Senate President Sotto: Why not simply call LGBTQIA+ as 'homo sapiens'?

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'Why that lengthy letters? Why not just ‘homo sapiens?' Why do we have to segregate the gays from the lesbians from the straight guys?' — Senate President Tito Sotto

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— Senate President Tito Sotto was baffled at the lenghty acronym LGBTQIA+ used to represent the queer community. He suggested changing it to a simpler scientific term.“Why that lengthy letters? Why not just ‘homo sapiens?' Why do we have to segregate the gays from the lesbians from the straight guys?" he asked on Wednesday.

[Translation: There wouldn't be a need to 'segregate' if the societies, including the Philippine society, have evolved to the point that there is no more discrimination and equality has been achieved regardless of one's identity or expression. But that is not the case.] [Translation: The '+' is there because human sexuality has a lot of shades and layers. The spectrum may be further refined as we discover more identities.]

Senator Richard Gordon said that with all the changes, he thinks it is getting more difficult as the world is"making adjustments" for the LGBT community.

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eh ano siya homo erectus? or homo rapist?

...Dumilim ang paligid... May tumawag sa pangalan ko... Labing isang palapag, tinanong kung okey lang ako sabay abot ng baso... May naghihintay

In my biology class in HS in much younger days, I learned there r only two sexes - male n female. U either hav a dick or none. So why don’t we wait til all those gals/guys finish military training n decide 4 themselves what sex they r b4 we pass any of tbose gender-related laws?

Hello Philippines! He is the senate president. Jusko!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mema ampota. Hahahahaha.

Hey Tito. PEPSI IS CALLING YOU!

Pepsiboi are we going backward to evolution?

Apparently this man doesn’t really know the history of LGBT social movements. Homo sapiens community. So tayo lang talaga ang naiiba?

Regards daw sabi nung pepsi

Educate yourself.

Maraming problema ang bansa. Pati ba naman ito senado pa ba naman ang mamomoblema? Dapat lahat ng pampublikong ospital ay ayusin para ang mga taong walang pambayad sa mga mahal na pribadong ospital ay may parehong serbisyo sa mga publikong ospital.

that’s right, just recognize them by their birth gender

Nasobrahan sa P e p s i, ah? Guess she still gives you nightmares.

Made my day..hahah homo sapiens.. wahahaha

How unbelievably annoying😑

mema lang di ba...

we straight guys are not comfortable with just names. we want our own peace of mind.

ang bobo my gosh

'Don't ask don't tell' keep quiet say not of things to instigate trouble, take a pepsi, drink it cold! Masasarapan ka.

ok ok

What’s wrong w/ calling a spade a spade!

watch the full video to get a grasp of reality

It is always Free to THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK..

Padagdag ng padagdag kasi ang mga letters.. baka hanggang Z na yan sa susunod..😅 binibiro ko nalang mga friends ko na mga L's& G's..

Hindi po ito Bulagaan segment para magpatawa ka.

need talaga ng taong ito ng isang interpreter o lecturer bago maupo sa senate seat. kawawa ang asawa mo ka helen a real copycat man. hanapan nio ng tutor yan para di na magpalecture pa sa loob ng senado. nahirang pa naman senate president. nakakahiyang ilagay sa history books eh

w/ all due respect(which frankly, you don't deserve), using these terms isn't us wanting to be segregated. it's our identity. same way you specify between men & women. asking us not to use these terms erases the issues & hardships our community has gone & is still going through.

Hahay...yan kasi sila papansin!!!😏 Dapat 'Allien' nalang itawag sa kanila. Ayaw ko na sa world😂

gays, lesbians, bigender, bisexual, binary, gender fluid, water bender, binary, blender etc. ayoko ko na sa earth punta nalang ako mars.

That’s still offensive senator dabarkads.. there’s “homo” on it 😏

LGBTQ community wants to be assimilated with the rest. Same rights. Same bathroom privileges. It's only the narrowminded homophobes who segregate and continue to do so even if it's 2019 already, when there's wifi, bluetooth and NFC.

Nalulunod din cguro sa kahihiyan mga senators kasi heto ang senate president nila.. Feeling nya nasa eat Bulaga pa rin. 😂

Is this: clownery

proud alumna of wambol university

dapat iatawag din sayo BOBO SAPIENS..hahaha

🙄🙄🙄🙄

Acchhccheche...

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