Michael David dela Cruz Tan

The founder of Outrage Magazine, Michael David dela Cruz Tan is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) of the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. Though he grew up in Mindanao (particularly Kidapawan and Cotabato City in Maguindanao), even attending Roman Catholic schools there, he "really, really came out in Sydney," he says, so that "I sort of know what it's like to be gay in a developing and a developed world". Mick can: photograph, do artworks with mixed media, write (DUH!), shoot flicks, community organize, facilitate, lecture, research (with pioneering studies under his belt)... this one's a multi-tasker, who is even conversant in Filipino Sign Language (FSL). Among others, Mick received the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) in 2006 for Best Investigative Journalism. Cross his path is the dare (read: It won't be boring).

Stories By Michael David dela Cruz Tan

From the Editor11 months ago

Re-stressing the need to go beyond just testing…

Michael David C. Tan on the seeming overemphasis on ONLY HIV testing: "You can’t just test people and then - after finding out they’re reactive/positive -...
FEATURES12 months ago

Up close and personal with Rep. Geraldine B. Roman

Outrage Magazine's exclusive interview with Rep. Geraldine B. Roman of the 1st District of Bataan. As the first trans Filipino to win a seat in the...
Editor's Picks1 year ago

Painting the pulpit with the rainbow

RJ knew he’s gay since puberty. But after graduating from college, he had a calling to the priesthood. And so RJ became Father RJ, a Roman...
Editor's Picks1 year ago

The new normal

Yes, everything LGBTQI is fast becoming mainstream, as you now see evolving representations of us starting to symbolize what is now normal. And in the Philippines,...
From the Editor1 year ago

Stop this ‘B.S. advocacy’

For Michael David dela Cruz Tan, many LGBT leaders/“leaders” who represent the entire LGBT community actually refuse to listen to the very people they claim to...
FEATURES1 year ago

Because Undetectable = Untransmittable

That an HIV-infected person with potent antiretroviral treatment (ART) is not sexually infectious (that is, he/she does not transmit the virus via sexual contacts) is already...
FEATURES1 year ago

When hookup apps can save lives

Technology has been blamed as expediter of the spread of HIV particularly among the young in the Philippines. But what is not as discussed is how...
Editor's Picks1 year ago

Finding room for #queerinfaith

Churches continue to be lambasted for not changing with time – perhaps most obvious in the treatment of LGBT people of those with faith. But the...
Editor's Picks1 year ago

Hearing the voice of a silent victim…

Outrage Magazine chats with a male survivor of sexual assault who was not only violated, but had to contend with “secondary victimization” – i.e. from getting...