I am a typical gaymer that’s looking for someone to play games with. I went to a FB gaming group to post about searching for playmates and added 🏳️‍🌈 - to indicate that I am part of the rainbow; to minimize homophobes.

Lo and behold, the feedback is not very ideal. Some people commented “halata ka sis” and “feeling ko halata”.

To be honest, Ive already anticipated comments that would attack me. However, it’s infuriating that one of the comments above were from a fellow gay guy na “halata” din (he said so himself). It’s kinda disappointing that instead of getting rallied, he did the opposite.

Is “halata” such a big a factor? Dating scene, making friends, looking for playmates, and all. Paghalata ba, they’re condoned not to find love, not to find friendship, and not to find companionship? It’s getting tiring. People judge your worth from their shallow perception of you.