#Filipino lgbt

[transcendingtospace]

Quick post

16th March 2024

Been off testosterone since December (I forgot actually) as I have moved back to my home country. I’m also on the waitlist for trans healthcare through the public route because its cheaper than private. My first appointment is this July and I hope it all goes well.

Since I consider my transition complete (read previous entry) I’m considering a lower dose for maintenance. I’m also considering maybe just maybe freezing my eggs.

I’m not sure how it will all go this July but I’m impatient and I can’t wait hahaha

btw if the formatting is weird, its because I’m typing this on my phone

[beatingheartbutch]

long shot of the century: does anyone have a bootleg copy of Tibok : Heartbeat of the Filipino Lesbian by Anna Leah Sarabia ? I neeeeeeed to get a copy for my femme so bad it’s driving me crazy.

[surprisebitch]

i sent this tiktok to my dad and this was his response HAHA

[vyl3tpwny]

happy pride month from the girls who are wizards. art by @larvaecandy

[mankadavi]

hay naminhod kun he-a ya maid di kiingngohana (my love for you is beyond comparison)

happy international lesbian day <3

[mlm version]

[bukomoon]

THE LOVERS — An animated thriller about the romantic tension between a seafood chef and a siren, set in a dark fantasy Philippines // (blood/gore tw) trailer

[yourdailyqueer]

Sky Cubacub

Gender: Non binary (they/xe)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: Born 1991

Ethnicity: Filipino

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fashion designer, activist, entrepreneur

Note: Doesn't give a lot of details but they consider themselves disabled.

[rythyme]

it's been a few years but honestly i'm still not over Karl GayaSaPelikula's gay rebirth metaphor. like. he was born one year after his brother drowned to death. his parents gave him exactly the same name as his brother and treated him as his brother's replacement. he spent his entire life trying to embody his brother's ghost — living out the life and future his parents wanted for his brother. he has no dreams of his own because he was never allowed to cultivate any. he keeps all the memorabilia about his brother tucked away in the literal closet because if someone found it, they'd realize how different he is from his perfect namesake — how poorly he's been playing this cruel game of pretend. the truth is only revealed when he falls in love with a boy for the first time and all the old photos flood out of the closet, messy and overflowing and completely unable to be shoved back in. the perfect karl died 18 years ago. it's time for the new karl to live.

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

Source: The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle

[androgynealienfemme]

"In the Philippines we are better known as tomboys, T-birds, babaeng bakla (woman faggot), or pars, which is a Tagalog word for pare, meaning the men who stood as sponsors in ceremonies such as weddings and baptisms. Lesbians are those women who fall in love with tomboys/T-birds/pars. The term butch and dyke are never used here and are understood by only a few. Many tomboys here claim that they are not lesbians.

When introducing our women lovers to intimate friends, we say, "Meet my girlfriend," or, "She's my wife," but not "woman lover." Here, if a tomboy gets involved with both men and women, we simply call her "bi" which is short for bisexual. But in the Philippines, a tomboy is a tomboy in spite of her preferences.

Prejudice against is us still very strong here. We do not have bars, restaurants, clubs, stores, hotels, or presses that cater exclusively to lesbians. However, just recently, a club opened in Manila that caters to lesbians. It was recently constructed and caters to moneyed lesbians, for I have heard it is a very expensive place to go. If ever a news article about lesbians appears in a newspaper, it always reads like this: "Tomboy Stabs Girl," or "Woman Killed by Tomboy." And if ever lesbianism is used in the films, it is always in a distorted way."

"A Letter from the Philippines" Marivic R. Desquitado, The Persistent Desire (edited by Joan Nestle) (1992)

[knowpain-feelpain]

Sleep With Me Series

episode 3 (bonus: Last picture)

[transcendingtospace]

Being nostalgic in 2024

Happy new year! I know I'm 9 days late but its better late than never right?

I scrolled all the way down to my first post here and it shows that I created this side blog back in 2016 (Christmas eve actually) I vaguely remember why I created this side blog but all I remember was it didn't really match the ✨aesthetic✨I had going on in @siubau and @milkai-way .

That was also the time I was having my Christmas break after experiencing my first semester in university. It was only that time after graduating high school and entering uni as a freshman was when I really started thinking about myself, who I wanted to be, and how I wanted to be perceived. I probably didn't think about all those things because I was pretty much constrained in an all girls high school and I didn't have time to think about things like that.

I don't know where I am in my transition but maybe I'm done? I'm already perceived as male socially. In the medical side, come May this year I will be 5 years on T and 3 years post top surgery by September. I'm not actively thinking about other surgeries at the moment and I'm okay with that. Maybe that's why I have been inactive here because I'm "done" transitioning☹️ other than life getting in the way

I'm stealth too, well partially stealth. I don't introduce myself as trans immediately when I meet someone new. But if they find out, I'm not going to hide it. When I scrolled all the way down to my first few posts, I can see how different I was before. Not to say that people stay the same all the time throughout the years.

Back then I was more open about being trans and to use he/him pronouns both in social media and in personal but that was to make sure people I meet do not misgender me as I was pre-everything. I identified as genderfluid/non binary with (s)he/they pronouns for a few years that time until 2018 because that's what I thought I was,

I don't know how to end this post and I don't know where this is all going. Maybe all I'm saying is I'm trying to be active here again despite life coming in my way hahaha

Hope 2024 will be good to all of us!

[amordelaluna]

Went to SF pride '24

[happy-xy]

- I said you help me, not him. - I am helping you. My Story the Series (2023) | EP.3

[celluloidrainbow]

MISS BULALACAO (2015) dir. Ara Chawdhury A young drag queen, Dodong, joins a beauty pageant to gain acceptance in her father’s community. She is instead met with hostility from him, who chases her into a jungle, where she sobs to a lone bright star. What follows is the strangest night in her entire life, and an even stranger nine months when Dodong realises she is pregnant and rumors of an immaculate conception raise her status to cult leader. (link in title)

[mankadavi]

karamak taytayni (don't leave me)

[wlw version]