GIVING VOICE Queer rave community Elephant lead organizer Paul Jatayna is off to Liverpool, England to speak about gender balance and inclusivity Paul Jatayna, one of the lead organizers of the Philippines’ queer rave community Elephant, has been chosen as an international delegate for the Sound...
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) returned as an in-person event after two years and 13 embassies in South Korea including the US supported it. On July 16, the 2022 23rd Seoul Queer Parade (SQP), one of the two main events of the festival, was held at Seoul Plaza, drawing thousands of...
Miel Pangilinan, daughter of actress Sharon Cuneta and politician Kiko Pangilinan, couldn't help but react to a netizen who is supposedly heartbroken reading about her "coming out" story. https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/15/miel-pangilinan-comes-out-queer/ It read: “Bash me, honestly upon reading this,...
Kiko Pangilinan is not at all bothered with her daughter Miel Pangilinan coming out as "queer" via a social media post recently. The politician quickly took to social media himself to express support for his daughter. He wrote, "I love you my Yellie Bellie! Mama and I will always be here for you....
Miel Pangilinan, one of Kiko Pangilinan and Sharon Cuneta's daughters, is celebrating Pride Month making public her own gender preference. She did so via social media, posting on Instagram a photo of her draped in the rainbow flag, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer...
Current economic empowerment interventions for Filipino lesbian, gay, transgender, and queer (LGBT) are not enough to overcome all obstacles facing queer entrepreneurs. In a study conducted by APCOM, many LGBT (LGBT) participants answered that the range of economic opportunities available for LGBT...
More than ever before, queer people have a media presence. We now see lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) on television and in mainstream films. However, many challenges still remain. While representation in entertainment media is gradually improving, progress is sometimes sluggish....
Creating safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) is part of a wider fight for equality. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) A safe space, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, is a "place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be...
My boyfriend is a girl, my girlfriend is a boy Images courtesy of COS LOVE IS LOVE LGBT-themed photos by Coco Capitán Coco Capitán collaborates with London-based fashion brand COS on an LGBT-themed campaign and I don’t know why it makes me feel rather nostalgic. What comes to mind as I find out...
LGBTQIA+ representation in pop culture is making it easy to be gender-nonconformist. Or is it? PRIDE LOVE June is about to end, but the discourse on the topic of LGBTQIA+ community never stops. This week’s Philippine Panorama goes into the heart of the matter (Cover design by Jules Vivas)...
There is no denying that Filipinos comics are at par with international works. Starting out during the 1920s, the local comics have spun numerous artists such as Mars Ravelo, Tony Velasquez, and Nestor Redondo, among others. It has inspired cinematic works with the film adaptation of titles like...
Dubbed as ‘ Diwata ,’ the photograph collection is currently part of the Southeast Asia Queer Cultural Festival 2021: ‘Be/Longings,’ running until March 13 The Oryol, Nagmalitung Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata, and Sirena Filipino artists and fashion creatives Renz Botero, Natu Xantino, and Ram...
