On Catholic Church and Sexual Pleasures

I always wondered why the church has always frowned upon humans enjoying their sexuality. Is this because sexual pleasure could potentially be an overwhelming distraction for people? Could sexual pleasure weaken the need to seek god?

On Faith and Evolution

Faith in a supreme being binds multitude of people. And the more united people are, the better will it be for our survival.
Could this be faith’s evolutionary value?

Lex Bonife Lectures at La Salle

This writer has been invited by De La Salle University’s Mr. Ronald Gue of the Literature department to speak to their students regarding my written works for the gay community. It will be my first time to speak in front of students outside of my school UP Diliman, and I am honestly quite nervous.
It is [...]

Antonio’s Secret in New York

Our film Antonio’s Secret (directed by Joselito Altarejos) will have its international premiere in Rochester, New York on October 13, 2008. Here’s a statement from one of the reviewers at the Image Out Festival.
 
“Join us for the International Premiere of a controversial film that proves once again that not all gay films from the Philippines [...]

NO to the “Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Act of 2008″!

This law passed by the lower house and is now pending at the Senate is a glaring violation our human rights. I’d like to share my perspective  on this.
With regards to this law, I definitely share the vision of its proponents.
* I am against unguided children being exposed to sexually explicit materials. Adult content and materials [...]

Obscenity

I was asked to be one of the guest speakers by an organization of Philosophy students in UP Diliman a few days ago regarding censorship.
A question was asked. As media practitioners, how do we actually delineate what is artful and what is obscene.
My reponse was, as a consumer, I take offense in the concept of [...]

I was a Stupid Television Writer

For about in year in my life, I joined a team launching a new television station in the Philippines targeting the middle to the lower class segment as our audience.
And I admit that having done these shows, I have significantly contributed to the media garbage of Philippine television. And here are some of my accomplishments:

Successful [...]

Praised by the Mentor

In the Philippine film industry, there is one screenwriter whom I have always looked up to, his name is Armando “Bing” Lao.
I have always admired the sophistication of his narrative technique as a screenwriter in his films (Pila Balde, Tuhog and Sana Pag-Ibig na). His screenplays were rich like a novel. At the beginning of this century, [...]

“Coming Out”

One quiet evening by the low tide beach of La Union, a beautiful friend of mine, Mayi Fabros, shared an interesting speculation on people who have come out with their sexuality at a young age.
For her, people who are able to admit their queer sexuality publicly at an early age tend to be unafraid to make [...]