Caption: Danton Remoto brings his pink army to the electorate. Photo by Pol Briana, Jr. Pink Revolution: Ang Ladlad’s Danton Remoto 60 Minutes June 28, 2009 Manila Bulletin Will Danton Remoto be the Philippines’ answer to Harvey Milk? Milk made history in 1977 when he became the first openly gay man elected into public office. Remoto is yet to do the same, but the impact he’s made on the Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is certainly as impressive as Milk’s history-making feat. Remoto, with fellow writer J. Neil Garcia, was behind the pioneering “Ladlad: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Literature.” Its effect on Filipino culture has been immense. Ladlad has gone through several editions, has resulted in the teaching of gay literature classes at the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University, and is credited for Ang Ladlad, the partylist that Remoto formed in 2003. “We started in September 2003 with only one mandate — to help Akbayan push...