The debate is on
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday maintained that
the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Orientation Equality (SOGIE)
Bill should consider the rights of everyone and not only the lesbian, gay,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community.
The issue regarding the SOGIE bill has been like a movement
against women’s rights.
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| Senate President Vicente Sotto III (photo credit to MB) |
The Senate President cited,
for instance, the alleged abuse of some LGBTQs amid the fresh push for the
proposed law that will prohibit discriminatory acts based on sexual
orientation, gender identity, and orientation.
For instance, Sotto cited a
female netizen’s Facebook post complaining about being threatened by three
transgender women after she called them out for allegedly exposing their male
genitals inside the ladies’ restroom.
“Definitely, it’s going to be
subject to abuse. Kitang-kita ngayon pa lang, eh (It is already evident as
early as now),” Sotto told mediamen.
Sotto stood firm on his
opposition on the SOGIE Bill as he repeated that this would impinge on the
rights of religious, educational institutions, companies, and this time, women.
“I feel very strongly about it
because it has turned from a transgender rights to a women’s rights,” Sotto
said.
“If you are infringing on the rights of others, particularly the
women, then you have no right to do it,” Sotto said.
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