Ep. 46 Why SOGIE with Jay Aruga and Michael Pastor

The P*I* Podcast

For pride month, the P*I* podcast brings together conservative prodcaster,Jay Aruga, and gender expert, Michael Pastor, to dialogue about the contentious SOGIE bill, which aims to prevent discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. We discuss the basics of SOGIE, the central issues of the law, whether or not the Philippines needs the sogie bill passed, and how we can move forward as a country regarding the rights of LGBT+ people. 0:00 Music 0:12 Intro 2:00 First Guest: Jay Aruga 5:30 Second Guest: Michael Pastor 8:40 What is Sogie? 11:10 Jay's reply 14:50 Michael's thoughts on the SOGIE Bill 17:00 Why specify protection based on SOGIE? 25:30 Does the Philippines need the SOGIE bill(Jay)? 33:00 Mike's Response and the Gender Data Gap 40:00 Equality of opportunity or Equality of outcome 44:00 Reliable data on gender? 56:45 How can we reform the SOGIE bill (Jay)? 1:01:40 Michael's response 1:08:30 Is gender too subjective? 1:12:20 Trans issues 1:19:30 Is Sogie too diverse? 1:22:00 What does each speaker agree with the other side? 1:29:50 What does each speaker criticize about their own side? 1:37:30 What needs to be done? 1:50:00 Recommendations Sources: House Panel approves SOGIE equality bill https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1773344/fwd-house-panel-approves-sogie-equality-bill 73% of Filipinos accept homosexuality https://www.rappler.com/nation/264862-filipinos-acceptance-homosexuality-2019-pew-research-report/ Between 24% and 90% of lesbians report being psychologically abused by their partners. Source: https://mainweb-v.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml Gay men are 60x more likely to have HIV than straight men. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462414/ 46% of male homosexuals report being molested, as compared to only 7% of heterosexual men. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11501300 Gays are more likely than straight people to have mental illness. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072932/ Gay men are 10x more likely to use heroin than straight men. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536 Gay people are 2-3x more likely to abuse alcohol than straight people. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536 80-95% of kids who express a discordant gender identity will come to identify with their bodily sex if natural development is allowed to proceed https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/whats-missing-from-the-conversation-about-transgender-kids.html Sweden just hit the brakes on gender-affirming care for children. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/sweden-pulls-way-back-from-gender-affirming-care-for-children/ Recommendations: What is a Woman?(2022) by Matt Walsh https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312?t=2xKNH4mzm_qeBvFPkAjBnA&s=19 Prayers for Bobby (2009) https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2047665542 Transgender history by Susan Striker https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-second-Todays-Revolution/dp/158005689X The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2960-the-transgender-issue Legalization of Same Sex Marriage in France https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21200685 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/04/23/ten-years-of-same-sex-marriage-in-france-in-graphs_6023942_7.html Here comes the Bride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NwThoiYgkI&ab_channel=ABS-CBNStarCinema Here comes the Groom: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27079350/ You may find the Jay Aruga podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ayOggQCWstDwjLXvjF8NM https://www.facebook.com/TheJayArugaShow/ Courage Philippines: https://www.facebook.com/COURAGE.Philippines/ You can find Michael Pastor here: @profmykie https://twitter.com/profmykie?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/profmykie?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F