Posts tagged Philippines
Periodical Political Post *141
Dec 9th
Queer News
- Mexican Court ruling opens doors for marriage equality
- Marriage equality bill passes first vote in Colombia
- US Supreme Court ´will hear same-sex marriage cases
- Over 1,000 gender reassignment operations in Iran in 4 years
- Filipino people are ready for same-sex marriage, says pastor
Other News
- Oh no. Silvio Berlusconi wants to become Italy’s Prime Minister
- Thousands rally in Hungary protesting lawmaker’s call to screen Jews
- Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
- Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand least corrupt countries
0Periodical Political Post *129
Sep 21st
Queer News
- Australian parliament overwhelmingly votes against marriage equality
- Malaysian minister suggests early corrective measures for LGBT people
- U.S. judge denies transgender name-changes with crude DNA argument
- British doctor tells students to act “less gay” to pass their medical exam
- Teacher in New Zealand fired for supporting students’ pro-gay protest
Other News
- Tax cuts don’t lead to economic growth, a new 65-year study finds
- Jailed for life at age 14: U.S. supreme court to consider juvenile sentences
- Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, released files show
- New legislation in the Philippines outlaws cybersex and video sex chats
- Crazy stuff they’ll teach in Louisiana’s publicly funded charter schools
0Periodical Political Post *121
Aug 11th
Queer News
- Rallies in support of marriage equality across Australia this weekend
- American parents use risky steroids to avoid getting lesbian babies
- Philippine president tries to get queer protections out of health-care bill
- Top German court demands tax benefit for same-sex couples from state
- Trans man denied cancer care because doctor was confused over gender
Other News
- Why the public reaction to attacks is different when the terrorist is white
- U.S. school forces pregnancy tests on girls, kicks out students who refuse
- Olympics spectator with Parkinson’s was arrested because he didn’t smile
- Mother strip-searched in public, tampon pulled out of her for missing stop sign
- Employers think not using Facebook makes you suspicious [Warring: Daily Mail]
0Periodical Political Post *118
Jul 27th
Queer News
- New Zealand to vote on well-supported gay marriage bill
- Anti-gay American Christian groups colonizing Africa
- Low condom use causes HIV spread in Catholic Philippines
- Gay hate crime in Nebraska capital draws ire from hundreds
- 19yo kicked out of Boy Scouts after 10 years for being gay
Other News
- Global warming catastrophe’s terrifying new math
- 26 billionaires are buying the U.S. presidential election
- It might have become easier for Skype to wiretap video calls
- Company not paying taxes still thinks it’s paying too many taxes
- Victim of Aurora shooting faces $2 million in medical bills
0Periodical Political Post *105
May 20th
Queer News
- Israeli parliament rejects bill allowing gay and inter-faith civil marriage
- Moscow bans pride parade as St. Petersburg sees homophobic attacks
- Filipino gay party renews bid for Congress at next year’s election
- U.S. Republicans block appointment of judge because he came out
- School bans LGBT rights supporting apparel because it “promotes sex”
Other News
- More than 1,000 UK government staffers caught snooping on citizen data
- U.N. criticise Canada for ignoring hunger problems in it’s own country
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16 and solitary: How jails in the state of Texas isolate children
- London cops buying devices to suck your phone dry in an instant
- Texas earned dubious title of the state most likely to execute innocents
0Periodical Political Post *92
Mar 8th
Queer News
- March for queer rights in U.S. state Mississippi shut down by police
- Death of one of Italy’s most popular singers sparks homophobia debate
- Philippines University elects trans student chairperson for the first time
- 17-year-old gay high school student suspended for wearing high heels
- Missouri school fires teacher for planning marriage to partner of 20 years
- Law maker in U.S. state of Wisconsin wants to label gay parents as child abuse
Other News
- Ireland signs Irish version of SOPA into law, kicks off new censorship regime
- UK internet providers lose battle against three-strikes copyright law in Britain
- Total surveillance: American colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords
- Police gave companies blacklist to keep union-friendly workers without a job
- New American e-voting system cracked and taken over in less than 48 hours
- 11-year-old kid handcuffed, taken to holding facility for being “argumentative”
0Periodical Political Post *85
Jan 9th
Queer News
- Queer teens in U.S. state of Tennessee face “License to Bully” law once again
- Gay Filipino teen drenched with boiling water by his father after coming out
- Gay panic excuse used in U.S. state of Wisconsin to justify anti-gay violence
- Three skinheads savagely attack Californian gay men in new year’s hate crime
- Ron Paul says AIDS is peoples’ fault, wants them to pay even more for healthcare
- U.S. presidential wannabe suggests a dad in prison is better than a gay dad
Other News
- U.S. president Obama signs indefinite detention without charge or trial into law
- Americas epidemic of sexual violence, rape now more common than smoking
- Recent study says Black Americans are as likely to get hired as white felons
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Group of ultra-Orthodox Jews prevented women from voting in local elections
- U.S. threatened to put Spain on trade blacklist for not censoring the internet
- Church of Kopimism gets file-sharing recognized as official religion in Sweden
0Periodical Political Post *83
Dec 12th
Queer News
- HIV-positive Americans at risk of sex offender charges and imprisonment
- Hungarian civil rights groups protest “Family Defence” bill excluding queers
- Catholic group trying to sabotage anti-discrimination bill in the Philippines
- Black lesbians & transgender men live in terror in parts of South Africa says HRW
- School suspends teens who bullied Jamey Rodemeyer into committing suicide
- Californian Ranger bravely tazes harmless trans woman in the crotch
- Marvel Comics adds another queer character to its super hero line-up
Other News
- Secretive committee decides over indefinite detention without trial for U.S. citizens
- Pentagon offering free military hardware to every police department in America
- English riots were “a sort of revenge” against power abuse by the police survey finds
- U.S. agency supported Mexican drug war to make the case for gun regulations
- 5-year-old diagnosed with ADHD handcuffed and charged with battery on police officer
- Church in the state of Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples from church activities
- Facebook security flaw allowed access to Zuckerberg’s (and your) private photos
0Periodical Political Post *73
Sep 24th
Queer News
- Gay civil partners less likely to split up than straight married couples
- Five year prison sentence for attack on transgender woman at McDonald’s
- Gay men in UK can now give blood… if they don’t get laid for a year
- Philippine president says gays should be able to marry but not adopt
- New Australian passport allows to state third gender
- Teen says he killed gay man because he came on to him
- Serbian interior minister wants to call off pride parade to protect police
- Klaus Wowereit, gay mayor of German capitol Berlin to get third term
- Judge tells gay dad he can never leave kids with his husband
- Police in India arrested 133 people at an “indecent” gay party
- Jesus may love everyone, Christian schools don’t: Next Lesbian kicked out
- US politician Sally Kern: Gays are more dangerous than terrorists
- Belgian ex-footballer comes out and starts career as gay porn actor
Other News
- U.S. state of Georgia executes man despite glaring doubts of his guilt
- Italy wants to turn off internet for everyone who is suspected to be a pirate
- Christian coalition leader says bullying a non-issue & part of growing up
- “Speedo” doesn’t want to be a gay brand, sues man over fetish website
- Studies find no evidence that single-sex schools are better than coed
- CERN claims to have measured particle that travels faster than light
- Cops say it’s not excessive force when you taser an 11-year-old boy
- Right-wing moms get steamy over “Schweddy Balls” Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
- Online gamers have solved a decade-old scientific puzzle: In three weeks
- Outcry over novel casting Hamlet’s father as gay paedophile
0The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Jul 28th
Just like the flower in the opening scenes, 12-year-old Maxi is a beautiful accent in the gritty underworld on the outskirts of Manila, where he lives. Living with his outlaw father and two older brothers, Maxi dutifully infuses everything he does for them with love. From cooking and sewing to braiding his brother’s hair, Maxi fulfils the role of dalaga for his family, living as a young lady in the absence of femininity and their deceased mother. We follow Maxi through his glowing and textured world of shopping, reenacting beauty pageants, and hanging out at a local DVD stand that screens movies for abundant audiences of transient children. But Maxi’s emotions blossom late one night when he is rescued from neighbourhood thugs by Victor, a kind rookie cop. Smitten with the handsome policeman, Maxi begins to feel pulled between the petty-thief family that he loves and the law and romance Victor embodies.
Veering from adorable and light to bleak and tragic, Maximo Oliveros is all over the emotional map, but in a realistic way, sort of like life itself. The most interesting part of the movie is Lopez’s Maxi, a kid who should be screwed up but instead is totally comfortable in his own skin. Even when the movie is at its most melodramatic, Lopez keeps his performance in check, making this most unreal kid seem very real indeed.
The Philippines’ submission for the 2006 foreign-language film Oscar, "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" is a unique coming-of-age film, for Maxi is such an intriguing mix of the streetwise and the innocent, self-aware yet emotionally vulnerable. Solito’s ability to inspire such a daring, unself-conscious portrayal from Lopez is no less than astonishing.
Preteen sexuality is a sensitive subject, but director Auraeus Solito handles it with dignity, never becoming exploitative. Whatever you do, stick around for the final scene, a heartfelt tribute to Carol Reed’s 1949 masterwork "The Third Man." – New York Post
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