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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 Carlos Diego A. Rozul Since the June 1969 Stonewall Riot in Manhattan New York, liberation of the gay  community accelerated not only in the United States, but globally as well. In the Philippines, there have been numerous efforts in repairing the erasure of the  LGBTQIA+ community from centuries of colonial occupation. From representation in the media to legislation, pillars of the community have paved the way for the diversity and inclusion we experience now. This June, LoveYourself launches its LGBT Pride Month Campaign ATBPride (At Iba Pride), a play on the Filipino abbreviation for etcetera. While we take pride in one's otherness as something special we come together as a community with kindness and mindful intentions. This includes listening to each other's narratives and being open to learn about the diversity of people's experiences. Usapang ATBPride  aims to engage the community at large in learning more about the experiences of selected people who i...

by LoveYourself Communications LoveYourself, Inc. once again co-presented GLAMM: (Gays, Lesbians, And Many More), a phenomenal LGBTQ+ party. GLAMM is going for its third run this Valentine's Day on February 14, 2020, at Cove Manila in Okada Manila . Cove Manila is the biggest indoor beach club and night club in Southeast Asia that continuously supporting the advocacies of LoveYourself for HIV awareness and inclusivity. Bearing in mind that there's unity in diversity, the first GLAMM edition in July 2019 sent terrific stories of triumph for solidarity. That inevitably led to GLAMM's second edition in October 2019, where another explosive night was witnessed and enjoyed by the guests. This advocacy party also promoted self-empowerment with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and Miss Universe-Philippine 2019 Gazini Ganados alongside HIV awareness and LQBTQ rights. Those were significant and unforgettable experiences at Cove Manila while grooving to the music and soaking ...

By LoveYourself Communications LoveYourself has been a strong ally of the LGBTQ+ community. From providing safe spaces for queer folk to get tested, to providing the country’s first community-led transgender health services.  The organization is proud to have been supported by GLAMM 2 at Cove Manila in Okada Manila - the biggest indoor beach club and nightclub i n Southeast Asia . Gays, Lesbians, And Many More or simply GLAMM is the grandest LGBTQ+ party of its kind in Cove Manila! This Saturday night party last October 19 showcased loads of guest performers, a nd party-goers who made fun all night, bearing the spirit of advocacy, pride and unity. Several drag queens conquered the stage that night including, Lady Gagita, MC Black, Gigi, Dee Dee Holliday, Queen Viñas and Bench Hipolito as the event was hosted by Peabo Orilla. DJs Everyday People, Jeb Tizon, Mike Lavet and Paulo Castro threw bouncing music, ledge dancers made the dance floor even hotter, and Okada Manila Entertainme...

By Mark de Castro SOGIE and LGBT are language tools that may still continue to evolve, used to better capture the experience of human diversity. Due to its complexity, confusion in understanding sexuality is inevitable. The term “Third Gender” was the closest common, non-derogatory vocabulary for non-heterosexuality before the sexual revolution in the 1960s. Today, the term LGBT has been adopted by a majority of sexuality and gender identity-based communities in the United States from about 1988. [1] In the Philippines, the initialisms used are LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, and a few others. These variations may be caused by groups giving emphasis on what the group’s main objective is and on the diversity of their members which may include queers, allies, and others that are not found in the initialism LGBT. The initialism LGBT, the list of initials have sometimes gotten as long as LGBTTQQIAAP: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pans...