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Started by Shana A, June 20, 2012, 10:53:59 PM

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Shana A

June 20, 2012, 10:53:59 PM

All shapes and sizes

Posted June 20th, 2012 by Adelle Chua

http://opinion.manilastandardtoday.com/2012/06/20/all-shapes-and-sizes/

Two twentysomething male foreigners conducted an experiment to see how accepting—or not—of "others" Filipinos were. They made big posters saying "Free Hug!" and brought these to a mall in Marikina City. Both walked around the mall bearing the posters—and one of them dressed as a transgender. They wanted to know how people would react.

They did not actually look that foreign. The "straight" guy was Indonesian and the one who had put on a dress, a ribbon, and a lot of make-up was Cambodian.

A third member of the all-male group, a Sri Lankan, hovered in the background taking a cell phone video of people's reactions.

The findings were mixed.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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~RoadToTrista~

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June 20, 2012, 11:03:15 PM
I wouldn't hug either of them, no matter who they were.
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LordKAT

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June 21, 2012, 12:24:50 AM
The idea of dressing as 'transgender' throws me off. Since when does being transgender have a style of dress?
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barbie

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June 21, 2012, 02:08:29 AM
No photos in the article, and I can not figure out what was going on.

Barbie~~
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