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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.

Food, LGBT, Race Relations, Same-sex Marriage

U.S. PINOYS, MEXICANS CELEBRATE MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN A BIG WAY

June 30, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – From San Diego to Miami, from Salt Lake City to Anchorage, gay men and women are celebrating a victory of a lifetime: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that marriage is a constitutional right for all.

But no other celebration is as big as that of San Francisco, especially among LGBT people of color.

Forget about the wave of rainbow colors enveloping Facebook profile pictures. The San Francisco celebration is big and it involves — what else — food!

Mexicans can now order their burritos wrapped in shiny, rainbow-colored foil, courtesy of the food chain, Chipotle. A full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle even greeted readers with “Homo estás?” (How are y’al doing, homos?).

Filipinos, on the other hand, can now enjoy rainbow-colored ingredients in their halo-halo, the all-time Pinoy favorite dessert/snack, similar to the Hawaiian shaved ice. Don’t forget to ask for an extra scoop of ube, that sweet and creamy purple stuff!

Ah, savour the taste of freedom and equality. Everything is so much more fun living in San Francisco — that is, if you can afford the rent.