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The youth of today is gayer than ever, ust as they should be

- Words by Rogin Losa Photograph­y by Worshipthe­gays

In the houses they grew up in, coming out w as not a primetime telenovela episode.

houses they grew up in, coming out was not a primetime telenovela episo e t was e with o e an ma eup tips rom the women in their t i es, speci ca y their aunts

ra e pa lang ako, tinuturuan na ako

mag m ma eup ng tita ko, inaahitan na niya ako ng kilay, tinuturuan ako mag ipstic para matuto na raw ako,” e p ains enneth “Alam na nila na bakla ako simula bata pa lang.” As or ean, he isc oses how open his ami y was to his identity. “Since makeup artist po ’yung tita ko, lagi ko po siyang nakikitang

nagtatraba­ho,” he says. “Doon ako nagsimula.

Eventually, na in love na rin ako sa makeup.

Sel discovery and glam summari e their senior high school li e. nstagram eauty gurus ecame their go to guides. hey taught themselves to create makeshi t contours out o cocoa powder and watch riends do their rows with ong A sign pens. heir daily classroom mug consists o mascara, brow gel and a little lip balm. But when school s out so are they.

But when school’s out— so are they.

rade po ako noong rst time akong nag ull glam. Nag dress ako, ’ tas nag heels ako, rst time ko mag- wig at mag- makeup. Tinitingna­n

po kami, recounts enneth. E pressing yoursel has ta ing conse uences. or them, it s the udgmental stares and sco s they had to endure even be ore they reached college. Sinisigawa­n kami ng ‘ay, bakla!’ Hine head to toe pa kami.

o they ever wish they traded pumps or kicks eep their ts a little more lowkey Sa panahon po ngayon maraming udgmental na tao, so sobrang dami po nilang sinasabi, shrugs

Sean. enneth continues, Parang mas gusto ko

po na wala na lang silang pakialam.

ith ueer photograph­er orshiptheg­ays, we take a look at these students lives as they unapologet­ically eel their oats in and out o school halls, udgmental looks be damned. hey re young and ueer, and as Ariana rande would say, And what about it

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