queerness — Articles

IPALAMBO! Looking Past Preservation: Liyang Network on Solidarity & the Romanticization of Indigenous Culture

A Q&A with two co-founders of Liyang Network, a local to global advocacy network that amplifies the calls to action of frontline environmental and human rights defenders in Mindanao, Philippines

MagazineLiyang NetworkAugust 8, 2024style, culture, hellapinaymag, queerness, Magazine, liyangnetwork, mindanao, indigenouspeople, lumad, humanrights, Culture

Arm The Girls

Part of We Are The Ones’s series of shoots for Arm The Girls, a mutual aid initiative building power and safety with BIPOC queer and trans femmes + a conversation with Guerrilla Davis and Pearl Teese on their experiences as Afro-Filipinos navigating anti-Blackness, gender- and sex-based hate in our communities

Magazinekali diwaMarch 31, 2024style, fashion, filipinofashion, terno, culture, hellapinaymag, keithlafuente, designer, fashiondesigner, filipinoidentity, queerness, Magazine, pearlteese, editorial, kalidiwa, Identity, filipiniana

Keith Lafuente Explores Filipino American Fashion through Ternos, Anime and Boy’s Love

His work channels drag, fantasy, art, and queer identity

FashionCamay AbrahamJuly 20, 2021style, Style, camayabraham, fashion, filipinofashion, terno, culture, hellapinaymag, keithlafuente, designer, fashiondesigner, identity, filipinoidentity, queerness, drag, cosplay, mahalkita

Bridging Communities at the Blasian March Pride Rally

Celebrating intersectional power and joy in Brooklyn

ActivismVina OrdenJune 10, 2021news, culture, Culture, queerness, queer, pridemonth, pride, blasian, blackandasiansolidarity, popular

Kim Requesto Explores the Possibilities of Philippine Folk Dance in YUGTO

The three-part video series premieres this Saturday, May 29th as part of USAAF 2021

forever bastos, no longer mabait

how bad girl narratives both free and foil pinays

Voiceskali diwaFebruary 25, 2021asianamerican, Roots + Identity, identity, filipinoidentity, filipinx, naturalhair, curlyhair, Identity, feb2021, selflove, filipinas with curly hair, bastos, queerness, kalidiwa, popular

BP Valenzuela Evolves as an Artist in Manila’s Indie Scene

The singer-songwriter opens up about love, sexuality, and equality

FeatureAmyra SorianoSeptember 15, 2018filipina singer, pinaycrush, Music + Culture, Music, september, bpvalenzuela, crydancer, bbgirl, manila, manilarising, indie, indierock, femaleproducer, qtpoc, queer, queerpinay, edpickmusic, queerness, amyrasoriano

Undocumented & Filipinx: Kat's Story

"When you come out as gay, you risk being rejected by your family and friends; when you come out as undocumented, you risk being rejected by an entire country."