Category Archives: LGBT

GAYDAR? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!

August 6, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SILICON VALLEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – How would you know if you’re in a gay-friendly neighborhood? How can you tell if someone you just met at a party is gay or straight? Don’t you wish there was a way for you to get an alert when a hot-looking, shirtless guy is jogging along a sidewalk within blocks of where you’re driving?

Well, wonder no more.

Apple has announced that it will be releasing a new smart phone app that will do all that, plus much more. It’s calling it the Gayzapp and it works not just on Apple devices but also on Androids.

The new app will be rolled out beginning August 30 which happens to be Silicon Valley Pride Day to be marked by a parade and festival. Festival headliner is openly-gay country singer and recording artist Steve Grand (no need for an app for that).

The app will be available for free to all who attend the festival in San Jose. Thereafter, the app can be downloaded from the App Store for $6.90.

Government, Law Enforcement, LGBT, Same-sex Marriage

HISTORICAL: TWO SAME-SEX COUPLES ARE THE FIRST TO BE LEGALLY MARRIED IN THE PHILIPPINES

August 4, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

35968-250x250-Gayrings2 MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – History was made yesterday when two same-sex couples were officially married at Manila’s City Hall in the Philippines, a country whose population is 80% Catholic.

Maria Arlyn Ibanez and her partner Joanne Reena Gregorio joined Pastor Crescencio Agbayani and his partner Marlon Pelipe in trooping to a civil registry office in Manila, to obtain a marriage license. “We expected it would be denied but we tried it anyway…. We thought maybe there would be a miracle and it would be approved,” Ibanez, a 33-year-old call centre worker, told Agence France-Presse.

Well a miracle did happen.

To the couples’ surprise, they were promptly issued a marriage license by the city hall clerk.

Apparently, the clerk got a little confused and thought that Ibanez was marrying Agbayani and Gregorio was marrying Pelipe. She did not notice that the license applications were for a male couple and a female couple, respectively.

Despite the error, the two same-sex couples remain legally married because divorce is not allowed in the Philippines.

The Philippines is the only remaining country (outside of The Vatican) in the world where divorce is still illegal.

LGBT, Politics, Religion

PHILIPPINE CATHOLIC BISHOP: ‘GAYS CAN BECOME SAINTS, BUT NOT CORRUPT POLITICIANS’

July 17, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

CEBU CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A ranking Catholic bishop in the Philippines issued a challenge to gay men and women to aspire to be holy and to become saints.

The challenge was posed by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas during a convention on family and life by Catholic leaders in the country. Villegas is the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

“That first thing we should call to mind is Jesus died for all. At the cross, there were only seven words attributed to Jesus, and at the cross, He did not ask ‘Are you a homosexual? If you are, I’m not dying for you. No. There was no such thing,” he said.

Asked by a reporter if philandering and corrupt public officials — which abound in the Philippines — could also become saints, Villegas answered:

“Well, that’s a different case altogether. These politicians who cheat on their wives and steal money from the people are committing a grave sin not only to themselves but to many people who suffer as a result of the misdeeds. And that would disqualify them from sainthood.”

Villegas urged corrupt politicians to repent, reform their lives and to return every single centavo that they stole from taxpayers. “That, he said, is the only way for them to become holy and qualify for sainthood.”