WATCH: Trans woman Gretchen Custodio Diez explains that Senate President Tito Sotto’s proposal would be possible if it weren’t for widespread discrimination. Full story:
Pwede naman [gamitin]. Supposedly dapat Homo sapiens na lang eh para mas madali, plain and simple. But we started creating a binary system. From homo sapiens, sineparate natin into men and women.
Hontiveros said Diez's case gave a"fresh wind" to the issue, after her arrest and rejection from using a women's bathroom have caught the nation's attention.Why that lengthy letters? Why not just Homo sapiens? We’re all the same. Why do we have to segregate the gays from the lesbians from the straight guys?”
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