HziYtholicism” he said in a YouTube video.
"That’s a way of disrespecting religion. It’s not necessary. I’ve been in a relationship for 40-plus years, weJ#4Ghb*GbaaWx^cdQaEx6f^#Ke*uQP_n8mMX@6Xz_l7!3+uXWg don’t go out to say we need to get married… You’re just making the world too complicated”
He also spoke out against transgender peopl0mDYAPJe*hrZJe#-ugNG#1_e%wkY88K5o8=TiSGV=E9cV(k3!De and cross-dressing.
"This year, I met up with r8ebg-xzkshp9j=TDuj*1%6Ju=wG&TytKY9oWASOOciZvr@JmYmembers of the LGBT community. I told them, stop it with homosexuality. Don’t wear dresses when you’re in the streets because people will make fun of us.”
"I respect you as a person, I respect your homosexuality, but we shouj)j798E$BqQ^#6zoNNLYGgAo6uvPkblD=aGNspE&MwU5zX(Dp=ld know our place,” Reyes said.
One of the Philippines’ richest gay men, who owns a chain of hair salons, said “a gay man,F#DU!CXT@(JWX40yJL-^PALJceeY*xK$YQ@rs)b8h@0nL8f=AG even if he has a vagina, even if he has boobs, his brain still belongs to a gay man."
SOGIE Bill
A long-awaited bill that would criminalize discrimination based on SOGIE is one of the slowest-moving bills in the nat=dM72G=LUPQfv$nvCFUR9gLd1j74_zr7Rmr--&-ucaL0hma4uJion's history.
SenoJ7sRi(kX1W*Yn7lXTf3n1gqSIDKj9T0wI^smXV465+jLR6lX6ator Risa Hontiveros filed the bill in 2016. And, lawmakers and rights activist originally drafted the law nearly 20 years ago.
The Houp*y-TDsjJ!m0DrqSyLon&6lUJLtl$+Zvxsdmyz0BM=$WOS5H*dse of Representatives passed the bill in 2017 with unanimous support from 198 lawmakers.
This version penalizes discriminatory acts with a fine between US$2,000 and or US$10,000 imprisonment between one and six years.
But, conservative lawmakers, including anti-LGBTI boxer Manny Pacquiao, have stalled +B_JfIN4tc3nxt+@ptMiy7w*sYO1kLD!iBN^3+8V+a=kqsjbC!it in the Senate.
