Category Archives: Diversity

Trump Properties Reject Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

October 20, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles, Las Vegas Bureau) – From New York to Las Vegas, from Miami to Honolulu, Trump hotel properties are refusing to adopt gender-neutral bathrooms despite the growing clamor among LGBT and rights activists.

The clamor arose from a controversial new law in North Carolina (HB 2) blocking cities from allowing transgender individuals to use public bathrooms for the sex they identify as — as well as restricting cities from passing nondiscrimination laws more broadly.

Also known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, HB 2 puts in place a statewide policy that bans individuals from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex.

Instead of adopting gender-neutral bathrooms, all Trump properties have now renovated their public bathrooms to segregate nasty women and bad hombres.

Diversity, Entertainment, Film and TV, Race Relations

Asian Americans Protest New TV Series Featuring Daniel Dae Kim As Lead

October 15, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – When NBC announced a few weeks ago that it has picked up a new sitcom about an American widower who takes in a mail-order bride from the Philippines to help raise his daughters, the Asian American community protested. The rest is history, as NBC had cancelled the show.

Now, CBS is developing a new legal drama that centers around a Korean American lawyer.

“Exhibit A” is the newest series project of Alexi Hawley (Castle co-showrunner), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-o co-star), and Ben Silverman (Jane The Virgin producer). The series, written by Hawley, is adapted from the South Korean drama hit “My Lawyer, Mr. Jo,” and will feature a Korean-American lawyer as the lead. The premise of the show follows the journey of the Korean-American prosecutor from disgrace to redemption as he works with an idealistic attorney to fight for the underdogs of Los Angeles.

Korean American Daniel Dae Kim will play the lead role, certainly a first in U.S. television history (outside of action drama).

Immediately after the CBS announcement, Asian American community leaders across the U.S. protested and demanded that the network kill the show.

“It’s non-stereotypical and very offensive to the Asian American community,” said one Asian American community leader who requested anonymnity. “Why can’t they come up with a more realistic show that would feature a Korean American owner of a dry cleaning shop or grocery store,” he asked.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Diversity, Government, International, Language, Politics, Social Media, The Media

Philippine President Duterte Apologizes For Misinterpreting National Coming Out Day

October 12, 2016 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It was National Coming Out Day yesterday in the U.S. and other parts of the world. So to celebrate, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ‘outed’ U.S. ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg. Duterte was even kind with his words, saying “What’s wrong if you are ‘gay?'”

Duterte made the comment in Malacañang after the oath-taking of his new appointees and the officers of the Leauge of Municipalities of the Philippines.

This was the second time that Duterte called Goldberg ‘gay.’ The first time was when the American envoy commented on Duterte’s controversial remarks on the rape of an Australian missionary in 1989.

While Goldberg chose not to comment on this latest ‘outing’ by Duterte, many Filipino LGBTs took to their social media accounts to express disappointment over the president’s misinterpretation of National Coming Out Day.

“Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being gay; ” one netizen pointed out, “what is wrong is when you use the word in an offensive and derogatory way.”

Another said, “it is entirely up to an individual person to come out or not.”

Facing backlash from the “gay” comment, Duterte’s communications team issued an apology, saying, “Sorry, none of us here are gay so we didn’t really know what National Coming Out Day really meant. We thought it was a day we could ‘out’ people.”

Quite an OUTlandish apology.