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“May kaniya-kaniya naman tayong opinyon, may kaniya-kaniya tayong pinaglalaban so ganon din yung LGBTQ may mga pinaglalaban din kami, and yung mga basher may pinaglalaban din pero ang gusto lang talaga namin is pantay na pagtrato, equality,” as stated by Cortezano. Other than that, as said by a fellow Grade 10 student, Lance Anthony Gonzales “Haters gonna hate.” Pride is for everyone. And being who you are and what you are makes you beautiful and powerful. People deserve to be loved equally without being ashamed. Your gender is who you are. Turn your shameness into just ashes.

But deep inside, I knew I still wasn’t one to judge or say something. They didn’t put themselves in the position to be judged.

However, sweat, a top– and perhaps bare skin, were the traces they left in that bathroom. Sweat, a top, and perhaps bare skin. Sweat and a top. A top.

The school’s uniforms vary among the students’ departments and schedules. The senior high school girls own a vest. The junior high school girls own a tie.

There was no vest found in that cubicle.

He didn’t go to school the morning after everything had burned. That confirmed that the rumors were true. He didn’t deny them any longer the following days.

They said don’t spread with your mouth, what your eyes didn’t see–but just as the tongue weighs practically nothing, only a few can hold it.

The school found out the girl was just in 9th grade.

I always stuck to my principle that if it wasn’t my story to tell, I shouldn’t open my mouth to tell it to another– that if I didn’t see it, I shouldn’t believe it– that if I heard it from someone else, I shouldn’t mind it.

But for the love of God— she was just 14.

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