"Malayo na, mailalayo pa."
Isang taon mula nang ilunsad ang programang Right to Care Card sa Quezon City, nasa 800 queer couples na raw ang nagparehistro para rito na naglalayong mabigyan sila ng legal na kapangyarihan para magdesisyon sa mga medikal na pangangailangan ng isa’t isa sa pamamagitan ng Special Power of Attorney.
Anu-ano nga ba ang benepisyo ng Right to Care Card? Here's what you need to know.
Isang taon mula nang ilunsad ang programang Right to Care Card sa Quezon City, nasa 800 queer couples na raw ang nagparehistro para rito na naglalayong mabigyan sila ng legal na kapangyarihan para magdesisyon sa mga medikal na pangangailangan ng isa’t isa sa pamamagitan ng Special Power of Attorney.
Anu-ano nga ba ang benepisyo ng Right to Care Card? Here's what you need to know.
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00:00Thank you so much for joining us and we'll see you next time.
00:30We don't fight for any law under the Constitution.
00:48It actually, Mark, is a good workaround with the law.
00:53While we may not violate any of it, we use it as a strength or one of our ammos to address a problem.
01:22One of the reasons why we're talking about the right to care is because if there's a problem, there's a big problem behind it.
01:29There's no law that can recognize the rights or provide the rights or equal rights to queer people, especially queer couples.
01:39That's where the thought stemmed from.
01:41Why are you like that?
01:43We thought of whatever it is that can help or bridge the gap between the two conflicting problems.
02:09It might be a band-aid solution.
02:39But for us, I think, Mark, the immediate bridge is important.
02:47The immediate bridge to the gap that we have now.
02:51Because imagine, the Solji Equality Bill has been in limbo for 25 years.
02:57It's a generation already.
03:00Imagine the struggle that has been going on for a quarter of a century.
03:08There's no law that protects queer people.
03:13We think that the right to care is one of those.
03:17It's one of those answers and it's one of those bridges.
03:21To, you know, bridge the gap between not being able to have rights to finally the state acknowledging the rights of queer people, of queer individuals.
03:34So that's, in our heads, the magic of the right to care card.
03:50Both couples or both partners should be present.
04:05Because aside from talking about the powers or what the right to care card can do,
04:13Of course, they need to understand because their net is something serious.
04:19Something that is legally binding.
04:32You just have to wait for a few weeks or a few months.
04:35And then they have the right to care.
04:37Once the QR code is scanned, it will be forwarded to the website of the QC.
04:43Then the document is protected by a PIN that only the two of you know.
04:51Once the PIN is clicked and entered, it will be sent directly to the Special Power of Authority.
05:07We became emotional because, oh my God, it's already normal in the QC.
05:24It's hard to use the word normal, especially if associating it with the queer community.
05:33And it's a normal thing now. Isn't that wonderful?
05:37We were so surprised when she said that this will be the City Ordinance.
06:07And it's a really serious topic because when you say City Ordinance, it's a law.
06:15You have the right to decide on your partner.
06:36If a relationship ended, all they have to do is to go to QC, GAD, and notify the City General Development Council to have the right to care card revoked.
06:48It's that simple.
07:06It's what a time to be alive in 2024 and moving forward.
07:34I hope, or we hope, that progress will continue.
07:39What I learned from Pride last year is that it's still far away, but it's already far away.
07:44But this year, with the true implementation of the right to care card, it's already far away, but it's still far away.
07:54It's a short or it's an easy fix or an easy tweak to a sentence, but it makes so much sense
08:03because the conversation is still far away.
08:07What the queer community can do as a unit is still far away.