Filipino Man Wins Best Supporting Actress Award at MMFF

We truly live in special times. All over the world, especially in the West, men are transforming into women and taking over women's spaces in fashion, sports, and film. Now in the Philippines a man has invaded a woman's space by winning the best supporting actress award at the inaugural summer edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival. 

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/494579/kaladkaren-makes-history-as-first-transwoman-to-win-mmff-best-supporting-actress-award

Celebrity impersonator KaladKaren was named best supporting actress at the first-ever Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), making her the first transgender woman to be nominated and to win the acting honor.

KaladKaren, born Jervi Li, was not able to hold her tears back as she accepted the award for her performance in “Here Comes the Groom,” as seen in a clip from the Gabi ng Parangal which she shared on her Instagram page.

“Itong parangal na ito ay hindi lamang recognition ng aking trabaho kundi pati na rin po ng aking pagkatao,” she said during her speech. (This award is not just a recognition of my work but also of my identity.)

“When I entered show business, I never thought na makakakuha po ako ng award kasi (that I would receive an award because) as transgender woman, I thought I will never be enough,” she continued.

KaladKaren dedicated her win to her fellow transgender people, drag artists and members of the LGBTQIA+ community “whose lives and existence are being threatened in the world right now,” reminding them that they are “more than enough.”

She then thanked the Summer MMFF board of jurors, headed by actress Dolly de Leon as chairman, for the recognition which she said is a testament to the “diversity, inclusion and equity in Philippine cinema.” She also credited her co-stars and the production team in the film, as well as its director Chris Martinez for being a huge part of her win.

“Thank you rin po sa mga role models ko sa (to my role models in the) industry—ma’am Karen Davila, if not because of your support I don’t think KaladKaren would fly,” she stated. “And to meme Vice Ganda, thank you for opening so many doors for us so we can enter. You’re one of the reasons why I’m here tonight.”

(To the LGBTQIA+ kids, do not be afraid to be yourselves and to dream because one day, who knows, you would also be the one standing here. And I hope we also remember the message of our film: What’s important is not your appearance or your gender, but your heart and soul.)

He is not the first Filipino man to win a best actress award. That dishonor goes to Iyah Mina who won best actress in 2018. 

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2018/10/21/cinema-one-originals-festival-awards-night-iyah-mina-best-actress.html

So, what is this film about? 

“Here Comes The Groom” is a body-swapping story that features a gay beauty pageant, conservative Christians seeing the error of their ways, and multiple trans characters played by actual trans actors. In it, KaledKaren’s character is being taken care of by Mina’s character—now echoing real life. It makes the win even more significant as a queer win.

https://preen.ph/132864/kaladkaren-dedicates-acting-win-threatened-queer-lives

Ah yes. It's a preachy film about how Christianity is actually wrong. Or it's a preachy movie that to be a real Christian means one has to accept sodomy as normal, natural, and healthy despite it being none of those things. How about a movie where a "transperson" learns the error of his ways after having his weiner lopped off and inverted to form a fake vagina? And don't get me started on the horrors of "transmen" and how they hack off their breasts and use skin from the forearm to construct a monstrous "penis. 

And to think this kind of garbage is happening in the only Christian nation in Asia. I'm not sure the Philippines has ever truly been a Christian nation despite adopting the trappings of Roman Catholicism. But that is an article for another day.