Pride Month

“They told me I needed to go back into the closet if I wanted to keep being their vocalist,” says Ian Carandang about Silent Sanctuary.

I’m Sam, and I’m this publication’s resident lesbian tita. I’m always chided for being such a tita. A lesbian tita, to be exact. At 30, my back always hurts, and I can’t stand for extended periods anymore. I gave up alcohol, and my go-to hot beverages are coffee and tea. I went to Pride March […]

Read this and brush up on your history, baby gays. In its original incarnation, Pride wasn’t a party. It was an event that harked back to the LGBT community’s struggle for equality. Even before the Stonewall Riots, the LGBT community had already experienced discrimination. Things weren’t easy back then, and there was no cause for […]

This pride month, Bretman Rock is gracing the cover of Nylon Manila and he’s dedicating it to all the gay, queer Filipino kids out there.

Queer representation has gone a long way in media, especially in television. Most of the most popular shows today have at least one character who’s part of the LGBTQ+ community. However, the best gems out there are the series with several important queer characters who help shape the story the show is trying to tell […]