Singer and actor Ice Seguerra has opened up about the discrimination he personally experienced following the viral issue of transgender woman Gretchen Diez who was arrested after being disallowed to use the comfort room designated for females at a shopping plaza in Quezon City.
In his Instagram post, Ice shared how he has been having a hard time going to the bathroom after he had been asked to get out of the female comfort room several times and had been questioned whenever he enters a comfort room for males.
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He wrote: “Honestly, this is one of my biggest fears whenever I’m out. Lalo na pag nasa Arabic countries ako. Pag sa pambabaeng banyo, ilang beses na akong pinalabas. And kung sa panlalaki naman, ang daming tanong, lalo na kung may mga pinoy. Kapag may ASEAN events akong dinadaluhan nung nagtatrabaho ako sa NYC, hindi ako umiinom ng tubig buong araw kasi natatakot ako mag banyo. This is a real concern. Na hanggat hindi mo pa narararnasan, isasawalang bahala mo lang. Concern na hindi ko kailanman inisip na pagdadaanan ko rin pala.”
“Para sa iba mababaw, pero hindi eh. Hindi mababaw yung pagtititnginan ka ng mga tao lalo na yung papalabasin ka. Parang kinakain ako ng lupa sa tuwing nangyayari yun and what’s worse is I don’t feel safe. All of these feelings and more, AND NOW THIS… just because gusto lang namin magbanyo,” Ice added.
Ice first publicly identified himself as a transgender man last 2014.
(Photo source: Instagram – @iceseguerra)
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