When discussing mainstream LGBTQI issues, the particular concerns of Lumads who are also LGBTQI are not always included. And so Dats Ventura believes in a more holistic approach to the struggle for social justice. In the case of Lumads, for instance – and in particular – “dili lang ang yutang kabilin ang ipaglaban kundili (nakadikit) kani sa pagkatawo (we don’t just fight for ancestral domain, but link this with the struggle for identity).”