All shapes and sizes
Posted June 20th, 2012 by Adelle Chua
http://opinion.manilastandardtoday.com/2012/06/20/all-shapes-and-sizes/ (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.
I wouldn't hug either of them, no matter who they were.
The idea of dressing as 'transgender' throws me off. Since when does being transgender have a style of dress?
No photos in the article, and I can not figure out what was going on.
Barbie~~