In my dreams we are both free

making trans edits of flags is fun

the sea serpent fell for the moon

and the moon loved her in return

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all🎉🎄🎅🎁

Trans masculine / butch erasure in Filipino culture

To start off, my name is Rin and I’m a Filipino trans man of Ilokano and Bikolano heritage. Despite being born and raised in Wales, my parents immersed me in our culture. The Filipino adults around me were prejudiced, amused and tolerant of queer people in equal measures. The only queer Filipino representation I had were ‘mga bakla’, the closest English translation being: those assigned male at birth (AMAB) who have adopted a feminine gender expression. There were ‘tomboys’ too: those assigned female at birth (AFAB) who have a masculine expression. But tomboys were seen as just women and they didn’t get nearly as much acknowledgement or representation. So I thought than in order to be queer I had to fit into either of those groups. Except I didn’t. Not quite. Even after months of being out as a trans man to many Filipinos in the local community, I have yet to meet another guy like myself. Someone who existed in that precarious, invisible space. The space that Filipino butches and trans masculine folk were put in.

I’m not sure if there’s much use in trying to justify why we’re invisible. You could attribute it to misogyny, or maybe the prevalence of mga bakla in pre colonial Philippines as ‘babaylans’; those who act as a bridge between the divine and humans. Instead I think we should try to amplify the voices of butch / trans masculine Filipinos. So if you identify as such, leave me a message, an ask, or simply interact with this post and show people that, yes, we’re here. And we’re here to stay!

SEÑORITA (2011) dir. Isabel Sandoval Donna, a transgender sex worker in Manila, moves back to her small hometown in search of a new life. Once there, she reunites with her child, who knows her as his aunt, and becomes caught up in the intrigues surrounding a critical local election, working to unseat the corrupt mayor, a fight which soon becomes quite personal. (link in title)

just a trans girl doing kickflips one friday afternoon ago...

oh- I actually punched 3 of my teachers once-

Anyway so-

it happens !

Hi, it's me again, Eriah...still somehow drawing despite being hit with life and unemployment. I needed to comfort myself during my period so I drew a hot woman in a boudoir pose. If you're here from Instagram, they cropped the shit out of my art. Here it is in its full glory.

I like girls. I like the plaguecore aesthetic. I like Pumpkins and ghosts.

the way I just know musical tumblr and the rest of the internet would be obsessed with Mula sa Buwan (musical retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac set in 1940s WWII Philippines) but it’s locked behind a language barrier

Summer and Monsoon

Miss International Queen 2012: Kevin Balot Who is a beautiful Filipino Transgender Lady.

It's my birthday today!!! The previous year has been one of the most fruitful in my career and it's just been crazy thinking that I could actually make this graphic novelist thing work...

Anyway among the stuff I accomplished last year was finishing an entire novella!!! All I could ask for is that maybe more people get to read it :}

So if you 1. grew up on the internet. maybe in RP communities 2. like bittersweet and trans coming-of-age stories 3. wanna mourn the friends we made and lost along the way together. This is for you!!!

READ: EMMY & THE SECOND CHANCE

I need to lose more pounds😩😪🏋️

Where are all the Filipino trans men who are attracted to men

PATAY NA SI HESUS (2016) dir. Victor Villanueva Iyay, a food vendor in Cebu City, learns the death of her estranged husband, Hesus, in Dumaguete. She decides to drive her van to the funeral and forces her apathetic children, Hubert, who is diagnosed with Down syndrome, trans man Jude, and penniless, jobless Jay to join her. Bert quickly agrees, while Jude decides to apply for leave and bring his adoptive daughter Mia with him, and Jay refuses, but gives in to Iyay's demands. Their pet dog Judas comes along as well. (link in title)