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Global Impact, How US Politics Affects Filipinos Today #lgbtqia #puralukavega #dragqueen #beki

5 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this informal dialogue, two speakers—one a dual US‑Filipino citizen—discuss how recent anti‑trans statements from the United States President and broader US political rhetoric are not confined to American borders. They argue that technology enables rapid transmission of these ideologies to the Philippines, where they threaten the local LGBTQIA+ community. The speakers emphasize that erasing or marginalising trans people in the US has global consequences, noting that removing a letter from the LGBTQIA+ acronym fundamentally alters the community. They express concern that such targeting creates a template for other groups to be singled out, and they acknowledge that the ripple effect reaches Filipinos both culturally and politically.

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Which brings me to our topic for today.
Yeah, I think we were going to talk about what's happening in the US and how that's affecting us Filipinos here in the Philippines. I'm saying this, I mean, I mean, although I'm from the US, I'm a dual citizen, I'm still a Filipino.
Okay, I think because we're living in a very, um, global world, so these ideologies Even if people think that, oh, this is just in the States, no, it's not. They have, um, technology has the power to actually exchange these ideas, and for all we know, it's already here in the country, the idea, because they're targeting very specific groups. When, um, the President of the United States have said a lot of things against trans, they're trying to erase the trans community. I mean, I, I don't get it. When you remove a letter in the LGBTQIA+ community, it's not It's not the same community anymore. I think we owe it up to the trans people because they have been there existing even before. So I think it's like, for me, it's like another episode of, I don't know, like find a group that we can target on.
And I think, yeah, yeah, it ripples all around the world.
Of course it has been happening. And I think this hate, you know, on the community is something that transcends whatever country you're from. So I guess, dapa tatingi may panu pa tay na pecto hansa ng United States.