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“Drum na may tubig ang sinisisid.” 🧜🏻🌈

Ang conversion practices ay naglalayong “gamutin” o "baguhin" ang sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE) ng isang tao. Madalas itong nangyayari sa paaralan, simbahan, at kahit pa sa mga tahanan.

Sa kasalukuyan, wala pang batas sa Pilipinas na nagbabawal dito. At hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin naisasabatas ang SOGIE Equality Bill, na layon sanang protektahan ang bawat isa laban sa diskriminasyon at abuso, LBGTQIA+ man o hindi.

Ano-ano nga ba ang dulot ng conversion practices sa isang LGBTQIA+? Here's what you #NeedToKnow.

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00:00Becky, Bayo, Salot, Salipunan,
00:05ilan lang ito sa mga masasakit na salitang aking araw-araw na narinig tungkol sa aking pagkatao.
00:14Kung magdasal na lang kaya ako na maging straight,
00:17Dear Dano,
00:19Carrie lang kaya,
00:21Is it okay to pray the gay away?
00:25Ang aking kasagutan dyan ay,
00:29Hindi po, ate.
00:32Hanggang ngayon, marami pa rin ang nagpo-push at namumwersa sa ilang miyembro ng LGBTQIA plus community na,
00:40quote-unquote,
00:41gamutin o baguhin, quote-unquote,
00:45ang kanilang gender identity sa pamamagitan ng conversion therapy at practices.
00:51May mabuti nga ba itong dulot?
00:53O mas nakasasama pa sa LGBTQIA plus person ang sapilitang conversion?
01:00I am Dano Tenggungko and here's what you need to know.
01:10Conversion therapy.
01:12Ito ay isang attempt emotionally o physically na ayusin,
01:20quote-unquote,
01:21o gamutin,
01:23quote-unquote,
01:24ang sexual orientation,
01:25gender identity,
01:26at gender expression
01:28ng isang tao.
01:30Sa ibang bansa,
01:31ginagawa ito sa mga conversion camps,
01:34na karaniwan ay affiliated sa mga religious group.
01:37Conversion therapy works on an assumption that LGBTQIA people can be converted,
01:44can be changed to a different sexual orientation or different gender identity or different gender expression.
01:50So, in simple terms,
01:53it is inauthentic,
01:55it is unhealthy,
01:56and it forces a person to give up their authentic lived realities.
02:01Dito naman sa Pilipinas,
02:03almost 1 out of 5 LGBTQIA plus youth
02:07ang nakaranas na ng conversion therapy.
02:10Base ito sa kauna-unahang survey ng The Trevor Project sa Pilipinas na isinagawa noong nakaraang taon.
02:16Ang The Trevor Project ay isang US-based NGO na naglalayong tigilan ang pagtaas ng suicide rate sa kabataang LGBTQIA plus.
02:26Ang consequence,
02:28dumarami ang kanilang mental health issues.
02:32Some people develop depression or mood disorders.
02:36Others develop anxiety disorders.
02:38Not because they are gay or LGBT,
02:42but simply because of the traumas that they go through
02:45of being rejected or being forced.
02:48Pag halimbawa,
02:49if forced ang conversion therapy,
02:51there is a chance that
02:53magkaroon ng anxiety
02:55or anxiety disorders
02:57or ng depression or mood disorders
02:59ang isang tao.
03:01Kasi pinipwera sa sila na baguhin yung totoong
03:04pagkatao nila.
03:05Base sa kanilang kasarian or sexuality
03:07or gender at the same time.
03:09Mataas din ang mental health risk
03:11sa mga questioning at closeted
03:13o yung mga hindi patuluyang matanggap
03:15ang kanilang sarili.
03:17Really pose potential risk
03:19in the life of a person
03:20who's in the closet
03:21because in the first place,
03:22they're in the closet
03:23because they have come to realize
03:25that they're questioning their
03:27maybe sexual orientation,
03:28maybe gender identity,
03:30maybe both.
03:31So inside the person's mind
03:33in their psyche,
03:35they're already questioning
03:36their identities
03:37and they are being reprimanded
03:40and being told
03:41that they can change
03:42and they can give it up.
03:44May mga classic psychological concepts
03:46na tinatawag natin
03:46cognitive dissonance.
03:48Yung bang kinikwestion mo
03:49yung belief mo,
03:51so sa isang nasa closet,
03:52lalong lalala
03:53yung psychological tensions
03:56na nararamdaman nila
03:57na hindi na nga nilang matanggap
03:58sarili nila
03:59tapos hindi pa sila
04:00makakapag-out
04:00tapos pipilitin pa silang mag-iba.
04:03Nalaman din ng
04:04The Trevor Project
04:05na mataas ang mental health risk
04:07sa LGBTQIA plus youth
04:09na naglayas
04:10o pinalaya
04:11sa sarili nilang tahanan.
04:13Another stories
04:14you might find
04:15will be of LGBTQIA people
04:17being harmed
04:19in their own homes.
04:21So imagine the kind of threat
04:22that that poses
04:23in the life
04:24of a child
04:25or a person
04:26in general.
04:27Pinaka-accepting dapat
04:29ang families
04:30kasi studies would show
04:31yung unang stigma
04:32at discrimination
04:33nararanasan
04:35ng isang batang beki
04:36o lesbiana
04:37o trans
04:37sa loob mismo
04:38ng kanyang pamilya
04:39at ito yung pinakamatindi
04:41ang tama at dagok
04:42sa ating psychological well-being
04:44kasi it will result
04:45into childhood trauma
04:47na maaring permanente
04:49ang epekto
04:49sa individual na ito.
04:51Imagine a 10-year-old
04:5211-year-old child
04:53sasabihan
04:54at itatama
04:56dahil mali sila
04:57and we know that
04:58coming to terms
04:59with our sexuality
05:00pagtanggap sa ating sarili
05:01mahabang proseso yan
05:03at yung proseso na yan
05:04laging mahirap
05:05kasi alam natin na
05:06mahirap tanggapin
05:07ang sarili
05:08kasi mahirapan tanggapin
05:09tayo ng pamilya
05:10at ng lipunan.
05:12Malala ang magiging epekto
05:13doon sa mental well-being
05:15ng mga taong
05:16dumadaan
05:16sa ganitong
05:17napaka-inhumane
05:19na proseso.
05:20Ayon sa Psychological
05:22Association of the Philippines
05:23so PAP
05:24madalas
05:25ay napipressure
05:26ang mga
05:27LGBTQIA plus
05:28persons
05:29na itago
05:30ang totoo nilang
05:31pagkatao
05:32para tanggapin sila
05:33ng lipunan
05:34at ng mga mahal nila
05:35sa buhay.
05:36Kaya naman
05:37nung 2020
05:38kinundin na nila
05:39ang lahat
05:40ng SOGI-based
05:41stigma
05:41at discrimination.
05:43Lalong-lalo na
05:44yung
05:45conversion therapy
05:46na yan.
05:46Pero hanggang ngayon
05:48wala pa rin tayong
05:49sapat na batas
05:50na pumuprotekta
05:52sa LGBTQIA plus
05:54community
05:54laban
05:55sa mga ito.
05:57Sa lalong madaling panahon
05:58kinakailang ipasa natin
05:59ang SOGI-Equality Bill
06:01kasi sa ilalim
06:02ng panukalang batas
06:03na ito
06:04sinasabi natin
06:05na bawal
06:05ang discrimination
06:06on the basis
06:07of sexual orientation
06:08gender identity
06:10gender expression
06:11at sex characteristics.
06:13At tingin ko
06:13itong
06:14nagma-conversion therapy
06:16na talaga namang
06:16mapanakit
06:17doon
06:18sa well-being
06:18ng mga tao
06:19isa itong
06:20matinding forma
06:21ng discrimination.
06:22Kung
06:23sapilitan kang
06:24kinoconvert
06:25ng isang tao
06:26o ng isang grupo
06:27at meron kang
06:29mga resibo
06:30o pruweba
06:30magagamit mo pa rin
06:32ang mga kasalukuyang
06:34batas
06:34para mapanagot sila.
06:37Unang pinakamahalaga
06:38na malaman natin
06:39ay saan yung
06:39pinakamalapit na
06:40VAO-CDESC
06:41kasi halimbawa
06:42kung ikaw ay nasa
06:43isang LGU
06:44kung saan
06:44meron ng
06:44anti-discrimination
06:45ordinance
06:46empowered ang
06:47VAO-CDESC
06:48to take on
06:48yung mga kaso
06:49ng violence
06:51against women,
06:52children,
06:52and members
06:52of the LGBTQIA
06:54community
06:54or yung mga tao
06:55na nakaranas
06:56ng stigma
06:57and discrimination
06:57on the basis
06:58of VAO-CDESC.
07:00Marami tayong
07:01pwede gamitin
07:01na batas
07:02lalo na
07:02kung ito
07:02ay nakapag-inflict
07:03ng harm.
07:05Kung ito
07:05ay nagresulta
07:06doon sa
07:07pagbaba
07:07ng well-being
07:08ng tao,
07:09marami mga batas
07:10na pwede gamitin
07:11doon sa mga
07:11practitioners.
07:12Pero sa dulo,
07:13kung sila ay bahagi,
07:14for example,
07:15of the society
07:16noong psychologist,
07:17maaaring
07:18tanggalan sila
07:19ng lisensya
07:19noong kanilang society
07:21dahil gumawa sila
07:22ng labag
07:23doon sa best interest
07:24yan man ay
07:24ng bata
07:25o noong kanilang pasyente.
07:27Sa mga kapatid natin
07:28na pinipilit na
07:29paranasin
07:30noong conversion therapy
07:31yan man ay
07:32through yung
07:32traditional practices
07:34o mas yung
07:34cultural practices.
07:36Sa dulot,
07:36kung kayo natin
07:37tumindig at lumaban
07:38na huwag,
07:39gawin natin yun
07:40sapagkat walang mali
07:41sa iyo,
07:42walang kailang
07:43itama sa iyo
07:44ang iyong pagiging
07:45trans woman,
07:46trans man,
07:47Becky or lesbiana
07:48ay bahagi
07:49ng pagiging ikaw.
07:51Kaya walang mali
07:52sa iyo.
07:53Doon sa mga
07:53magulang
07:54na ginagawa ito
07:55sa kanilang mga anak,
07:57isipin nyo po,
07:58sinasaktanin nyo
07:59ang inyong mga anak
07:59pag sinabject nyo sila
08:01sa conversion therapy.
08:02Parang sinasabi nyo
08:03sa kanilang
08:04hindi nyo sila mahal
08:05at hindi nyo sila matanggap.
08:0720 plus years na
08:08yung SOGI equality bill
08:10tengga pa rin
08:11at hindi pa rin
08:12mais sa batas.
08:14Panangga
08:14at proteksyon
08:15sana ito
08:16hindi lamang
08:17sa karapatang pantao
08:18kundi pati
08:19sa karapatang
08:19magpakatotoo.
08:21Pero ito ang say ko.
08:22Hindi mo
08:23kailangang
08:24magbago.
08:25At may community
08:26na handang
08:27yumakap sa iyo
08:28ng buong buo
08:30at ipaglaban
08:31ang mga karapatan mo.
08:33Happy Pride!
08:33God bless you!
08:51God bless you!

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