{"id":219106,"date":"2019-06-17T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T00:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219106"},"modified":"2019-06-17T20:02:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T00:02:32","slug":"catriona-gray-responds-to-hate-for-supporting-lgbtqia-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/17\/catriona-gray-responds-to-hate-for-supporting-lgbtqia-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Catriona Gray responds to hate for supporting LGBTQIA+ community"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219107\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-23.28.23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-23.28.23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-23.28.23.png 586w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-17-at-23.28.23-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Happy PRIDE!&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByuoMBPAlRk\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/catriona_gray\/\">@catriona_gray<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honor of Pride month this June, 25-year-old Filipina-Australian Catriona Gray responds to the hate she received in an image where she stands for the rights of the LBTQIA+ community in front of her 5.8 million followers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially posted last Saturday, June 15, the Filipina representative for Miss Universe 2018, which she later won, is seen holding a heart above her chest captioned, \u201cHappy Pride!\u201d encouraging her fans to catch #MahabahabangUsapan in collaboration with San Miguel Light Philippines to discuss \u201call things LGBTQIA+ rights and pride!\u201d She exclaims, \u201cI learnt so much and hope in watching, you will all too!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some netizens were quick to judge Catriona, stating that her advocacy is in contrast with being a Christian. One user writes, \u201cWhat happened Catriona Gray about your testimony about your Christianity? Please do not compromise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick to reply, the articulate beauty queen explains, \u201cMy belief as a Christian does not limit me from fighting for the rights of others. I love my God and love my fellow brothers and sisters,\u201d elaborating, \u201cReligion is never an excuse to hate, put down, or act indifferent to the suffering of others. I believe God is love, and I will treat everyone &#8211; no matter who they are, to the best of my ability, with love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participating in the very first Miss Universe edition with a transgender pageant represented by Miss Spain 2018 Angela Ponce last December, Catriona had previously voiced out her sentiments on inclusivity during her guesting on \u201cThe Bottomline with Boy Abunda\u201d, stating, \u201cIndividually, I see beauty queens more than a physical aspect. We represent something &#8211; that has to be what we\u2019re there for. [Angela] has a purpose. She is that voice for that transgender community and if she can further educate people about what are the needs of the transgender community to get us to be more compassionate towards them\u2026 there\u2019s a lot of work to be done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Pride month this June, 25-year-old Filipina-Australian Catriona Gray responds to the hate she received in an image &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":219107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219180,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219106\/revisions\/219180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}