Tito Sen at Jose, binatikos at nilait

ni Alex Brosas

LAIT ang inabot ng Eat! Bulaga dahil sa kanilang hindi kagandahang pag-tackle sa isang episode ng Problem Solving segment na tila nabastos pa ang isang gay father nang humingi siya ng payo tungkol sa posibleng pambu-bully sa mga anak niya. Yes, may anak ang baklita kahit na medyo effeminate siya.

Hindi nagustuhan ng ilang LGBT members ang payo nina Jose Manalo at senator Tito Sotto.

“Hindi mawawala ‘yan. Ang unang-unang kailangan ay ikaw. Ang solusyon ay ikaw. Ikaw ang unang gagawa ng solusyon. Kaya mo ba, hindi naman binabago ang pagkatao mo. Magagawa mo na hindi na ganyan ang hitsura?” sabi ni Jose.

“Baguhin mo na rin ang pananamit mo para sa mga anak mo,” dagdag pa ni Jose.

“Sa madaling salita, ibalik sa closet,” sabad naman ni Tito Sen.

Isang matapang na lesbian mom, si Cha Roque, ang nag-post ng open letter to Eat! Bulaga sa kanyang Facebook account.

“I am Cha, a single lesbian mom to an eleven year old daughter. I’ve seen the video of your segment (Dabarkads na beki, may asawa at tatlong anak) and I was appalled at how you handled the situation: how you suggested that this guy should go back to the closet so his kids won’t be discriminated is like saying that homosexuality is a sin. You made it appear like homosexuality is a disease and that he should keep it from his kids so as not to “infect” them with it.”

Ang feeling ni Cha ay isang “immature and uneducated move” ang ginawa nina Jose at Tito.

“Eat Bulaga is an institution, you have millions of followers spanning the whole Philippines. Needless to say, the personalities in your show are influential. You even have a Senator blatantly telling this guy to go back to the closet. Don’t you have gay or lesbian colleagues or staff in your show? What if the participant was a lesbian mom? Would you ask her to go back to the closet as well? Would you say the same to Aiza Seguerra if she was in the situation?” say ni Cha.

“You don’t hide secrets from the people you love—more so your identity. It is shows like yours and opinions like those that was expressed in your show that encourages the bullying of LGBT people and their families,” she added.

“You are not in the position to tell this guy “bumalik sa closet” or “bakit kasi nag-asa-asawa” or threaten to hurt him (jokingly). You are promoting a culture of hate. You are telling the world that corrective beating up is okay to make a gay guy become manly. You are telling the world that the only key to be accepted is to hide who you truly are,” paliwanag pa niya.

Capping her aria, she said, “This incident just proved once again how homosexuality is far more clean than Eat Bulaga and its hosts’ opinions will ever be.”

Bilib kami kay Cha! Ang tapang mo, ‘Day!!!

Ano naman kaya ang maikokomento ng mga taga-Eat! Bulaga rito?