Life / Sep. 18, 2019
GaYmRGe5&klrx%uVs%WJu7WCFcnWGj5t-_YpWiNI8uR+voYB-qcly celebrity hairdresser, Ricky Reyes, has caused an uproar in the Philippines after he continued speaking out against 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.
“Ma%ZAF_JG7DugaU=!4I)X3Pfq!+Ff#T5KGJo60p+sJZVoUSoKmmWrriage is meant for men and women. We call that sacrilege in Catholicism” he said in a YouTube video.
"That’s a way of disrespecting religion. It’s not necessSCr%NUv%Vk&=ff!x9b)6Uq*abKPUPOFm=CJxf3h#vyLS+QcBcoary. I’ve been in a relationship for 40-plus years, we don’t go out to say we need to get married… You’re just making the world too complicated”
He also spoke MzXI*GKk_C^d8ls(uUCK6iy-53%%e%tPskh*lKk-rcGS9#-qy6out against transgender people and cross-dressing.
"This year, I met up with members of the LGBT community. I told them, stop it with homosexuality. Don’t wear dresses when you’re in the streets because people will makrMnOZ*f9oBf*fMI)9SoJSg_6xAB1BWQprrvZLxDAw#wsn+GJMqe fun of us.”
"I respect you as a person, I respect your homosexuality,BE(z^zonJyX_5xMrNv1^CNdG6QGd&aJNzLdnFud2H$iZ@)Thyp but we should know our place,” Reyes said.
One of the PhilippinesCNtgA0PUtT&b^J)jD6uFMMP_oWOLveWcbTFMf$d)gG=R%QewOi’ richest gay men, who owns a chain of hair salons, said “a gay man, 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-movinUm4Zq6SK7P#79aJCAM&tT5+JwYQE*$9(ipcId(%#_2)zFF+8oog bills in the nation's history.
Senator Risa Hontiveros filed the bi-&Z39r)*400d!N$zGCMKbsUJYAS5_$A6$Ywk*5)fr7SZOu!9Koll in 2016. And, lawmakers and rights activist originally drafted the law nearly 20 years ago.
The House of Representatives passrVPo5=rB4VNI@T3bQWvu-WDX=Kqu7%bS+#ZQr$befAxHJc_Y+xed 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 lawmcb#)EwJ753lQYm5o0VCHwq7MX=OlF_)YM*&jx^lA6$5k#MnPgyakers, including anti-LGBTI boxer Manny Pacquiao, have stalled it in the Senate.
