“GMA’s new telenovela, My Husband’s Lover, made a buzz upon its airing. This is because of its unusual plot given the situation here in the Philippines [Philippines is known as a Catholic Country]. Despite being a Catholic country, Philippines has been reported to be one of the most gay-friendly countries.
“It has been reported that it have been accepted by great number of Filipinos, specially the LGBT community. That the “TomDen” [Tom Rodriguez and Denise Trillo] love team made the Pinoys feel kilig. The telenovela praises was of coursed reported by the same TV station where it airs. This is not a question of gender equality but of objectivity in news reporting.
“I have nothing against the LGBT community, I have frie\ds who are gays, bisexuals and lesbians. But the bias in reporting has been clear, they would not air negative reports against it. They always promote the aforementioned telenovela in their news programs like Unang Hirit and 24 Oras. I can’t help but wonder… Are they constantly praising this telenovela, interviewing people who likes it to cover the negative reactions toward it? The Church has given its opinion on this show, other media entities have reported this or written about but GMA [of course] did not cover it. There are also negative reactions on blogs, in the internet… but are not emphasized. GMA’s biased coverage of this telenovela have therefore been successful.” Posted by NikkiXxxx
Sinulat ni Rod Singh: “Makikita sa mga larawang ito ang maling pag-gamit ng pronoun kay “Heart Dino”, ang kauna-unahang transgender chairperson ng USC. ginamit ang salitang “He” para sa pagidentify kay Heart at ang pag-lagay ng buong pangalan nito kesa sa Heart lamang. Mayroon ding maling impormasyon sa artikulong ito at ito ay ang pagsasabing si “Alex Castro” ang ikalawang openly lgbt chairperson, samantalang ikatlo naman talaga siya. Para sa akin, napaka unethical para sa isang news article, lalo na sa rappler, ang magsulat ng mga artikulong gender insensitive at mga maling impormasyon. Subalit, nung aming idinulog sa rappler ang mga pagkakamali sa artikulong ito, agad naman silang humingi ng tawad at pinalitan din agad ang nasabing mga pagkakamali. Hinahanggaan ko ang sumulat ng artikulong ito sa pagiging patas at gender sensitive. Ang buong artikulo ay tungkol sa naganap ng Fashion Show para sa UP Prideweek. Napaka-ganda ng pagkakasulat ng artikulo at talagang verbatim ang mga isinulat nila dito (base sa interview nila sa akin). Magandang halimbawa ang rappler sa tinatawag na responsible journalism.” Pinadala ni Rod Singh – ang nagsulat ay pangulo rin ng U.P. Babaylan
