MAKATI CITY, Philippines—The Miss Asia Pacific International pageant promotes “beauty in diversity,” and its reigning queen Chaiyenne Huisman joins the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, etc.) community in celebrating “Pride Month” this June.
“I think Pride Month is aptly named. For people who have been forced to hide their identities, they should take pride in embracing their freedom of expressing their true selves,” Huisman told the Inquirer in an online interview.
For the Dutch-Spanish polyglot, taking part in the global celebration “goes a long way in showing the LGBTQIA+ community that we welcome them to…
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