Sass Rogando Sasot

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Sass Rogando Sasot
OccupationsActivist, blogger
Known forCo-founder of Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP), For the Motherland blog

Sass Rogando Sasot is a Filipino transgender rights activist and a blogger who is a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Trans activism

In October 2002, Sasot along with three other trans women established the transgender rights organization, Trans and Gender Rights Advocates of the Philippines (STRAP; now Society of Trans Women of the Philippines) [1]

Vlogging and column

Sasot is known for being a supporter of former president Rodrigo Duterte. [2] [3] [4] She is a blogger and posts political content on her Facebook page, For the Motherland. [5]

Sasot was also columnist for The Manila Times in 2017. [4]

Political stances

Sasot professed to have started supporting Duterte in 2016. She has disputed characterization of Duterte as "anti-LGBT" stating how she was surprised on how local LGBT organisations in Davao City were advanced as early as 2001. [2]

She also advocated for a less "antagonistic" approach in regards to Philippine foreign policy towards China. [2] Sasot has condmned the United States and the United Nations for allegedly taking a more hardlined stance on Duterte's war on drugs compared to the Mexican drug war claiming that the latter is more worse. [6]

Sasot alleged Philippine Coast Guard Jay Tarriela has received money from House Speaker Martin Romualdez and a "talent fee" from the United States for defending the Philippine sovereignty claims in the South China Sea dispute. Tarriela filed a cyber libel case against her for the accusation. [7] [8] [9]

Sasot has accused of Cielo Magno for bribing legislators to uncover the name "Mary Grace Piattos" for a House of Representatives inquiry on Vice President Sara Duterte's usage of confidential funds. [10]

RJ Nieto and Sasot were subject of a criminal complaint regarding the doxing of the identity of the blogger behind the Pinoy Ako Blog in 2017. [11] [12] Jay Tarriela and Cielo Magno has also filed a cyber libel case against Sasot for her claims involving the two individuals. [7]

Personal life

Sasot is a transgender woman. Still presenting as a boy at the time, Sasot studied at a Roman Catholic boy's school where she had boyfriend. Despite of this, Sasot accounts that her lover sees her as a girl. At age 17, Sasot has put on the label "transsexual girl" to describe her gender identity. Sasot recounts on how her mother had a negative reception to her coming out. She attempted suicide in December 2000. She studied in the college department of the same boy's school for her tertiary studies. [13]

Sasot took up graduate studies at the Leiden University in the Netherlands. [2] [14] She has been living in Beijing, China since 2023. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "STRAP: The Gender Advocates". Outrage. May 1, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Duterte's surprise supporters - young, liberals". NZ Herald. April 18, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Vera Files Fact Check: Pro-Duterte blogger makes multiple inaccurate claims on West Philippine Sea, arbitral ruling". Vera Files. April 28, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Duterte supporter readies libel case vs Pinoy Ako Blog writer". The Philippine Star. October 16, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ Baizas, Gaby (January 4, 2024). "Blogger Sass Sasot's Facebook page temporarily disappears, returns days later". Rappler. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ang Retorika ng Rehimeng Duterte at ang Kulturang Pilipino" [Rhetoric of the Duterte Regime and Philippine Culture](PDF). Historical Bulletin (in Filipino). 51. The Philippine Historical Association: 85. January–December 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Gonzaga, Pie (July 7, 2025). "PCG Spox Tarriela Files P1M Cyber Libel Case vs. Sass Sasot". Rolling Stone Philippines. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ Sarao, Zacarian (July 4, 2025). "WPS spox Tarriela files cyberlibel raps vs vlogger Sass Sasot". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  9. ↑ Flores, Dominique Nicole (July 4, 2025). "PCG's Tarriela sues Sass Sasot for cyber libel in P1.25-M suit". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ Laqui, Ian. "Economist Cielo Magno sues Sass Sasot for cyber libel". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ Hallare, Katrina (November 13, 2017). "Pro-Duterte blogger confronts BBC reporter while Mocha watches". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  12. ↑ Occeñola, Paige (March 13, 2018). "Pinoy Ako Blog files complaint vs Thinking Pinoy, Sass Sasot". Rappler. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Sass Rogando Sasot: Love Advocate". Outrage. October 1, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  14. ↑ Mendoza, Ralph (March 25, 2025). "'It's time to push back!' UP prof, sinampahan si Sass Sasot ng cyber libel case". Balita. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  15. ↑ Flores, Dominique Nicole (April 8, 2025). "Badoy, Celiz, Sasot, Lopez ordered detained as House cites contempt". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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