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GGUP Galing! Galing UP! Dr. Margarita Singco-Holmes
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RUSSEL:

Isang sikat na psychologist at sex therapist si Doctor Margarita

Holmes
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(/howlms/). Kinikilala siya hindi lamang sa Pilipinas kundi pati na

rin sa ibang
bansa. Nagtapos sya ng A-B Psychology sa University of the

Philippines Diliman
o U-P Diliman noong 19-73. Kabilang siya sa pitong bukod

tanging Magna Cum

Laude sa halos dalawang-libo-at-limang-daang (2,500)

nagsipagtapos.
Nagkamit sya ng scholarship grant sa University of Hawaii kung

saan nagtapos
sya ng Master in Public Health, major in International Family

Planning, with
special studies in Sex Therapy and Marriage Counselling. Isa

syang Doktor sa
Pilosopiya ng Clinical Psychology, na iginawad sa kanya ng

Ateneo de Manila
10 University.
11 Manunulat, propesor, counselor, resource speaker, columnist, at
iba pa lahat
12 ito ay ginagampanan ni Doctor Margarita, o mas kilala sa tawag
na Doc Margie.
13 Regular siyang kolumnista ng Two Pronged (/prongd/) ng
Rappler[dot]com,
14 kasama ang kanyang mister na si Ginoong Jeremy Baer
(/bayer/). Regular din

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15 siyang host ng [hashtag]Ask Margie na umeere naman sa
youtube (/yu-tub/)
16 channel ng Rappler. Dito malayang nakahihingi ng payo sa
kanya ang kanyang
17 mga followers ukol sa sex education, pati na rin sa kanilang sex
life.
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19 DOC MARGIE:

Sex Education I hope will come from strength to strength;

same-sex marriage, I
20 also hope will be something that would be accepted here; and
divorce, I think
GGUP Galing! Galing UP! Dr. Margarita Singco-Holmes
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will definitely be legalized but maybe ano, mas matagal,

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remember how hard

we fought for the R-H Bill. But also, I see a lot of promise.
Nakapaglimbag na rin sya ng labing-anim na best-selling books

na may mga
temang tungkol sa pamilya, sex education, karapatan ng L-G-B-T

at mga
kababaihan, at divorce. Isa ito sa mga paraan kung paano nya

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ibinabahagi ang
kanyang kaalaman sa kanyang bansa, at sa kanyang bayan.
Layunin ni Doc Margie na baguhin ang pananaw ng mga Pilipino

tungkol sa sex
at gawin itong mas educational at ligtas. Liberal man sa tingin

ng iba, naniniwala
si Doc Margie na ito ang susi upang matugunan ang mga isyung

pampamilya sa
10 ating bansa.

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11 DOC MARGIE:

Thats the only way I know how to live ano, ah, kahit

kailan, hindi ko naisip mag12 retire, you know, so as you live, you continue, I hope.
13 DOC MARGIE:
Hopefully pag pagod na o patay na tayo, by then,
somebody will pick up the
14 same banner or the same advocacy and fight for it. Not only
knowing but loving
15 your subject matter. Siguro kailangan, matapang ka.
16 DOC MARGIE:
Of course, mentoring is very important. At kung meron ka,
kung merong
17 mahanap ang mga kasin-tanda ko ano, na one or two people, or
three that they
18 believe in, swerte na sila, at sana, ma-mentor nila kung pwede.
19 Sa katunayan, sa darating na Huwebes, magkakaroon sya ng
forum ukol sa ika20 dalawamput-limang anibersaryo ng kanyang librong Life, Love,
Lust, na
GGUP Galing! Galing UP! Dr. Margarita Singco-Holmes
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gaganapin sa College of Mass Communication Auditorium, U-P Diliman.

Yan si Doctor Margarita Singco-Holmes. Galing! Galing UP!

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Dr. Margarita Singco-Holmes

EDUCATION
AB Psychology, Magna Cum Laude (one of the only 7 MCLs among more than two
thousand five hundred graduates), UP Diliman
Recipient of a scholarship grant at the University of Hawaii
Master of Public Health, major in International Family Planning, with special studies
in Sex Therapy and Marriage Counselling.
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Ateneo de Manila University.
CAREER
Lecturer and Resource Speaker to academic, corporate and socio-civic groups
throughout the country
Consultant, Population Center Foundation and Department of Health.
Professor, UP Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, International
School, San Carlos Seminary, Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle
University
Columnist with husband Jeremy Baer [Two Pronged], Rappler.com

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Author of 16 books, including Life, Love, Lust
AFFILIATIONS
Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society
Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society

QUESTIONS:
1. In 10 to 15 years, paano nyo nakikita ang sex education, same-sex marriage, at
divorce sa Pilipinas?
2. Anong pwersa o motivation ninyo upang gawin at ipagpatuloy ang inyong
adbokasiya?
3. Anong advise ang maibibigay ninyo sa mga walang ka-date o love life ngayong
Valentines Day?
4. Anong advise ang masasabi ninyo sa mga esudyanteng nangangarap na maging
tulad nyo?