Aaron Moises Bonete

Used to be identified as a "batang beki", Aaron Moises C. Bonete is a gender non-conforming person. They established EU Bahaghari in Enverga University in Lucena, where they were one of the leaders to mainstream discussions of LGBTQIA+ issues particularly among the youth. They are currently helping out LGBTQIA+ community organizing, believing that it is when we work together that we are strongest ("Call me idealistic, I don't care!" they said). They write for Outrage Magazine to provide the youth perspective - meaning, they try to be serious even as they try to "party, party, party", befitting their quite-newbie status.

Features

Metro Manila’s LGBT gathering breaks attendance records, highlights ubiquity of LGBT people if not causes

Showing growing widespread popularity of everything LGBT-related in the Philippines, Metro Manila’s annual LGBT gathering was attended by an estimated 25,000 people. Moving forward,...

Aaron Moises BoneteJul 1, 2018

People You Should Know

Billy Santo: ‘Take control of your HIV status, take control of your life’

Living with HIV, Billy Santo says that “your HIV status should not bother people as long as you don’t wrong other people.”

Aaron Moises BoneteApr 26, 2018

POZ

Community-based program eyes to fast-track HIV testing services in Phl

CBS involves HIV screening conducted by a trained layman (i.e. the COHSA) to anybody who wants to be screened outside any HIV facility. Though...

Aaron Moises BoneteMar 22, 2018

Polytechnic University of the Philippines stresses inclusion in 4th LGBT Pride celebration

The LGBTQIA community of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Sta. Mesa in the City of Manila stressed the importance of “real...

Aaron Moises BoneteMar 10, 2018

Gathering to tackle ‘minority issues within LGBTQI community’ held in Phl

Lamenting that the so-called LGBT community is exclusionary, LGBTQI leaders from all over the Philippines gathered to highlight the need to focus on the...

Aaron Moises BoneteDec 4, 2017