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Why Christian Bables keeps on accepting LGBT roles

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Dreamscape Entertainment." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/05/26/christian-bables-05262023.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Dreamscape Entertainment.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — &quot;Kasi kung walang tanggap ng mga ganito, sino?&quot;</p><p>This is actor Christian Bables&#x27; response when asked why he keeps on accepting LGBT roles.</p><p>In a press conference for his upcoming series &quot;Drag You and Me,&quot; Bables said he is not afraid to be typecasy, stressing that the members of the LGBT deserve to be seen in shows and films. </p><p>&quot;Iilan lang kaming mayroong tapang mag-accept ng ganitong klaseng mga characters,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung iba, natatakot ma-typecast; &#x27;yung iba natatakot ma-tag as ganito as ganyan. Ako kasi for as long as the character that is being offered to me is a living, breathing character, a character full of heart and life, gagampanan ko &#x27;yan. Kahit tutubi pa &#x27;yan, gagampanan ko basta something na relevant at makakapagbigay ng boses doon sa mga voices,&quot; he added.</p><p>Bables rose to fame in 2016 as Barbs in &quot;Die Beautiful,&quot; which won for him the Best Supporting Actor award in the Metro Manila Film Festival that year. </p><p>&quot;To the (LGBT) community, maraming-maraming salamat for always allowing me and trusting me na as an ally na kaya kong i-present &#x27;yung community niyo,&quot; he said. </p><p>Episodes of &quot;Drag You and Me&quot; will be available on iWantTFC starting June 2.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RH7m0lINezA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Why Christian Bables keeps on accepting LGBT roles

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 26, 2023 06:34 PM PHT

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Updated May 30, 2023 08:37 PM PHT

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