Jess Labares and Mikee Vitug are the first two transgender women to become flight attendants in the Philippines. Becoming a flight attendant is no easy feat. The selection, hiring and training process can be grueling as flight attendants must be fully prepared to ensure the safety of all passengers on […]
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The first ever Mandaue Pride March will be held on the 24th of June 2018 at 7 PM in the City of Mandaue and will be open to all. LGBT+ groups and allies from all over Cebu Province are expected to attend. Aside from the main event, a series of […]
In 2018 alone, at least two transgender women have aired out their complaints of discrimination on social media giant, Facebook. They complained about being denied entry to bars due to their transgender status. Cebu City has an anti-discrimination ordinance that passed in October 2012 but the ordinance still lacks implementing […]
Seems like I have aged 10 years worth in a span of 2 years! Lol. I included my voice comparison and singing voice comparison in this video instead of making a separate video for that since not much has changed. It took me a while to find comparison photos of […]
The “Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons”, first published in September 2009, has been replaced by The Endocrine Society’s latest guideline, “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons”, published in September 2017. One of the changes in this new guideline is the recognition of compelling reasons to start HRT before the age of […]
For years, the commencement ceremony in a number of schools in Cebu has been an unfortunate event for our dear transgender student graduates instead of being one of the most memorable moments of their lives. Feelings of joy and accomplishment are overshadowed by feelings of anxiety, depression, and dysphoria. A vast […]
Angelina, formerly known as Ian, recently came out as transgender. Since she came out, several questions are being asked by confused Philippine netizens. I’m going to tackle these questions and hopefully clear up these misconceptions. Is King gay? If by gay you mean, a woman who is attracted to another […]
The dead body of Barbie Ann Reilly, 23, a native of Pampanga, was found stuffed inside a suitcase along the Cavite Expressway in Bacoor Cavite on June 3, 2016. She was in a fetal position and covered in her own blood. Police have already arrested the suspect, Che Yu Tsai, also known […]
The Philippines is a deeply Catholic country that still struggles with accepting members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population. In fact earlier this year, Manny Pacquiao, eight-time world boxing champion and politician, had drawn flak from the Philippines and from abroad, by saying that homosexuals were “worse […]
Yesterday was a historic moment in Philippine transgender history for the country’s first inclusive transgender-specific nationwide network has just launched. MAKATI CITY— On the same day as the Transgender Day of Visibility, transgender leaders from different communities all over the Philippines united to form a national network of transgender groups and individuals […]