transgender

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s movie “Lingua Franca” was one of the movies celebrated at Frameline Film Festival’s pride showcase this past weekend. Born and raised in Cebu, the writer-director-actress graduated summa cum laude in college and pursued...

HOLLYWOOD — Retired medical workers, even nursing students, are being called to help out during this pandemic crisis. Filipinos are among those heeding the call, including the first Filipina transgender contestant on the hit TV show...

“It’s involuntary — I can’t opt-out of white privilege. The only thing I can do is write a book that says, this is why this is a problem,” says Meredith Talusan....Read More

SAN GABRIEL, CA — Kataluna Enriquez is a Queen. After conquering multiple trans-pageants, the 26-year-old has her eyes on a bigger prize: Miss Universe. The reigning Miss Hayward competed in the Miss California USA pageant last month...

NEW YORK — “My love for makeup started when I was a kid — I’m always amazed when I watch my mom do her make up.” Ally Castillo never thought her love for makeup would take...

NEW YORK —  This dialogue on “Gender Diversity Beyond Binaries” is the first-ever meeting of it’s kind at the United Nations. Member states, UN entities and activists shared their thoughts and experiences on the current state...

Just two weeks before a part of it would go into effect, the House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump’s proposal to ban transgender men and women from serving in the military. The...

Transgender actress and nurse Angel Qinan shares her story in a new documentary film, “Act Like a Woman.”...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — This was the scene at the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot– hailed as the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco.   Today, it’s also the subject of an interactive theater piece commemorating the lives...

What would happen if you put together a production team of award-winning Filipinos and a few Hollywood stars in one movie? It becomes the most-awaited high-profile Pinoy independent movie of 2018. Tony-winning Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino, Oscar-winning...