Geena Roceroand her rise to fameare anything but ordinary.
I just love the idea that the very first FilipinaGlamourWoman of the Yearis a trans woman, she said.
And as Aurora mentioned,Glamourhas always seen me.
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And being spiritually seen, as you fully are, has been a through line in my story."
She then shared who the true hero of her story really is: her mother.
Because still in the Philippines, trans people are not legally recognized.
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We are legally erased, she said.
My mother is the hero of my story.
My Catholic mother, a devout Catholic mother.
And as a years-long wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation crested, its publication couldn’t have been more necessary.
As for Roceros message totrans youth?
There is light in us and in our truth.
Its so powerful, and thats why they want to take it away from us, she said.
The light is on us, reflects the darker spirit in them.
Fortunately, Rocero is helping make that a possibility for countless other trans storytellers.
Or at least find liberation in that expression, she said.
I want them to heal.
