#SARILAYA

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We are 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 to back mga 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀!🌈💅🏻

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲?

𝐏𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐝 𝐩𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬! 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐰 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐚!  Join us this coming Wednesday, 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, for an amazing online webinar entitled "𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙇𝙂𝘽𝙏𝙌𝙄𝘼+ 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 21𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙮" with our unkabogable Speaker, Mr. Franklin "Lalang" Toledo, full of inspiring and engaging discussion is guaranteed on how far we've come, as a community during this era.🌈💅🏻

Stay tuned because after the webinar, the anticipated 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉 𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍 post-activity will commence that will allow 𝘼𝙉𝙔𝙊𝙉𝙀 to send their 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙨, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚! Just click message, and send us your story and it will be posted anonymously letting us provide a safe online space to freely speak our minds and rants, inspirational stories as part of the community.

The webinar will be hosted by our very own cutie TCM host, Ms. Cassandra Kate Saring.

𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐬 📍Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/env-egfu-ais https://meet.google.com/env-egfu-ais https://meet.google.com/env-egfu-ais See you there, mga ka-SARILAYA!🌟

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐨 & 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧

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"𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕." - 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤𝑠

As we celebrate New year, we celebrate New beginnings, New life and Acceptance. Embrace the real you, the awesome you and the unique you. Keep slayin!

Here in Sarilaya, We greet you a happy and prosperous New year ahead!

💜

𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐨

[sarilaya]

"𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫."

The sun rises and there is hope. Bonjour mga 𝐤𝐚-𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐀!

It's only December but June comes early for us today as today we are finally launching the Vision and Mission, together with our goals and objectives for our campaign. We aim to aid young queer individuals in

navigating and learning about their truest self- and most importantly, embracing it.

#VMGO

#DawatKaNamo

#SARILAYA

𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐲

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞

[sarilaya]

"𝗔𝘆𝗮𝘄 𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗸, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴"

Look, Listen, and Learn👀

Meet Jannelle Villacura, the sunshine youngest daughter of Mrs. Jenny Villacura.

Jannelle shares her coming out experience to Sarilaya, Witness her playful story and her beautiful character.

At her young age she was brave enough to show the whole world her real identity. Lucky Jannelle, because she was surrounded by her loving family. Be inspired by her story, like what she says, "just be you lang"

[sarilaya]

"𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢 𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤"

Witness the touching moments of Motherly love and acceptance with Mrs. Jenny Villacura together with her daughter Jannelle, a proud member of the community.🌈

Indeed the acceptance, love, and support is all we need. Be inspired by their story and the the lesson that will embark in our minds.

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𝐔𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐀: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 | 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Being an open and positive advocate for the queer community, one has to take a leap and shed their skins- and show their wounds. Share and tell their stories in hopes to inspire others.

We often shy away and avoid these type conversations because we were taught to.

Here in Sarilaya, we created a safe space, a honest avenue to the queer community to express their stories truthfully that most people are afraid to talk about.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮?

Our DM's is always open for you, Ka-SARILAYA.

Chapter 2, out soon.🌈✨

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𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬.

Let us meet the ever diverse and inclusive team behind the Sarilaya campaign! The doers that made it possible.🌈✨

𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐲 & 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐧

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞

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Acceptance and Being Confident: A Family and Relative During Gatherings

Gatherings is where people are being gathered to a place to celebrate something that is very special to them. For instance, birthday celebration or death anniversary of their love ones. Being around with your relatives somewhat makes young queer felt nervous and afraid to be judge according to their gender. Though, you cannot stop them from talking about your life because that's already became a habit of most Filipino people and your relative is no exception of it.

However, you are not obliged to talk or share some glimpse of your life because that your right and it's up to you if you want to share it. Additionally, some young queer especially those that are not yet fully accepted by their family felt loneliness and disappointment. They tend to hide in their room and choose to be alone because they don't want to engage in a conversation that will make them felt unvalued. I have a cousin, whose part of the LGBT community and when we found out that he/she consider herself as a member of the community it brings us mixed emotions. Upon knowing my cousin's real identity some of my relatives felt disappointed, angry and cannot digest the revelations cause they set a high expectations and already planned for her future. Though, as years went by our family slowly became open and accepting to what she really is, some of my relatives had realized that we cannot control them and the more we stop them from coming out they become more rebellious and doesn't listen to their parents.

Good things really takes time and that's what happened to my cousin's situation, right now she is fully accepted by our relatives and they are more supportive to her. He can now wear and do whatever she wants as long as she knows her limitations and coming out also boost her confidence, and knowing that we are here to support her in everything she do. In the present, whenever we have gathering my cousin can freely get along with our relatives. However, still there are some far relatives who cannot accept my cousin. And we didn't care much about their opinion or thoughts about it because as much as we want everyone to be accepting and understanding we cannot force them. Hopefully for the upcoming years they can open their minds and instead of backstabbing my cousin's gender they will change and become more accepting and open minded to the LGBT community.

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Unveiling Sarilaya: Embracing Truth, Celebrating Identity, Empowering Lives!

Sarilaya derives from the word (kaSARIan+ maLAYA).

In this world full of judgement and misunderstanding, we, the Sarilaya team are here in creating a safer place for those who belong in the rainbow community.

We understand, we embrace their community and not just like that, we exist to educate teenagers that unveiling your identity is okay and we are here to support you. We also want to educate parents that these are normal, parents need to understand and support their child.

Sarilaya is here to be the rainbow portal for some young queer individuals. an escape, a safe place made through social media platform. "Dawat ka namo" is our official tagline, it means we accept you, no matter what is your true identity with no judgement. Sarilaya also highlights young queer individual story to give inspirations to others.

Our aim is to be the safe place, to encourage young queer individuals to speak up, come out, and embrace and love their real identity because we, Sarilaya believe that you are unique and Dawat ka namo.

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"Unveiling Truths: A Mother-Daughter Interview about her Daughter's Queerness"

There is a moving story of love, acceptance, and development in a world where many identities and stories connect together. We'd like to share with you today Jenny and her daughter Jannelle's extraordinarily touching and life-changing adventure. Their story explores how relationships with family change in the face of cultural expectations and the need for honesty, going beyond simply accepting one's LGBT identity.

Jenny Pansoy Villcaura, a 53-year-old mother, was our first interviewee. She was from Binitinan, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, and she has three daughters named Angelica Villacura, age 26, Kayzel Villcura, age 21, and Janelle, age 14. She is a housewife, and she lives in a beautiful house with her grandchild, her first eldest child. She welcomed the team, Sarilaya, and willingly shared her experience of having a young queer daughter, her youngest daughter.

We asked her four (4) questions about the coming out of her daughter, Janelle.

Interviewer: What do you know about the LGBTQIA+ community? What is your perspective on the community?

Jenny: "naka familiar but dili pa kaayo open na nga community before samong generation" --- (She was familiar, but the LGBTQIA+ community was not really open for their generation before; she also added that their generation before was strict compared to now being very open.)

Interviewer: Jenny, how do you feel after finding out the real identity of your daughter, Janelle?

Jenny: “shock kayko oy, babae baya kayna sya before” --- (She was very shocked. Janelle was very girly before.)

But as Jenny observes her daughter, she notices that her daughter, Janelle, has a very close friend, a girl whom Janelle admits that she had a crush on.

Jenny: "ana pako before na, bae mo pareha baya" --- (Jenny told her daughter Janelle that they are both girls) but Jenny also added “aw okay raman pud kay padayon raman gihapon syag skwela” --- (It's okay; as long as she continues her study, it's fine.) “wala koy mahimo kay in ana naman jud sya, anak man gihapon nako, dawaton nalang basta continue lang saiyang pag eskwela" --- (I don't quite have a choice; I'll accept her. At the end, she's my daughter, as long as she continues her studies.)

Interviewer: What is your advice to other parents who also happen to have a young queer individual daughter or son?

Jenny: “supportahi lang jud permi inyong anak” --- (Always support your child no matter what; let them feel that they are accepted and loved with no judgment.)

Janelle Villacura, age 14, is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Jenny Villacura. She openly shares her experience of coming out with her real identity.

We also asked her questions regarding her coming out.

Interviewer: When did you first notice that you were different?

Jannelle: "katong pag highschool jud nako" --- (It all started when I was still in high school.)

The interviewer made a follow-up question about whether her peers influence her, and she said "no."

Jannelle: "ako lang jud ni, walay nag influence" --- (No one influenced her. She's being her)

Interviewer: Were you afraid to tell your family about your identity?

Jannelle: “at first oo kay basin unsay reaction nila sa akoa” --- (Yes, because of their potential negative reaction, but eventually I managed to tell them and was happy because they never judged me) she added.

The team asked her what advice she can give for her fellow young queer individuals in her age, who's been experiencing the same situation.

Jannelle: "ayaw mo kahadlok, just be you lang" --- (Don't be afraid; just be you.)

A tribute to the strength of love, compassion, and development is the story of Jenny and Jannelle. Families on similar journeys can find inspiration in their story, which is characterized by acceptance, resiliency, and vulnerability. Let us all be inspired by Jenny and Jannelle's story to embrace candid dialogue, promote empathy, and honor the diverse thread of love and identity that unites us as we wrap up this interview.

#BeBoldBeYou #DawatKaNamo #LGBTQ+ #ComingOut

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The progress has been significant from where we were, decades ago. Up until to this day we still strive- and will continue to keep striving to make an impact, to provide a safe space and amplify inclusivity for everyone to be bold, confident and free.

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍.🌈

𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐲

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞

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"Embracing your truth is a powerful act of courage, especially for those navigating the journey of coming out in the LGBTQ+ community. This reminds us that authenticity contributes to a world of acceptance and love. Your unique journey matters, and by sharing it, you become a beacon of hope for others on a similar path.

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫." hear in Sarilaya, 𝗱𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗼!

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𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚, 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐨✨🌈

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"𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢" comes from the word '𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯' which means one's freely chosen gender identity and '"𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚" comes from the word '𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢' that equates to freedom. Fused together, it means the freedom in choosing one's gender identity and sexual orientation. We aim to help young queer individuals to embrace their true selves and spread education, ample knowledge about the colorful, complex and beautiful world of sexual orientations and gender identities- and ultimately, the beauty of embracing it fully.

Our goal is to be the beckon of hope and light into becoming their best, bold, unapologetic and free self amidst living in a world that challenges us to not to.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙞 𝙨𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙬𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙤!🌇🌈

𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭 | 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐧

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞