On my way to work today, I was unfortunate enough to sit next to an obnoxious couple: a husband and wife. While I was trying to read The Lord of the Rings on my Kindle, I can’t help but hear their conversation because they were talking extremely loud. What really ticked me of was their exchange, delivered in Filipino:
Wife: *muttering*… Oo bading nga ‘yung anak nya ‘eh (Yes, his son is really gay)
Husband: Bading?!?! Kawawa naman ‘yung tatay nya! (He’s gay?!?! Too bad for his dad!)
I wanted to punch this guy. I don’t know about him or anything but I can’t comprehend why he would automatically assume that it was a shameful situation for that father in question. Just because his son is gay, he has to be pitied. I’m very grateful that he is NOT my father because my father, on the other hand, is conversely accepting and loving of me and whatever preference I have.
Just as you thought that the Philippines, and the world in general, is becoming more accepting of any gender beyond male and female, these types of experiences surface and smack you at point blank. Pity on you, sir, because you are a bigot.
Let us encourage each other. There are fewer and fewer bigots.
That was what I thought as well. Punching him won’t do any good either. 🙂