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Young Filipinos learn lessons on identity, giving back through Diskubre Tour
Filipinos born abroad traveled to the Baguio-Banaue area where they participated in historical tours, food trips, nature excursions, and livelihood immersion. The July 7 to 17 Diskubre Tour, organized by the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) and the Philippine Department of Tourism New York (PDOTNY), seeks to promote a deeper appreciation of the […]
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When younger sisters turn out better than you
By Tricia J. Capistrano “You have to set a good example,” my mom used to tell me. “Whatever you do, your sisters will follow.” I am the oldest of four girls. We are all grown up now. I am 44. Carla, the youngest, is 34. I don’t know if my sisters cared about what I […]
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Gay Pride’s rainbow party
Gay Pride Parade has always been a colorful expression of identity and gender nonconformity, and that’s why the rainbow became its recognizable symbol. Here are some images from the June 24th celebration in NYC. Photos by Elton Lugay and The FilAm
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Letters to our children — native, brown, yellow, white, black, gay
By Tricia J. Capistrano Two thousand and three was not a good time to be with child. In March of that year, the U.S., UK, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq. The same week, I was told that the baby that I was carrying was going to be a boy. On the subway ride home from […]
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Trans waitress from Brooklyn is 1st Miss Gorg: ‘Different is beautiful’
By Cristina DC Pastor A waitress from Brooklyn is the first winner of the Miss Gorg pageant created to promote acceptance of transgender women, and, as advanced by the organizers, “to celebrate their empowerment.” Her crown slipped and fell on the stage, but Alana Dillon, 21, dismissed the mishap, preferring to call it “my good […]
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Miss Gorg pageant seeks to promote accomplishments of trans women: organizers
Miss Gorg 2018, a beauty and personality search for gay men and transgender women will launch in New York on March 31 in celebration of the International Transgender Day of Visibility. “It’s a platform that lifts our community to a higher level,” said Peche Di, a Thailand-born transgender model, actress, videographer and founder of Trans […]
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Voices of a movement in ‘A Time to Rise’
By Renee Macalino Rutledge From our first wave of immigrants, the manongs of the 1920s and ’30s who risked their jobs and safety fighting exploitative labor conditions on West Coast farms, Filipinos have been politically active in the U.S. Yet the dominant image of the passively assimilated Filipino prevails. “A Time to Rise: Collective Memoirs […]
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PIDCI blames ex-treasurer, reveals no one wants to be Grand Marshal because of lawsuit
By Cristina DC Pastor The Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. washed its hands off accusations it did not file tax returns for four years, stating its former treasurer, Violeta Manarang-McGough, had been delinquent in filing returns for the period from 2013 to 2016. In court papers filed January 2, 2017, PIDCI claimed it was actually […]
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Why would some of us not want to identify as Filipino?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. I met Roger, an adopted American-born Filipino, in an unusual manner. He saw my name when he googled writers of Filipino descent who’ve lived in the U.S. for a long time. He reached out. We agreed to meet at a nearby Thai restaurant In our society in this part of […]