Tagged: Filipina

22 Jun

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Globalists get primed for Pride Weekend with Aleksa Manila

by · June 22, 2012 · 0 Comments

Filipina queen Aleksa Manila (photo by Adam Bouska).

You can tell it’s Pride Month when all the storefronts on Capitol Hill put out their rainbow flags and your newsfeed fills up with invites to parades and dance parties. With Marriage Equality on the ballot and the first ever Pride ASIA event in the International District, it’s like everyone is feeling us queers. But [...]

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09 Mar

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Why I Organize: Filipina migrants in Seattle fight for rights in Northwest and back home.

by · March 9, 2012 · 4 Comments

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For decades, people have been the Philippines’ largest export. Women make up 70% of the more than 4,000 nationals who leave the country each day. Most of them come to the US, but there are Filipinas all over the world. Both in the US and abroad, they often find themselves in jobs where they’re vulnerable to violence [...]

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