Aiza Seguerra shares thoughts on pro-LGBT billboard

(Bench is considering to mount the original photo of the controversial billboard without the cover-up after clarification from ASC. (Left photo) The original photo as released to print and social media. (Right photo) The billboard as seen along Edsa-Guadalupe. Photo: Instagram)


Nagbigay ng kaniyang pananaw si Aiza Seguerra sa isyu ng ginawang pagtakip sa magkahawak na kamay ng gay couple na sina Vince Uy at Niño Gaddi sa billboard ng isang local clothing brand. 
 
Ang billboard na makikita sa Edsa ay para sa "Love All Kinds of Love" campaign, na sumusuporta rin sa lesbian, gay, bixesual, and transgender (LGBT) community. 
 
“Yes, I saw and I think I posted something about it,” simula ni Aiza nang tanungin kung nakita niya ang billboard ng Bench.
 
“I applaud Bench for being so bold... well [but] who did it?” tanong ni Aiza, pagtukoy sa pagpinta ng itim na pintura para matakpan ang holding hands ng dalawang lalaki sa billboard.
 
“Kasi dun ako [concerned]. I think I saw an interview from the Ad Board or whatever na sinabi naman nila, pinayagan naman nila [ang billboard], so I don't know."
 
“So para sa 'kin, parang it only goes to show that there are a lot of bigots and a lot of people who still discriminate. Kasi, what's so wrong about that? Just because they're holding hands, tatakpan n'yo just because they're both guys?"
 
“Sorry ha, 'tapos tayo magpapakita tayo ng nagpapatayan sa news, okay lang? Eto they're showing love, tatakpan natin?” ani Aiza na nasa isang same-sex relationship din at ikinasal noong nakaraang taon sa beauty-queen-turned-actress na si Liza Diño. 
 
“So yun yung tipong kontekstong baliko sa isip ko na, okay lang if we show sa diyaryo na patay, ni-rape. Pero ito, people loving each other, tatakpan niyo? Why? Just because they're both guys?” buwelta ng singer.
 
NEED FOR RESPECT. May panawagan naman si Aiza sa mga taong hindi pa rin tanggap ang ganitong klase ng relasyon sa lipunan.
 
Aniya, sa kabila ng pagkakaiba-iba ng paniniwala, sana magkaroon ng respeto. 
 
“Sana umabot tayo sa maturity na maisip natin na lahat tayo iba-iba ng pagpapalaki. Iba-iba ng personalidad, lahat tayo different individuals. We believe in so many different things and that's fine. If you don't agree with same-sex relationship, that's fine."
 
“But learn how to respect as much as we respect your opinion about us. “Respect ours, too. Respect our stand, respect that we are fighting to be seen as equal sa inyo. Respect that also."
 
“Hindi naman namin ipinapakita na, 'Hindi, kami'y ganito...' Don't shove it also sa mukha namin na, 'Mali kayo, mali kayo!' Huwag. Kasi kapag lahat tayo magpapataasan ng ihi at sabihin na, 'Hindi, tama kami!' o 'Tama rin kami!' Wala, walang mangyayari sa atin."
 
“So recognize each other's differences, but [if you] learn how to respect that, siguro we'll live better.” -- Bernie V. Franco, PEP

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