Nakakaloka ang galit ng mga netizen sa isang transgender customer na umano'y nagpatayo sa isang server ng restaurant sa Cebu City matapos siyang i-address na "Sir."
Isang concern netizen na nagngangalang "John Calderon" ang nagbahagi ng insidente sa kaniyang social media matapos siyang ma-bother sa ginawa ni Bacalso.
Nitong Lunes, Hulyo 22, humingi na ng paumanhin si Jude Bacalso matapos siyang ulanin ng kritisismo dahil dito.
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Matapos kuyugin ng netizens at maging ng ilang celebrity gaya nina Ogie Diaz at Iyah Mina, naglabas ng apology post si Bacalso kaugnay sa isyu.
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"Earlier today, I sat down to quietly settle the matter with the restaurant management, one crew and the store supervisor who were present last night. The waiter I had a disagreement with was not present. After each one of us aired our sides, I am happy to share that we have agreed to pursue together more inclusive practices in the restaurant," aniya.
"I also realized that in the impassioned pursuit of my advocacy, I could have done with a little measure of kindness, sadly quite absent in the ruckus this has all unnecessarily created when it was made public without our knowledge. I made a personal apology to the group present, and requested if I may do so for the concerned waiter. I am also making it very public with this post, as it has become quite public fodder."
Ngunit iginiit ni Bacalso na hindi siya nag-demand sa waiter na tumayo ito ng dalawang oras dahil sa pag-address sa kaniya ng sir. Nagkataon lang daw na medyo matagal ang naging pagpapaliwanag niya rito dahil sa gender sensitivity issue at hinihintay pa raw nila ang pagdating ng kinatawan ng restaurant management para pumagitan sa kanila.
"I also want to underscore that the management always had the back of their personnel with constant communication with me on behalf of their employees, who are all treated as family, as I know personally from their history. To quote the supervisor, they served me as best they could even if it was most difficult for them to do so. I would like also to reiterate that I did not demand that the waiter stand for the whole length of time, as I was explaining my side of the gender sensitivity issue, it was he who chose to stand in front of me as we waited for input from management, who I attempted to contact."
"My apologies also to the rest of the staff who are disheartened by the way things have escalated, as well as to the customers present at that time. This is a huge chunk of humble pie that I must ingest, because I have erred. May we start here with, as the supervisor pointed out, an uphill path to reconciliation and we hope you will be able to allow us and yourselves to do so unhampered so we may all learn and heal from this," paliwanag pa niya.
Sa comment section naman ng kaniyang post, iba pang posts, at maging sa social media pages ay pinaulanan siya ng pang-aasar. Tinawag siyang "Sir," "Angkol (Uncle)," at iba pang panlalaking tawag.
Dahil dito, marami tuloy ang nagsasabing huwag nang maipasa ang Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality Bill o SOGIE Bill bilang ganap na batas dahil baka ma-overuse daw ito ng LGBTQIA+ community.
