Heart Diño: The First Transgender Chairperson of the UP Diliman Student Council

It's great that the University of the Philippines took the lead and elected a transgender as their Student Council chairperson.  That's a first for the university.  Of course, there are many gay people in our government, many of them are just in the closet.  I guess it's easier for local officials to come out as gay since everybody knows what they do in their own city or province or barangay.  But the national level, like a senator, or vice-president, or even president, the going would be a bit tough since we're a Catholic country and you know what the priests say about us!

Anyhow, we wish Heart all the best during his tenure and I hope it will inspire more leaders of the gay persuasion to come out and be counted!

Twitter and the Angry Celebrities

I have Twitter but I just use it for my blog and I don't actually have the time to follow all my favorite celebrities.  And well, one thing I've learned about famous people is - the more you get to know them - the more you realize that there's no difference between them and you.  They are just more famous but it doesn't mean they're better than you in other things.  I can say this because I taught for some time at the ABS-CBN Talent Center and well, these kids are talented and goodlooking but well, they're human too and some are not really as bright as they project themselves to be.

So I read with amusement as some of our country's top celebrities (Sharon Cuneta, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid) have become fair game to everyone in the Twitter world.  By opening themselves up to everyone else, they also get what people REALLY think about them.  And sometimes, the truth hurts. Or sometimes, a lot of people just say nasty things to rile them up.  I guess some celebrities are so used to receiving praise often they forget that they're ordinary people too and that ordinary people like us are not always enamored with what they do.  At least Twitter allows everyone to call a spade a spade.  I guess that's another price celebrities have to deal with if they allow people into their lives.  Otherwise, they should just put their Twitter on private.

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