QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – A lot can happen within PRIDE month in Quezon City!
First, Kyusi Mayor Joy Belmonte announced that LGBTQI+ community members can now avail of her “Right to Care” cards which would allow either gay couple to make health care decisions for the other (as long as they have a special power of attorney. Duh!)
Today, as PRIDE month is about to wrap up, Belmonte announced that LGBTQI+ “CR Cards” will also be made available to self-identified gay men and women.
The special IDs will entitle the bearer to use the public comfort room (CR) of his or her choice, depending on his or her self-identification.
No more Male or Female restrooms in malls and other public places. Just gender-less CRs. With proper ID of course!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In general, Filipinos are supportive, or tolerant of LGBTs.Their hairdressers, manicurists, wardrobe designers and even their favorite television hosts belong to this colorful community.
This PRIDE Month, even makers of bibinka, that popular Filipino rice cake traditionally cooked in a terracotta oven lined with banana leaves and topped with cheese and coconut, are joining in the fun!
For the entire month of June, bibinka makers will rename their product “badingka,” a word play on “bading” which means gay, and bibinka.
Even franchise owners of Bibingkinitan, mall shops that sell a tinier version of the favorite delicacy, have also said they will sell their goods as “Badingkinitan.”
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Fugitive ex-Comelec Chair Andy Bautista timed his public announcement of his run for the Philippine presidency in 2028 so perfectly.
He made his announcement on June 1st, the start of (LGBTQ) Pride Month in the U.S.
Bautista is running under a platform close to his heart: equality for all — regardless of gender, sexual orientation or fetishes.
(Bautista is said to be hiding in the U.S. to escape a warrant of arrest issued to him by the Philippine Senate for ignoring a subpoena in connection with a hearing on his alleged unexplained wealth.)
The leather and BDSM (bondage, discipline (or domination), sadism and masochism) communities in San Francisco are throwing their full support for Bautista whom they hope will become the first ever world leader to rule with a leather whip.
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