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 ==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
-'''Group: Ban children, not gays from Puerto Galera's bars'''
+'''No ban on gay performers, says Puerto Galera official'''
-*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/03/08/group-ban-children-not-gays-puerto-galeras-bars-210148
+*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/158645/no-ban-on-gay-performers-says-puerto-galera-official
-*Thursday, March 8, 2012
+*4:09 pm | Friday, March 9th, 2012
-:by  Jonathan de Santos/Sunnex
+:by  Madonna T. Virola
+Inquirer Southern Luzon
-MANILA -- Banning minors from comedy bars will protect them from the racy language used onstage, a partylist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Filipinos said Thursday as it opposed a ban on gay performers that may soon be imposed in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.
+CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines—There is no ban on gay or transexual performers in Puerto Galera, a spokesman for the town’s mayor said Friday.
+“All we ask is [for them] to tone down the kind of acts they do,  and definitely no to lewd performances,” said Raffy Cataquis, the municipality’s administrative assistant for information, who spoke on behalf of Mayor Hubbert Christopher Dolor.
-In a press statement, Ladlad party-list said the proposed ban is a "clear violation of their right to work." According to a report in a national daily, gay performers have been banned from the resort town's clubs and bars since 2011 over complaints that they use "obscene and vulgar language" in their stand-up comedy performances.
+Cataquis issued the clarification after the Ladlad Partylist, in a statement on Thursday, claimed that bar owners have been complaining that Puerto Galera officials were disallowing gay talents to perform in  shows supposedly because of their “lewdness.”
+“It would be a violation of the right to work,” said the partylist that champions the rights of Filipinos who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT).
-Ladlad said it would be better for the local government to instead impose a minimum age for patrons allowed in bars and clubs. "In a comedy bar, children should not be allowed because of the sensitivity of the language being used in this kind of entertainment. Besides you cannot control the performers on what to say and do on stage," Bemz Benedito, the group's nominee for a congressional seat, said.
+“The owners reportedly were alarmed because their coffers will surely get affected because their patrons are always looking for the gay performers,” Ladlad said.
+Bemz Benedito, the group’s nominee for a congressional seat, said in the statement that instead of banning gay talents, the municipal government should enact an ordinance that would prohibit children  from entering comedy bars to watch such shows or setting age limits for watching gay acts.
-Benedito, also chairperson of the group, said she will seek a dialogue with local officials on the proposed ban.
+“In a comedy bar, children should not be allowed because of the sensitivity of the language being used in this kind of entertainment. Besides you cannot control the performers on what to say and do on stage,” Benedito said. “In television, you have an agency that reviews and classifies programs that suits the right age of its viewers.”
+But Cataquis said that if Ladlad was referring to bars along White Beach in Barangay San Isidro, no such restrictions would work because these establishments are open-air bars on the beach.
-Genaro Bonquin, village chairman of one of Puerto Galera's barangays, has denied that there is a proposal to ban gays from performing but that they had only been asked to tone down their language while onstage.
+Cataquis said he would talk with the bar owners to hear their complaints and find a way to resolve the local government’s concern over  “lewd” performances.
+He said Dolor was open to dialogue with Ladlad representatives led by Benedito who planned to visit  Puerto Galera to discuss the matter with the mayor and other officials.
+Cataquis defended Dolor, saying the mayor “is not sexist, as others would claim.”
+“Otherwise, he would not trust a gay like me to a position in government,” added Cataquis.
+Puerto Galera, the northwesternmost town of Oriental Mindoro, is a popular tourist destination known for its beaches and diving spots.
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