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By Tino Largado We reach the home stretch of this year’s Pride Month, but LoveYourself’s Usapang ATBPride just won’t leave anyone behind, making sure each color of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Ally, and more (LGBTQIA+) rainbow shines vibrant. The last two installments of the virtual discussion highlighted the community’s queer and non-gender conforming individuals, as well the intersexuals and asexuals. “The Queer and I” is the penultimate Usapang ATBPride episode which aired on June 23rd, 2020, hosted by Joma Ragrario. Artist and writer Henrie Diosa, artist, writer, DAKILA Partnerships Manager Floyd Tiogangco, and TV and movie creative manager and head writer Jay Fernando readily answered questions about what it means and how it feels to be breaking the confines of binary gender. They also shared experiences about work, dating, and social relationships and how being queer or non-binary enjoys the freeing sense of fluidity, but may a

By LoveYourself Communications It's lights, camera, action for the Wandaring Trio, this Friday. Mikoy, Macoy, and Ms. Wanda discuss the top five Pinoy Teleseryes of all time, voted by our viewers! These shows have been so iconic for our viewers that even years later, they still callback to it. Special Guest Dr. Gerard Delos Santos also dives into the discussion with his Wild Confessions while viewers guess what's inside Ms. Wanda's mystery box. Top 5: Mula sa Puso (1997) Mula sa Puso is a memorable piece of Filipino television. From its melodramatic romance scenes with its love triangle to the soundtrack, thousands of Filipinos who have followed its two year run through thick and thin. Even its rivalry with Esparanza  was unforgettable sprouting a film and a soundtrack entitled Mula sa Puso ni Esparanza. Top 4: Mara Clara (1992) The longest running weekday drama in Philippine television comes number four in our list of top Pinoy Teleseryes. MaraClara released a film adaptat

By Tino Largado LoveYourself Inc. continues its celebration of Pride Month with two new installments of Usapang ATBPride , shining light on the different rays of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Ally, and more (LGBTQIA+) spectrum. This week, we took the viewers on a peek of different issues affecting bisexuals, pansexuals, and the transgender community. Episode 3, “Love EveryJUAN, Love Everyone” aired on June 16th, 2020, and featured bisexual and pansexual individuals in a virtual discussion hosted by entrepreneur Ann Rodrigues, and joined by writer, sex educator, Now Open community co-founder and Burlesque PH performer, Trisha O'Bannon (sex educator, writer, co-founder of Brlesque PH, and a performer), CASTRO Communications PR Director Janlee Dungca, and bartender Cholo Mall. The hour centered on breaking stereotypes on bisexuals and pansexuals by acknowledging their similarities, and telling apart the differences: mainly that pans

By LoveYourself Communications What a way for Just Wandaring to celebrate Pride Month! The Wandaring Trio, Mikoy, Macoy, and Ms. Wanda discuss the top five gay icons of our viewers! These women have been such an influential part of the development so many members of the LGBT community. As inspirations with their glamorous looks, and powerful morals that stands in solidarity with the community.  Special Guest Bench Ortiz also dives into the discussion with his Wild Confessions while viewers guess what's inside Ms. Wanda's mystery box. Top 5: Sarah Geronimo Singer, dancer, actress, and record producer, Sarah Geronimo secured herself the fifth spot of Just Wandaring's top five gay  icons. Sarah jump-started her singing career when she won the ABS-CBN singing competition show - Star of the Night in 2002. Since then popsters have lived as she put out hit after hit with powerful balads such as Forever's Not Enough  to dance hits like Sa Iyo, Ikot-Ikot, Kilometro, and of cours

By LoveYourself Communications Whenever the universe speaks to us, we feel a sense of serenity and contentment. During Pride Month on June 13, 2020 Miss Universe 2015 and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific Pia Wurtzbach shared her voice in becoming an ally of the LGBTQIA + community, hosted by the Phikippines' King of Talk, Boy Abunda on The Universe Speaks  by  LoveYourselfTV . I think the universe is telling us to press pause. It's telling us to realign ourselves and really think what's most important to me. - Pia Wurtzbach Tito Boy and Pia first talk about how in the time of COVID-19, Pride Month can be celebrated by simply loving ourselves first. This comes with knowing more about and appreciating the history of the people where you belong. Finding meaning in the celebration of Pride Month can be very personal, and require reflection in these trying times.  As a non-LGBTQIA + person, Pia has been called  babaeng bakla , which Boy described as a woman wh

By Brian Barretto In celebration of Pride Month, LoveYourself Inc. launched Usapang ATBPride , an online discussion series highlighting the different facets of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Ally, and more (LGBTQIA+) Community. This week, we delved deeper into issues faced by people who identify as lesbian and gay. The first episode, entitled BLT: Byaning, Lesbian, Tomboy , explored the experiences of lesbian women with regards to their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE), their experiences of coming out, and the challenges they faced living in oftentimes discriminatory environments. Hosted by Ging Cristobal, the Project Coordinator at OutRight Action International and Feminist Activist, the show interviewed guests Angel Romero, a Partner and Director for Creative and Directing at Digital Marketer, Irish Inoceto, the Chairperson of Iloilo Pride Network, and EO Cendeno, the Founder and Manager of Pag-Amuma, a dog an

By LoveYourself Communications Just Wandaring is looking back with #FlashbackFriday as viewers revealed their top five childhood celebrity crushes. This time around, the Wandaring Trio, Mikoy, Macoy, and Wanda share how innocent little crushes have made an impact in their lives, especially in exploring and discovering their sexual orientation. Special Guest Paolo Amores also dives into the discussion with his Wild Confessions while viewers guess what's inside Ms. Wanda's mystery box. Top 5: Jay Manalo Starting as an action movie actor, Jay Manalo made a switch to starring in sexy films such as Gayuma with Amanda Page. Macoy describes his appeal as your typical Pinoy  charm with his masculine presence and fit body. Mikoy on the other hand shares how Jay Manalo represented a "daddy" type of appeal when he first saw the actor in high school which wasn't very popular back then. Top 4: Christian Vasquez Former Celebrity Pinoy Big Brother housemate Christian Vasquez pl

By Ronald Bugarin (From ART First Dose Chronicles, Illustration by TJ Gellada Monzon) For newly diagnosed Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV), among their top concerns are the possible side effects that might come once they start treatment. These side effects may have an impact on their way of life, especially at work and their studies. In this article, we will try to tackle the different antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, their possible side effects, and how to handle these side effects so as not to affect the PLHIVs way of life. Antiviral Drugs Antiretroviral or ARV is an inhibitor drug that blocks HIV from attaching to cells of immunity specifically the CD4 cell (also known as T-cell or T helper cells) and prevents it from multiplying. It has to be taken daily to suppress HIV and prevent the decline of the body's natural defense caused by the virus . Below are the various ARV drugs and the possible side effects that may occur upon taking said component: ARV DRUG FOR MONITORING SIDE EFF