It’s so frustrating to see people try to portray Merckz as a villain and a gatekeeper of the craft… Can we stop and ask ourselves first, what makes Ballroom, ballroom, before jumping to any guns… At this point, we’ll have little to no representation of Ballroom with the amount of opinions coming from people who does not have any knowledge nor know the history of how Ballroom was introduced in the Philippines…
Need ng magtuturo ng vogue? Ask someone from ballroom. Need dancers to do vogue choreography? Hire talents from ballroom. A lot of modern queer and pop culture na ineenjoy natin today nanggaling sa community na to. Kumbaga, pay it back to the people who are keeping it alive.
Ballroom was created by black and brown trans women out of systemic racism and exclusion from society.
Kaya when their houses & community from New York eventually expanded here in the Philippines, aware ang community na this is borrowed culture not just an aesthetic or trend.
PRO-DUTERTE VLOGGER ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS
Pro-Duterte vlogger Joselito Peruelo, also known as “Julia Peruelo TV,” an LGBT content creator and political activist and his live-in partner Christian Tolentino were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Brgy 10, Bacolod City on Tuesday, August 25.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region tagged both suspects as alleged notorious drug pushers, who reportedly yielded 13 sachets of suspected shabu weighing 50 grams valued at P340,000, and an improvised tooter.
tagged both suspects as alleged notorious drug pushers, who reportedly yielded 13 sachets of suspected shabu weighing 50 grams valued at P340,000, and an improvised tooter.
Peruelo was seen on video yelling at local media, denying the allegation against him and his companion, saying they never engage in illegal drug activity. "We do not deserve this," Peruelo said to local reporters of K5 News FM Bacolod.
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