Danton Remoto

Danton R. Remoto (born March 25, 1963) is

a Filipino writer, essayist, reporter, editor, columnist, and
professor. Remoto was a first prize recipient at
the ASEAN Letter-Writing Contest for Young People.
The award made Remoto a scholar at the Ateneo de
Manila University in the Philippines. As a professor,
Remoto teaches English and Journalism at the Ateneo
de Manila University.[1] Remoto is the chairman emeritus
of Ang Ladlad, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) political party in the Philippines.
 EDUCATION
In 1983, Remoto obtained his AB in
Interdisciplinary Studies from the Ateneo de
Manila University. In 1989, while under
the Robert Southwell scholarship, Remoto gained
his MA degree in English Literature. In 1990,
while under the British Council Fellowship,
Remoto received his Master of Philosophy in
Publishing Studies from the University of
Stirling in Scotland.
 EDUCATION
In 2000, Remoto was given the Fulbright
Scholarship for Rutgers University in the United States. He
also taught Freshman English Composition and Creative
Writing: Fiction at Rutgers University. In 2003, Remoto
obtained a fellowship from the Asian Scholarship
Foundation at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National
University of Malaysia). In 2004, Remoto obtained a
fellowship from the Asian Scholarship Foundation at
the National University of Singapore. In March 2009,
Remoto obtained a PhD in English Studies with a major in
Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines
Diliman.
 CAREER
From 1986, Remoto worked as a writer, reporter,
editor, and columnist for the Philippine Press. In
1989, Remoto edited Alfredo Navarro Salanga's Buena
Vista, a collection of poetry and fiction and was a co-
editor of Gems in Philippine Literature. In 1994,
Remoto became a Local Fellow for Poetry the UP
Creative Writing Center. Together with J. Neil Garcia,
Remoto edited the so-called Ladlad ("Out of the
Closet") series, a succession of gay literature.
 CAREER
He taught full-time at the Ateneo de Manila
University from 1986-2009, and later worked as a
Communications Analyst at the United Nations
Development Programme and as Head of Research
and News Desk Manager at TV5.
He appeared in Gloc-9's music video "Sirena", which
depicts the life of a gay person who was maltreated
by his father. The music video also featured Boy
Abunda.
 WORKS
Essays
• Seduction and Solitude
• X-Factor
Poetry • Gaydar
• Skin, Voices, Faces (1991) • Buhay Bading
• Black Silk Pajamas / Poems in English and • Rampa: Mga Sanaysay
Filipino (1996) • A Teacher's Tale
• Pulotgata; The Love Poems (2004)
• Rain
• padre faura witnesses the execution of Books
rizal
• Ladlad
• Bright,Catholic and Gay
• Happy Na, Gay Pa