'Gays can join Santacruzan outside Manila'

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=117281

They may be banned in Manila but in other areas, gay people, particularly the transgendered, will not be prevented from joining the May Santacruzan procession.

"If [gay people] are banned [from joining Santacruzan] in Manila, there are other places where we can join [the event]," Danton Remoto, leader of gay group Ladlad, told ABS-CBN's morning show, "Umagang Kay Ganda" on Tuesday.