{"id":50712,"date":"2015-05-28T22:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50712"},"modified":"2015-05-28T22:23:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:23:35","slug":"netizen-slams-jose-manalo-tito-sotto-for-promoting-hate-on-gays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/28\/netizen-slams-jose-manalo-tito-sotto-for-promoting-hate-on-gays\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizen slams Jose Manalo, Tito Sotto for \u2018promoting hate\u2019 on gays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R Wally Bayola, Paolo Ballesteros and Jose Manalo in Eat Bulaga’s Problem Solving Segment (Photo from Eat Bulaga’s official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 A certain Cha Roque expressed her disappointment over \u201cEat Bulaga\u201d hosts Jose Manalo and Tito Sotto for telling a gay dad to \u2018get back in the closet.\u2019<\/p>\n

Roque, a lesbian mother, posted an open letter in her Facebook account, saying she was appalled by the noontime show hosts\u2019 advice and remorseful for the father who trusted them with was he was going through.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow you suggested that this guy should go back to the closet so his kids won’t be discriminated is like saying that homosexuality is a sin\u2026 You are not in the position to tell this guy \u2018bumalik sa closet\u2019 (get back in the closet) or \u2018bakit kasi nag-asa-asawa\u2019 (why did he marry) or threaten to hurt him jokingly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are promoting a culture of hate. You are telling the world that corrective beating up is okay to make a gay guy become manly. You are telling the world that the only key to be accepted is to hide who you truly are,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Roque greatly disapproved \u2018hiding in the closet.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a lesbian mom and I chose not to hide in the closet, because I love my kid. I don’t think she deserves to be lied to and lying to her about who I am is the biggest betrayal. You don’t hide secrets from the people you love – more so your identity,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe (LGBT people) do not want to hide. We want to be accepted, and acceptance is different from being tolerated. It is not okay that you are only okay with us if we keep quiet,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Roque believed that it was an \u2018immature and uneducated move\u2019 for the hosts and the segment.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have millions of followers spanning the whole Philippines. Needless to say, the personalities in your show are influential. You even have a Senator blatantly telling this guy to go back to the closet. Don’t you have gay or lesbian colleagues or staff in your show?,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

Roque ended her letter saying people \u2018have right to their choices.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know who we are and you don’t have the right to tell us to be otherwise,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that in Eat Bulaga\u2019s Problem Solving segment on May 22, a gay father alias \u201cDiamond\u201d asked the hosts how he could save his three children from being bullied because of\u00a0his sexuality. Host Jose Manalo then advised him to somewhat \u2018change\u2019 how he looked and appear manly. Co-host Tito Sotto agreed and immediately added that the gay dad should \u2018get back in the closet.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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