7.20.24 – 2024 Queer Filipinx “Lakbay” Summit Recap

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Despite PRIDE coming to a close, living proudly as a LGBTQ+ community member is a daily act of courage, confidence and conviction.

Showing LGBTQ+ youth, young adults, families and seniors that they’re not alone in their journey of growth, struggle, resistance and evolution is the purpose of @leadfilipino Annual Queer Lakbay Summit. We strive to provide tools, resources and steps to help others apply this knowledge to make the changes they want and seek.

Lakbay is the Tagalog word for Journey — it’s also an anagram for Bakla, which means Gay. Often used as a pejorative, our efforts, alongside other Queer and LGBTQ+ groups, aim to expand and shift narratives around being Bakla connected to leadership, representation and power.

Amplifying positivity starts at the root of the local level. We offer our Annual Lakbay Summit as a space to build, commune, and organize for broader efforts to protect human and civil rights for the LGBTQ+ community — now and into the future.

Thank you to our Queermittee members and Summit Director @paulamirando!

Many, many shout outs to our partners, contributors and sponsors:

✨Keynote speaker: Sera Fernando
✨Panelists: Raymond Rollan and Angelina Cayabyab
✨Talented artists: Tori Tia (Randall), Brian Dublin
✨Music by DJ Llama
✨Workshop presenters: @celbaycisco, Christine Santos, Stephisha Ycoy-Walton, Viveca Ycoy-Walton, Erina C. Alejo, and Ash Alunan
✨Tabling orgs:  The Lola x Kenneth Collaboration, SCC Registrar of Voters, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), Filipino Advocates for Justice, FancyHeadz, @og.originalgoddess, The LGBTQ Youth Space, @katevierneslcsw
✨Host: Evergreen Valley College
✨Sponsors: BAYMEC – Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, San Jose State University, SCC Office of LGBTQ Affairs, CA Care Association, Marketing In Care, Marley’s Treats, Filipino Googler Network, Evergreen Valley College, Evergreen ASPIRE+PLLUS, House of Bagels, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
✨📷 and 🎥: Cha Nicolas, CreaTV