Pioneer FTM

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Pioneer Filipino Transgender men Movement
Est. July 11, 2011
a Filipino Transgender men organization

PFTM is an organization providing information and caring support to Filipino Transgender Men since 2011.

21/10/2026

The right words can make all the difference. 🩷🩵🤍

This International Pronouns Day, let’s keep learning and respecting the pronouns people use. Ask instead of assuming and make the effort to get it right. 🏳️‍⚧️

16/10/2026

📣 CALL FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETERS!

Pioneer FTM is looking for French and Spanish interpreters to support an upcoming 3-day activity.

Interested applicants are invited to submit the following requirements:
📄 Curriculum Vitae
✉️ Letter of Intent addressed to the Executive Director, Rocky Rinabor
🏷️ Quotation for the interpretation services

📩 For applications and inquiries, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line: Application_French/Spanish_Last Name.

11/10/2026

This National Coming Out Day is a reminder that you deserve to be accepted for who you are, on your own terms and in your own time. Whenever that time comes, know that there will always be a community ready to welcome you with open arms. 🏳️‍🌈

Ready when you are. We’ll be here. 🩵🩷🤍

24/09/2026

Pioneer FTM welcomes the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHEd) openness to issuing a policy that recognizes the lived names of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse students in higher education institutions. 🏳️‍⚧️

For trans and non-binary students, a lived name represents their identity. Yet, current institutional practices force many to navigate campus life under their deadnames: the birth names they no longer use. Deadnaming is an act that actively refuses a person their identity and basic human dignity and reducing them to a name that no longer represents who they are. Recognizing someone’s lived name costs an institution nothing because it just simply recognizes a student for who they truly are. This deadnaming is especially damaging during major milestones, like graduation, where students are publicly deadnamed in front of their peers, families, and communities. No student should be forced to compromise their dignity to celebrate their hard-earned academic achievements.

CHEd’s acknowledgment that there are no legal barriers to recognizing lived names in non-official contexts is a vital first step toward safer, more inclusive campuses. However, statements alone do not protect students.

We urge CHEd to translate this openness into an official, binding policy that ensures higher education institutions across the country respect and recognize students' lived names.

Beyond administrative campus policies, Pioneer FTM remains committed to pushing for the passage of the Lived Identities Recognition Act (LIRA). True equality requires full legal gender recognition that allows trans Filipinos to align their official documents and IDs with who they truly are. Recognizing lived names in schools is an essential step, and our fight continues until every trans Filipino is fully recognized and affirmed by law.

02/09/2026

📩 You’ve got mail!

We’ve got a new official email! For inquiries, partnership requests, and other messages, you can now reach Pioneer FTM through [email protected].

Our staff will also be moving to their new official email addresses, so keep an eye out for their announcements and messages soon! 👀📬

17/08/2026

ICYMI 👀 May tanong ka ba tungkol sa CHR Gender Ombud?

Ano nga ba ang saklaw ng kanilang trabaho, at ano ang maaari nilang gawin kapag nakaranas tayo ng discrimination?

Sa episode na ito, kasama natin si Atty. Twyla Rubin para pag-usapan ang role ng CHR Gender Ombud, the redress mechanisms available to us, at kung paano tayo maaaring humingi ng legal assistance and advice when we need it.

🎧 Missed the episode? Catch up now! Baka ito na ang sign para pakinggan mo. 👀
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2099459293984775

15/08/2026

CHR Gender Ombud 101! 👀

Ano nga ba ang ginagawa ng CHR Gender Ombud, at paano sila makatutulong sa atin? Sa episode na ito, mas kikilalanin natin ang kanilang role sa pagsusulong ng karapatan ng kababaihan at ng people with diverse SOGIESC, pati na rin ang mga redress mechanisms na maaari nating gamitin kapag kailangan natin ng suporta.

Alamin kung paano natin sila maaaring lapitan, at kung paano rin sila maaaring maging bahagi ng ating advocacy work at everyday lives. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Maraming salamat kay Atty. Twyla Rubin ng Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines sa pagsama sa amin para sa mahalagang usapan na ito! 🩵🩷🤍

Pakinggan na ang full episode! 🎧

13/08/2026

Pioneer FTM Statement on House Resolution No. 1369

Transgender communities remain among those most vulnerable to discrimination and violence. What begins as online hate, ridicule, and dehumanization does not always stay online. When trans people are repeatedly portrayed as threats, targets, or less deserving of dignity, these narratives can create an environment where real-world violence becomes easier to justify and where lives can be lost.

The filing of House Resolution No. 1369 is an important step toward confronting the violence faced by transgender people in the Philippines. We stand with our communities and our fellow organizations in calling for effective prevention strategies, urgent responses, and stronger mechanisms for justice and accountability.

But legislation alone cannot end this violence.

This is a moment for allies to stand with us. Speak up when you see transphobia online. Challenge narratives that dehumanize our communities. Listen to transgender people. Support efforts that protect our rights and dignity. And make it clear that violence against trans people will never be tolerated. We are one in this fight because every trans life lost is a failure of protection and we will not accept another.

11/08/2026

A little recap of what the past two months have looked like for us 👀

Lots of meetings, conversations, learning, collaborations, and showing up for our community. From creating spaces where trans identities are affirmed, to pushing for more inclusive policies and systems, we’ve been busy doing the work. ✊

None of this happens alone, though. 🫶 Huge thank you to everyone who opened their spaces to us, sat with us in conversation, shared their experiences, collaborated with us, and trusted Pioneer FTM to be part of this work.

Every conversation brings us one step closer to a world where trans and gender-diverse people can live with dignity, safety, and equal rights. 🏳️‍⚧️🔥 More community work, more collaborations, more collective action in the months ahead. Tuloy-tuloy ang laban. 💙

23/07/2026

Hello trans brothers!

Naghahanap ang isang kaibigan ng 18 years old and above na trans men na interested mag-contribute o co-produce ng research na may titulong “Decolonizing Love: Filipino Trans Men Narratives of Embodied Deviance.”

The project’s purpose is to explore the lived romantic experiences of Filipino trans men and to illuminate how their love is created, nurtured, and evolved. The primary aim is to elucidate how Filipino trans men find, build, and sustain romantic relationships. Understanding these intimate subjectivities will give us clarity on how love can be a form of protest; furthermore, through the integration of conversations and art workshops, we will co-create a culturally grounded understanding of trans love.

Ang research na ito ay pinangungunahan ng Nord University at ni Ms. Patricia Aida Linao, isang PhD student sa nasabing unibersidad.

Ano ang mga aktibidad kung ikaw ay mag-participate?

1. Magkakaroon ng initial meeting with co-producers (mga kasamang participants) para magkakila-kilala, kasama si Ms. Linao (ang researcher).
2. Ang proseso ay pinagsamang semi-structured na interview at art workshop. Ang workshop ay mangyayari sa loob ng kalahating araw, samantalang ang mga interview ay gaganapin bago o matapos ang workshop. Ang mga ito ay gaganapin sa loob ng Metro Manila.
3. Ang mga interview ay ire-record sa isang device na hindi kailangang konektado sa internet habang isinasagawa ang mga ito. Samantala, ang workshop naman ay maaaring i-video-record, lalo na kapag ang mga participants ay tatanungin kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng kanilang artwork o mga drawing.

Ito ay boluntaryo at kailangang may consent mo. Kapag nag-participate, may karapatan kang:

1. Maka-access sa personal data mo;
2. Maaari mo rin hilingin na burahin ang iyong datos o mag withdraw sa iyong participation;
3. Puwedeng itama kung mayroong mali sa datos na nakolekta mula sa iyo;
4. Maaari kang makatanggap ng kopya ng iyong datos; at
5. Maaaring mag-file ng reklamo sa Data Protection Officer or The Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research patungkol sa pagproseso ng iyong datos kung mayroong problema sa proseso o sa proseso ng data collection.

We’re looking for ten (10) trans brothers! To confirm your participation, please private message our Executive Director, Rocky Rinabor, or directly communicate with Ms. Pia Linao through email at [email protected], Instagram at , or Facebook at Pia Linao.

We look forward to hearing from you! Maraming salamat!

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