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.
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