Binangonan, Rizal - an orientation was successfully organized by an LGBT activist Ruffa Florida for the purpose of giving information to a specific group of youth when it comes to LGBT issues. Mainly, it tackles SOGIE 101 or simply S3xual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, which discussed by the I Love Tansyong TV founder Jonathan D. Orbuda. The said informal meeting held in Barangay Upper Batingan, Municipality of Binangonan.
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| BTA members are concentrating on every single detail about SOGIE |
Florida 24, a hetero-woman is known for supporting LGBT activities from small to huge gatherings among Rizalian* clans.
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“Nakakatuwa kasi kasama ang mga LGBT (I enjoyed their company), natuto ako ( I also learned ) from them .Magaan ang loob ko sa kanila.( They are easy to go with)”Florida said.
Florida invited the clan** members of “Boyz Town Academy (BTA)” –the famous MSM*** (men having s3x with men) clan in the country- to attend the eyeball****. She targeted the Rizal Chapter aged 16-27 years old. The attendees are from Municipality of Antipolo, Binangonan, Cardona, Tanay, Morong, and Angono wherein they spent whole night for the said get-together.
Moreover, Jonathan D. Orbuda delivered the orientation on what are the differences between S3xual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression.
“Masaya ako na naipamahagi ko ang kaalaman ko sa mga batang ito( I am glad to share my knowledge to these youth.” Orbuda said.
“Naging clan founder din ako nung kasing edad ko sila( I used to be a founder of a clan when I was young) , at nakita ko ang sarili ko sa kanila ( and I can see myself to them) – ang maling pagkakakilanlan sa sarili nila ( the failure to identify one’s self ) at sa maling information na nakatatak sa kamalayan nila dahil sa kakulangan ng kaalaman ( and misinformation they learnt )” he added. Orbuda focused on the differences between Lesbian, Gay, Bis3xual and Transgender.
“They consider gay to be someone dressed as a girl (cross-dressing) but if you’re dressed as a guy you’re considered Bis3xual which is wrong information. And so, I emphasized the context of SOGIE”, Orbuda explained.
After the gathering, food and beverages were served.
“Natuto ako talaga sa (I learnt so much from the) discussion .Na-realize ko kasi na sa clan namin ( I just realized that within my clan) , may discrimination din - kasi bawal sumali ang mga pa-girl at crossdresser ( we discriminate effeminates and cross dressers). Napagtanto ko na discriminated na nga tayo sa lipunan( I realized that we are already discriminated within our society) , tayo- tayo pa ang nagdi (but we also)- discriminate within our LGBT community.” JM from Antipolo shared.
Rizalian* - Inhabitants in Rizal Province.
Clan**- informal group of (mainly) men
who have s3x with men whose main ways
of staying connected is by using
technological advances – e.g. mobile phones/gadgets
and the Internet ( Outrage Magazine).
MSM*** -Men having slept with men
but not necessarily that they
are neither gay nor bimale.
Eyeball****. - A random or planned
meet up with two of more
individuals mainly to socialize.
On July 1, 2013, Jonathan Orbuda or simply Tansyong established "I ♥ TANSYONG ™" to "help gather Filipinos and Filipinos-at-heart readers/ travelers, thereby creating strong interest about Philippines and beyond ,” he said. “I ♥ TANSYONG ™ ” described as Online Coffee Book of his travels, adventures and happenings . Going online was an easy decision to make.
On August 2016 , he started to set up "I ♥ TANSYONG™ TV" - Youtube Channel . He keeps uploading Random Vlog episodes on it as he said " Life is worth celebrating for".