Sunday, April 14, 2013

Worst Place to be a Homosexual :"(

Living here in the Philippines, known to be a Catholic Country with strong conservative culture, sure being a homosexual was very tough.
It was never easy, maybe for some lucky ones, but not with how I experienced it.
With the society, having the Filipino culture together with the Catholic beliefs, I could say that what made it hard to live as a homosexual was because the "discrimination" all started, sadly, within my own family.

Around the age of 6-10, that time when you could probably say you were able to save some details on your memory as you try to recall things when you are much older, those times when I started making friends, going to school, getting to know the world outside our home, I could tell that that was the time that I started feeling the pressure and the challenge of becoming true to myself, of becoming a  homosexual.

As far as I could remember, all that I could think of by that time was..."how can my life be this challenging and tough compared to others?".
I was so young yet I felt like the struggles I was having were way beyond my age.
From my parents, relatives, friends, teachers...basically everyone around me, were treating me like I had a disease or I was cursed and that I needed to be cured. That was really horrible.
I could go on and on trying to mention every hardship I had by those times but this post would be very long then.
But as I could remember, it was very difficult and I really thought I would not survive it.

Years later, now that I am 24 years old and have become the person I have always wanted to be, as I am still transitioning to becoming a more feminine transgender, sure there are still more challenges-discriminations, rejections, etc., despite these things I still could experience every day of my transgender life, I definitely could say now that I have succeeded enough and I already passed the toughest times to becoming free as I can be.
I still consider living this life as very difficult, but at least now I have adjusted enough to not be so much of a victim. That makes me so grateful.

But the reason why I am writing this post was not really to describe how difficult it was, and still is, to live a homosexual life in the Philippines.
Sure when I was younger I thought that this country is the toughest and the cruellest place to live a homosexual life, for all of my life I have learned to believe that...until I stumbled upon a video on YouTube just recently that totally changed my life.


The Worst Place to be Gay?!? Based on the video I just saw...is Uganda.

Sad, but it may be true. :'(

You may watch the video by yourself for you to learn the sad truth about this. The video is almost 1 Hour long though. It is a BBC Three special, a documentary by the gay Radio 1 DJ named Scott Mills, a famous personality in England. Below is the video link and the description from the BBC:

Click the link below:
    For video:
          The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?
    For BBC page:
          World's Worst Place to be Gay
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign. 

Here are some photos from the BBC site:
Scott Mills in Nakawa Market, Kampala, Uganda.

Scott Mills meets gay Ugandans forced to live in the slums because of their sexuality.


Scott confronts an anti-homosexual Pastor Solomon Male, one of Uganda's most vocal anti-gay preachers.


I hope you would really try to watch the whole video and be sadden about how cruel it is.
Would love to hear your opinion about the clip on the comment section.
My heart is broken right now knowing some homosexuals, or to say that some PEOPLE are suffering this cruelty.

This makes me cry :'(
 EMPoY :'(


Thursday, April 11, 2013

What's Wrong with "Selfies"?!?

What's really wrong with the new trend called SELFIES(one would hold the camera, usually that of mobile phones, and take their own photo)?!?

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I guess it is cute and there is nothing wrong with it...what annoys me is the "DUCK FACE" photos...ewww
Selfies is Ok as long as you don't upload similar shots....

Let's all just SMILE and take photos!!!


LoVe*LoVe*LoVe
      EMPoY -xoxo

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

TrialVid

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                   This One is my trial Video :P



               **No Boyfriend No Problem?**   **Really?!?**


Homosexuality/Discrimination

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I was searching all over the web for some quotes/articles that would help me express myself with my thoughts(emotions as well^~^) hoping it would make me feel better. I have found some nice statements which I edited and added my own words on it. More to come for sure.
-The joy of expressing what's in your heart-

Enjoy!

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The process of trying to fight and stop discrimination against homosexuality should start with making every homosexual understand that each of us have got the choice to be either the Victims or the Victors.

To be The crying losers or to be the proud winners.

To be respected as a human being or not.
We have the choice!

But of course, to be successful in this challenge would never happen over night, may not be anytime sooner. It will take some time.

But each and every homosexual should REALLY WANT that personal victory so we can find the will to fight for personal success.

If we want something to change, it should begin with "WANTING IT"!

For someone like me who wants discrimination to stop, in ways I could think of, must have that core belief, the FAITH, that God created me beautiful, and He definitely made no mistake when he created me.
YES, I am born this way and that's a thing I should be proud of.
I have the power to overcome wrongs, injustices, and most of all... Inequalities.

I will proudly show to the world that I do not want to remain discriminated. That nothing created by God deserves to be denied of equality and respect.

I firmly believe that to be a homosexual was never a choice of destiny.
People should understand by now that there have been never any choices. For if there was, if by any chance, do you think one would choose to be live such a very discriminated and tough life?!?

The choice of destiny has been never between becoming a homosexual or becoming a straight man.

I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.

• It was more of a choice on how I should live my Life: to live it in a way that conforms with the NORMS that the society is dictating me, by basing on what's between my legs....
 ... Or just simply be TRUE to myself and appreciate my own worth.

Some people would insist that the right thing for a homosexual like me to do is just to live my life as a regular Straight Man, find a girl to love, build a family and have a better life. Not realizing that what they really want for me to do is DENY my True self and let me fake everything else.

If any of you would feel madness or hatred just with my presence, then clearly the problem is yours.

Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold.

If I feel the need to change something in myself, I alone will make that decision.

I surely have no regrets when I chose to love myself and chose to just appreciate my worth. Sure it was a very tough journey, the toughest ones are yet to experience in the future, but happy having the peace of mind and the conscience knowing that I am not hurting anybody.

But with so much faith and trust in God's plans, I have learned to love myself so much more and to proudly embrace the real me.

There would come a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me.!
This is my own life.
This is the real me.

I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love!
I am a whole complex package.
A human being just like anybody else.

Take it or better leave me alone.

Accept me - or you can just walk away!

And luckily for me, that time...
...that precious moment
...is happening right NOW!
This moment...
...this very moment,

That I just appreciate life.

And I am very happy that I get to share it with all of you.

Be Real. Be Proud.


"There are people who have said that I am being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption, basically of gay rights, but with all due respect I humbly descend. I'm not being brave, I'm being a decent human being"
-ANNE HATHAWAY for LGBT

Take a look at a very nice speech given by the AMAZING Ms Sass Sasot at a U.N. Panel Discussion in New York, Dec. 10, 2009. Love Her. Always make me cry :'(

Sass Sasot's Amazing Speech




***Us being PROUD!


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***SMILE and Be Confident!


LOve*LOVE*LOVE
*what should matter is the love that is shared, being loved in return is just the bonus**