The Bangus Ultimatum

I promised a friend I’ll blog about this, so here goes.

Ang Ladlad, a network of LGBT organizations, registered in the COMELEC last Wednesday so they can run for Congress under the party-list system.

There has always been a lack of informed political discourse on gender issues in the Philippines, and that Isagani Cruz piece shows just how ignorance and bigotry have taken hold at the core of our institutions. The law continues to speak with the voice of an old, male, straight, upper class mestizo. For someone who continues to look to constitutional ideas, this is a profound tragedy. The true limits of freedom can be found in who we choose to marginalize. If we continue to deny rights to a large number of human beings based only on gender or on the way they structured their private relationships, then what freedom we claim to have will be tainted by inauthenticity.

Help change the voice of the law. Vote for Ang Ladlad!