(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado

he/him | a Thomasian Lit Grad teaching in Ateneo

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

You'll be OK. 😊

[Briar Blush @BriarBlush]

THIS IS TAKING ME OUTTTT

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

Ano na @PLDT_Cares ? Wala pa ring Internet sa Espana?

[James Parang @ParangJame35951]

In every universe, Luke and Leon find each other.
What changes is how long it takes them to realize they’re already home.

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[James Parang @ParangJame35951]

He didn’t yet know this was the beginning.

Only that the room had been unbearably hot before Leon arrived—and afterward, somehow, breathable.

-- Luke and Leon in This and Every Universe #BL #boyslove #HeatedRivalry

[James Parang @ParangJame35951]

"Somewhere else, in another life, Luke would meet Leon again.

"And this time, forgetting would not win."

--Luke and Leon in This and Every Universe

#BL #boyslove #gay #LGBTQ #heatedrivalry

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

I dont know why they panicked. The dad loved it. #heatedrivalry

[yammi @sighyam]

Hi. Thai here.

Almost nobody in Thailand uses the term “ladyboy” when discussing trans identity in Thai. The word is an orientalist construction and is a Western projection that exists only within English speaking contexts.

What these viral misinformed takes always leave out is that trans women in Thailand use feminine language in the exact same way cis women do, and they are addressed as women by almost everyone whether they are conservatives, men, women, children, monks etc.

Unlike Indonesia, very few people in Thailand spend time policing other people’s use of language, which restrooms they use and how they choose to live their lives.

These hot takes from people stems from one thing: the fact that most of you have never actually known a trans person, listened to a trans person, or opened your hearts to one in real life.

And you certainly don’t understand how Thai language functions either. In Thailand this is almost unthinkable as Trans people are normalised members of society.

You can’t avoid trans people in Thailand because they don’t need to hide. If their family doesn’t accept them, they still have friends and the larger Thai community to lean on.

They are doctors, nurses, business owners, entertainers, teachers, service workers, creatives, athletes, and more. While you’re all busy debating bathroom politics and indulging in religious and political hysteria, the world keeps turning in Thailand lol

I see this discourse often and it really does expose how colonial language hierarchies erase the nuance of non-Western gender systems - systems that, while imperfect and still evolving, have long recognised identities beyond the narrow Western binary and flatten them into stereotypes for global consumption.

I’ve said this before but social media algorithms amplify English-language content to the rest of the world while Thai opinions remain trapped within Thailand’s content ecosystem. That asymmetry is exactly why so many of you speak about Thais instead of with Thais and it’s why your understanding of Thai trans identity will always sound like a mistranslation.

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

Ano na, @PLDT_Cares ? Wala pa ring Internet!

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

@PLDT_Cares Ano na teh

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

.@PLDTHome @PLDT_Cares We're waiting for the activation. >:(

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

@PLDT_Cares So nothing?

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

@PLDT_Cares The account is 0390996160

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

@PLDT_Cares It doesnt work because for some reason my details arent in your database. Its annoying that our internet is not yet activated when you had the whole day to do so.

[yzaˋˏ✄┈🕸 @tapasilogan]

dahil ayaw niyo tigilan ang naka ko, let’s remind the tl what your machild king did. gusto ulit magpa-thread?

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

T-T

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Jonathan Bailey at the Seoul premiere of ‘JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH’

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

"Internship-light"

So they want more students to pay more to work more for free?

[(J.A.) John Andrew del Prado @ProfEru05]

@jonrimanuel Same

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MAAAAAAA HAHAHHAHAHA 💀😭😭😭

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@karatinyoko Cue AC's video