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Matingkad - Flamboyant, Bhen Alan
Matingkad - Flamboyant, Bhen Alan
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In the Tagalog language, matingkad is used when describing colors or light. Its English translation, flamboyant, usually describes a character of a person - a queer, performer, drag?
People have called me flamboyant due to the way I dress, my gestures, and how I approach my work. Because of this, I have experience discrimination and abuse towards my race and gender, as well as my citizenship status. Therefore I have learned to begin employing flamboyance to be opaque (matingkad na kulay).
With this experience, I had to adjust the opacity of my body as a way of survival …