By Jeff Cagandahan
Executive Director
Intersex Philippines, Inc.
Many say the Cagandahan Bill is not okay because it doesn’t serve the “majority.” They say lawmakers should focus on bigger numbers, more popular issues, louder voices.
But when did being human become a numbers game?
Intersex people are human beings.They feel pain. They feel fear. They feel hope. They deserve safety, dignity, and recognition just like everyone else.
When we say, “They are too few to prioritize,” what we’re really saying is, “Your suffering can wait.”
And that is HEARTBREAKING.
Laws were NEVER meant to protect only those who are many. They were meant to protect those who are most VULNERABLE, those who are silenced, erased, and harmed simply for existing.
If lawmakers ONLY serve the majority, then who will stand up for the child forced into medical decisions without consent? Who will protect the intersex person facing discrimination, shame, or violence?
The MARGINALIZED need laws the most. Not because they are weak but because the system was NEVER built for them.
A JUST government does not turn away from those at the margins. It LEANS toward them.
Because EQUALITY is not about how many you are. It is about whether your humanity is recognized.
Intersex lives MATTER. And no one should ever be told they are “too few” to deserve rights.
