Bonus Episode: Interview with Thysz Estrada

Earlier this year, when I was preparing for Jennifer Laude's episode I stumbled upon a YouTube video about Filipino politics and in that video was Thysz Estrada. She spoke her mind so brilliantly and eloquently that I felt like I needed to interview her to get her thoughts on Jennifer's case. I felt like it was important to have that input from someone in the trans community to really bring the point home about how important this case was and still is.The interview took place months ago despite the Jennifer Laude case being released only recently. I have been preparing for the episode for some time now and part of prepping for the episode was interviewing Thysz.In this interview, we cover a LOT. We cover the Laude case itself, how Thysz felt when the case hit the headlines, what changed for her during this time; we talked about politics, the SOGIE Bill, religion and morals; and we talked about the things that need to be addressed in order to lift up the trans community in the Philippines.If you want to follow Thysz on social media, find her @thyszest on Instagram, @thysz on Twitter (her moniker there is Panlasang Pinay);Her advertising agency is called The Happy Three Friends and can be found on Instagram @thtfphilippines.Thysz is an ambassador for PANTAY or Philippines Anti-Discrimination Alliance of Youth Leaders. You can check them out on Twitter @PANTAYPilipinas or here on Facebook: facebook.com/PANTAYPilipinas We also mentioned Meredith Talusan in this interview. You can visit her website here : http://mtalusan.com/ We mentioned Thysz's friend, Mela Habijan who you can follow on Instagram @missmelahabijan.Thysz mentioned the LADLAD Partylist that was initially banned to even exist as a political party. Please check them out and see if you have a local candidate from the party: http://ladladpartylist.blogspot.com/ OR www.facebook.com/LadladPartyListOfficial/At the time of recording the interview, we did not anticipate that another leader within the trans community would be coming forward this coming election. Naomi Fontanos, who was also featured in the documentary Call Her Ganda, is currently running under the LGBTQ PLUS Partylist. You can follow Naomi on Twitter @NaomiFontanos and you can follow her party @LgbtqPartylist.If I have missed anything or anyone, please drop me a comment or DM and I will amend the show notes as needed.Thank you for listening!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/lagimpodcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lagim-a-filipino-true-crime--5701073/support.