Eversince
Angie came out or was accidentally “outed” by Instagram, she has been a
darling. She comes from a well-off family and has a collection of cars
motorheads envy. For me she embodies what “transition” is all about. It’s the
physical transitioning from male to female. Her transition did not change her
passion for cars, a manly world. Her transition has not changed her love for
her wife, Joey. She still lives the life most could only dream of.
According
to her, transitioning was not easy. Still not easy. It was not easy for her
friends and family either. It was maybe more difficult for her wife. During the
TV special, she says that while she considers herself now part of the LGBT
community, she humbly claims she still has a lot to learn about what being LGBT
is. That made me admire her more. Her male friends from way back may have had a
difficult time but I’m glad they still saw their friend in Angie.
Her
story is not the stereotypical trans woman portrayed in the screen as a
“byukonera”. She did not have to leave home after coming out and had to sleep
on the hard ground because her family disowned her. I was wondering if her
different experience endeared me to her. She talks softly and without the
arrogance of an heir to the family’s businesses. She is honest with what she
feels and what she knows. Then of course my cynicism kicks in and tells me,
what if all these were just for show? I don’t know but somehow it’s too much to
be consistent with the lies if it were. I just wish Angie and Joey happiness
and love.
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