ProGay: Hate Crime
Bills Timely But Not Enough Manila
Standard THE Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines said proposals from the Senate to pass bills penalizing hate crimes against gays and other minorities are welcome but do not go far enough in addressing the root causes of hatred between sectors of society.
Last week, narcotics PO1 Allan Esparrago tried to force Lorenzo Abunales, a gay person, to perform oral sex on him in Mandaluyong City. When Abunales refuses, Esparrago alegedly vented his ire on Elizabeth Mendoza and her son Leonardo, relatives of the gay person.
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Phil Daily
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Goes Berserk as Gay Refuses Sex AN ANTI-DRUG policeman went berserk early yesterday morning after a gay man refuses to perform oral sex on him in exchange for shabu in Barangay Barangka in Mandaluyong City.
In return, he promised Abunales to give him the prohibited substance. It was not clear though if Abunales was hooked on drugs.
Abunales' cousin Leonardo Mendoza said he heard Abunales asking for help. Mendoza then confronted Esparrago.
Before giving Mendoza a second serving, Esparrago, of No. 57, Pvt. P. Cruz Street, also in Barangka, denied Abunales' charge. "I did not know what he was talking about," he told Mendoza.
In no time, Mendoza heard Esparrago firing his gun to the ground. Before Mendoza could lift his face, Esparrago kicked Mendoza's back.
Esparrago banged her face on the gate and pointed his gun on her head, she said.
Esparrago stopped only when they saw a police mobile car patrolling the area.
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