TV
“In the Philippines media promotes flawed and restricted stereotypes of lesbians and gays to sell their products. Lesbians and gays can be good entertainers or TV show hosts but they can never be TV broadcasters”
“In May the chair of the MTRCB, Marissa LaGuardia, sent a memorandum to the producers of several television shows, warning them against positive depictions of lesbian relationships. The memo stated, "Lesbian and homosexual relationships are an abnormality of human nature. To show such kind of abnormality/aberration on prime-time TV programs gives the impression that the network is encouraging lesbian and homosexual relationships”
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The lesbian and gay legislative advocacy network, Lagablab
“Philippines: Censor Targets TV shows featuring Lesbian”, http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/06/10/philippines-censor-targets-tv-shows-featuring-lesbians, June 12, 2004
INTERNET
“In the article published on Monday, March 11, 2013, Bersola-Babao wrote about what parents should do if their child is showing signs of being gay. Her resource person for the article was Dr. Camille Garcia, a TV psychologist for the TV5 talk show “Face to Face.” The article teaches the parents on what should they do if their children is showing signs homosexuality they shouldn’t accept them easily they need to tell their child this is wrong. She also advises the parents to tell their sons “It’s not right that two men live together and have a family. If you don’t want to correct what you want, we can’t accept that.”
They recently took the article down and apologize.
Reference:
Randa, Pia. “Tintin Babao gets flak for 'Being Gay' article” http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/23640-tintin-bersola-babao-being-gay-online-flak. March 12, 2013
RADIO
“Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues have generally been ignored in the Philippines, or worse, negatively portrayed to spice up mainstream media programmes.
News of raids on gays, killings or violence involving them gets splashed all over the tabloids and primetime news when “nothing else is happening”, reinforcing negative stereotypes.
What made a dent in that situation was the entry of ‘Rainbow Radio Philippines’, Manila’s first and only LGBT radio show that was aired every Saturday afternoon from November 2009 to April 2010.
Conceptualized and run by the Rainbow Rights Project (R-Rights), a group of lesbian and gay lawyers and legal activists, and supported by the Global Fund for Women, the weekly programme gathered Filipino LGBT, their families and supporters to share and discuss issues, news and events.”
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AD’s
The Library Foundation protested the ad, followed LAGABLAB’s campaign to boycott PLDT. LAGABLAB argued then that ads like the “Hello Billy” series reinforce the negative attitudes toward homosexuals in Philippine society. LAGABLAB pointed out that “priests who have condemned homosexuals for immorality, parents who have taught their children that homosexuality is evil, comedians who believe that slapping homosexuals is funny, and, yes, advertisements that portray homosexuals negatively have a role to play why some homosexuals lose their job, get unfair treatment from restaurants or hospitals, or even get killed.”
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