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Of Gays and Government

April 28, 2005

I was surprised that the First Gentleman’s spokesperson described GMA’s (aka Ginoong Mike Arroyo’s)  detractors as follows:

Santos said, “Only cowards and gays destroy people’s reputations with lies and intrigues.” (emphasis mine; as reported in INQ7)

I guess it sounds better in Tagalog (”Mga bakla at duwag . . . “) but what intrigues me is that it doesn’t seem to be politically incorrect in this country to make a disparaging reference to homosexuals.  I mean, if he said “only cowards and (choose one: Muslims, Igorots, Mangyans, Military Men, Lawyers from UP, etc.), he’d be in deep doo-doo.

This reminded me of a scene in Angels in America where Roy Cohn speaks about homosexuals and political power. He says being gay isn’t about sexual preference but clout — men have it and gays don’t.  So, by his definition, he’s not gay, he’s a man who sleeps around with other men. 

Gays in this country have no political power — or at least, they’ve never tried to establish a political base.  Gays may inhabit the highest levels of government and business but they’re deep within their closets.  For this reason, they cannot affiliate themselves with the “Gay Movement.”

Things may change (or maybe the process has already started) and one day, homosexuals will be defined more than an annual debaucherous parade in Malate.

BTW, don’t get me wrong.  I’m not a homo-phobe.  In fact, I was once a fag hag.

Posted by JJ Disini at 11:27 am | permalink

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for abc5news that night, it was a choice between using santos' soundyte 1. "gays…" or 2. "the first gentleman doesn't even gamble!..". we chose airing comment or soundbyte number 2. because: it's not at the expense of the gay community… comment number two was so hilariously unconvincing…the joke's on FG and nobody else… harharharaharhar. yeah the whole newsroom was laughing. we were laughing really hard!

Posted by jove at May 1, 2005, 2:07 am

btw. more power to you and your blog. nice read. everytime.

Posted by jove at May 1, 2005, 2:09 am

what a sad world view. If 10% should be gay. Then a real democratic government should have about 10% gay people. And what about 50/50 male/female. A real heroe is one who sees he had crossed line and retreats.

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