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"We are not immoral!" say Risa Hontiveros, John Lapus, LGBTI community

Published: Feb 4, 2010 - 4:12pm

The LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex) community and supporters asserted that they are not immoral, as the Commission on Elections put it, in the two videos of the "I Am Not Immoral" campaign.

Filmed on the same day as the Manila Pride March, December 5, the video campaign gathered comedians John Lapus and Diego Llorico, Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros, photographer Niccolo Cosme, singer-songwriter Tao Aves and editor JR Isaac, among others.

"How dare you call us immoral?" Lapus passionately asked. "Kung ang mga bakla tinawag na imoral paano pa 'yung mga pumatay sa massacre sa Mindanao? It is only god who can actually judge me and actually say if I am or if I am not immoral."

Hontiveros said, "[The COMELEC] uses religious garb as their disguise but it's a twisted way of expressing their faith. Bakit, marami sa LGBT community ay people of faith din. This is the real clash of civilization, this idea that one group is inferior to another."

Jethro Cuenca Patalinghug, the writer, director and producer of the videos, told Spot.ph, "My vision is for this video to become viral in the Internet and encourage those who will see it to take action upon themselves whether they are LGBTI or not. I hope to open minds and contribute to the change of consciousness about the LGBTI community."

The campaign spawned a video response from Tony, an openly gay detective in New York City. Patalinghug said, "I am very ecstatic about this. In fact, Tony is already helping us promote the campaign; he is contacting various LGBTI organizations in New York and asking them to promote the video in their websites."

"A part two is a possibility. There are talks of bringing it regionally in the country or maybe even outside the country depending on how big an impact this campaign will have," Patalinghug added. He is also working on a concept for his second project targeting the "alarming HIV and AIDS situation in the Philippines."

The "I Am Not Immoral" campaign is a project of the Philippine Forum on Sports, Culture, Sexuality and Human Rights (TEAM PILIPINAS), headed by gay activist Bruce Portugal Amoroto.

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  • Tata Popoy May 06 2010 @ 08:43pm Report Abuse
    Risa will surely get my vote. She's genuine.
  • skysenshi Mar 11 2010 @ 10:07am Report Abuse
    Now I know who to vote for. The funny thing about this is that so many of the LGBTI people are very active when it comes to human and animal rights, climate change, environmental concern...generally trying to blaze the trail for improving the world we have now.
  • Poging Lamig Feb 06 2010 @ 08:21am Report Abuse
    Kudos to Risa Hontiveros!!! She is a true progressive politician which we don't have a lot in our legislative body. Comelec did the most immoral thing in the history of Phil politics.
    THE GARCI TAPE!!!!!!!!
  • sweetbayag Feb 05 2010 @ 12:38pm Report Abuse
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  • Vote Risa Feb 05 2010 @ 09:03am Report Abuse
    I have been following Risa's political career from the very beginning and I am convinced without any hesitation that she is a genuine human rights champion compared to fake ones like Joker Arroyo and Nene Pimentel.

    Risa will certainly get our vote come election day.

    Please vote Risa for Senator!
  • Anti-Defamation League Feb 04 2010 @ 11:10pm Report Abuse
    COMELEC ang Immoral! Next target: Supreme Court.
  • Bong in a thong Feb 04 2010 @ 09:56pm Report Abuse
    But why must it be titled so? It's like cops trying to improve their image by coming up with a video titled "For goodness sake, hindi kami nangongotong!" Bad PR, comedy gold.

    "I am not immoral" sounds like the first words of someone you catch doing the nasty as you open an unlocked door.
  • Jenkz Ardaniel Feb 04 2010 @ 07:01pm Report Abuse
    They should at least know how to spell transsexual.
  • Perez Hilton Feb 04 2010 @ 05:27pm Report Abuse
    Ang kikitid ng pag-iisip! Nakakahiyang maging kababayan. Bakit ba napakamakaluma at mapang-api ng pananaw nila?
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