The Balut Kiki Project

This project contains mature and sensitive content. Listener discretion advised.

8 out of 100,000 Filipinos commit suicide each year.
Every 40 seconds, a person somewhere in the world successfully commits suicide.
Majority of them are aged 15-29 years old.

Despite the playful name, this podcast was borne out of severe depression and previous suicidal ideation. In what is perhaps our most personal episode yet, The Balut Kiki Project confronts the reality of living every day with a diagnosis of severe clinical depression and the thought of suicide looming constantly and persistently overhead.

It is high time we normalized conversations about mental health and removed the stigma.

It is about time we cared.

(If you are a Filipino living in the Philippines and you, or somebody you know, are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, try talking to somebody you trust or please go to the link:    DOH NCMH Crisis Hotline . It's okay to ask for help. )

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Thanks for listening and there's much more to listen to! Binge away!

Hey Bessie, send us a text message!

Aka "Confessions of an Ex-Sex Worker". Shempre, MATURE CONTENT WARNING, mga Bes!
Teacher Tim has a past he's not ashamed to talk about. After all, it's led him to and helped him with his current career as a proud sex educator. Listen as he talks candidly about his journey from being an Ateneo grade schooler to accidentally landing an escort job while working in retail to being an advocate for the LGBTQIA community in Toronto.
Exciting talaga ang kiki - from talking about his childhood dream to growing up in a conservative Filipino family eventually immigrating to Canada, to his not-so-accidental foray into (gasp!) escorting.
Anu-ano ang mga misconceptions natin sa trabaho ng isang sex worker? Saan siya kumukuha ng clients niya lalo na when he went solo? Anong klaseng serbisyo ang ino-offer niya sa mga parokyano niya? Kamusta ang kita sa ganitong trabaho? How did he protect himself while he was escorting? At ano ang nagbunsod sa kanya na mag-shift careers from sex worker to legitimate sex educator?
(Uyyy. Yung nagbabasa nito may balak yata mag- change careers! Aminin!)
Pakinggan natin ang bago nating Bessie na si Tim Lagman, host of his own podcast Sex Ed with Tim, habang kinukwento niya ang kanyang nakaraan sa pagbebenta ng aliw and his inspiring career-change story.
"I'm an open book with open legs!", sabi ni Teacher Tim.
Aber, makilatis nga!
Listen to Tim's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sex-ed-with-tim/

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The Balut Kiki Project is an international award-winning podcast being a winner at the Asia Podcast Festival Awards held in Singapore.
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*Our podcast does not offer professional medical, sexual, or mental health advice. Our show aims to express truths about our personal experiences in dealing with issues we discuss. If you are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, please go to these links: NCMH (PH) or Find a Helpline (worldwide).
It's okay to ask for help.

Pagpapatuloy lamang ito ng ating maharot na kikihan with drag super queens Miss Clea Torres and Miss Maria Christina!

Matapang nilang sasagutin ang mga nabiting issues from the previous episode like having sex in drag, the business of tucking and the inevitable 'accidents', at ang laban at pakikipagtagisan ng galing, ganda, at talento ng mga Pinoy drag artists versus the best of the rest of the world. Alamin natin: may laban nga ba ang mga reynang Pinoy versus the likes of Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change, Brenda del Rio, Violet Chachki, Aquaria, and so on? And kung nag-react ka agad-agad nung mabasa mo na mali yung name ni Bianca del Rio, very good ang reading comprehension mo, Bes! Pero kung kilala mo kung sino si Brenda del Rio, aba - bongga ang talas ng reflexes mo kahit may edad ka na huh!

Bukod sa pinapili din natin sila ng mga crushes nila na ibang drag queens, pinakwento natin sa kanila ang isang advocacy na malapit sa kanila mga puso: ang patataguyod ng mental wellness, dahil very active ang participation nila sa mental health ventures ng LoveYourselfPH. Mga woke queens nga silang tunay!

Must-listen ang 2-episode serving of artistic realness ng Project for aspiring drag artists and creative minds. Clear the runway, tuck your prejudices away, and prepare to wow-ed and, ehem, blown away!


Connect with our queens' social media accounts.
Maria Christina
Clea Torres
Spaces MNL
LoveYourselfPH

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If you enjoyed this project, please head on over to our website for more resources: www.balutkiki.com.

If you are listening to us on Apple iTunes, Podchaser, PodcastAddict, etc., please leave us a rating and a review. This helps us appear on searches much quicker and allows people to discover our podcast easier so we are able reach and empower more.

Better yet, please tell a friend about us, especially if that friend needs to relate to somebody going through a tough time, like sometimes we all do. Let them know they're not alone.

Send us an email ([email protected]) if you have any questions, want a shoutout, or have suggestions on how we can improve on the podcast. We love hearing from all of you - keep them coming!

If you want to support our show, please click on the BuyMeACoffee link below, and see how you can support us!

Please visit the BUNK Collective website to check out our fabulous podcast siblings!

Thanks for listening and there's much more to listen to! Binge away!

(If you are a Filipino living in the Philippines and you, or somebody you know, are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, try talking to somebody you trust or please go to the link:    https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline . It's okay to ask for help. )



 

Sabi nila, matitiis ng anak ang magulang pero hinding-hindi matitiis ng magulang ang anak. 

Pero 40% o 4 out of 10 teenagers sa United States ay pinalayas ng kanilang mga magulang nang mag-“come out” sila sa mga ito as "queer". Hindi biro ang buhay na pagdadaanan mo kung queer ka. Any queer person will tell you this. Kaya't dagdag kalbaryo sa mga Bessie kapag hindi ka pa tanggap ng mga magulang o ng pamilya mo. This is true whether you're gay, trans, lesbian, etc. You alone against the world ang background music forever? Yung inaasahan mong panggagalingan ng lakas mo, itinakwil ka pa na para kang may ketong.

Siksik sa drama talaga ang buhay ng mga queer! Aminin!

Our friend, Malen, married to a man who comes from a staunch Catholic family teeming with priests,  kikis about how she dealt with the news when her adult son confessed to her what she had suspected all along: that he was queer.

Malen offers fighting words of advice and a little bit of admonition to queers out there who might be wallowing in self-doubt and pity, and searching for acceptance, love, and belongingness. 

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?" (Isaiah 49:15)

Buma-Bible din kami pa-minsan-minsan, mga Bes! Kinakaya naman.

Sources:
1. “Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth who are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless.” The Williams Institute with True Colors Fund and The Palette Fun.
2. “Growing Up LGBT in America” Human Rights Campaign.


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If you enjoyed this project, please head on over to our website for more resources: www.balutkiki.com.

If you are listening to us on Apple iTunes, Podchaser, PodcastAddict, etc., please leave us a rating and a review. This helps us appear on searches much quicker and allows people to discover our podcast easier so we are able reach and empower more.

Better yet, please tell a friend about us, especially if that friend needs to relate to somebody going through a tough time, like sometimes we all do. Let them know they're not alone.

Send us an email ([email protected]) if you have any questions, want a shoutout, or have suggestions on how we can improve on the podcast. We love hearing from all of you - keep them coming!

If you want to support our show, please click on the BuyMeACoffee link below, and see how you can support us!

Please visit the BUNK Collective website to check out our fabulous podcast siblings!

Thanks for listening and there's much more to listen to! Binge away!

(If you are a Filipino living in the Philippines and you, or somebody you know, are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, try talking to somebody you trust or please go to the link:    https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline . It's okay to ask for help. )

Well, well, well! Look do we have here!

Vilma. Nora. Maricel. Sharon. Sino ang tunay na reyna ng pelikula?

Akalain mong nagkataon naman na ang apat na queers ng podcast ay pinagbuklod na tagahanga nila. Our answers have been prayered! Isang rabid Noranian. Isang avid Vilmanian. Isang true-blue Sharonian. At isang solid Maricel fanatic.

Kaya’t pasasaan pa ba na ang random friendly discussions about movies which would sometimes escalate into friendly debates ay mapupunta sa isang episode kung saan, once and for all, magtatapatan sila para sagutin ang mga hamon na: Who is the starriest stariray of  them all?
 Sino ang best actress? Who is the most versatile? Sino ang pinaka-mayaman? Who has the most fulfilled family life? Who will leave the most endearing and invaluable legacy in Philippine cinema? At sasagutin nila ang mga tanong na iyan within 60 seconds. Oh yes, time is of the elements sa project na ito!

 Magtatapatan ang apat na queers para ipagtanggol ang kani-kanilang reyna.
 Pero teka lang. Ang truth of the mother is, faney ang apat nating queers ng lahat ng reyna na yan – meaning, they are all certified admirers of the four queens. Pero for all intense and purposes of this project, they will take up arms in defense of their chosen idol and tell us bakit sila naging tagahanga ng napili nilang reyna. In short, they will bring down the house down!

 Bagama’t marubdob at taimtim ang pinaghuhugutan ng paghanga ng ating mga queers para sa ating mga queens, pawang katuwaan lamang po ito at huwag sana masyadong seryosohin. World peace!

 Because when all is said undone, it's mute and academic! Anna Dizon is Anna Dizon!


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First and for all, if you enjoyed this project, please head on over to our website for more resources: www.balutkiki.com.

If you are listening to us on Apple iTunes, Podchaser, PodcastAddict, etc., please leave us a rating and a review. We would appreciate a big hand of applause.

Better yet, please tell a friend about us, especially if that friend needs to relate to somebody going through a tough time, like sometimes we all do. Let's get the most of both worlds, why not?

Send us an email ([email protected]) if you have any questions, want a shoutout, or have suggestions if you have more brighter ideas than us.

If you want to support our show, please click on the BuyMeACoffee link below, and see how we can have our cake and bake it too.

Please visit the BUNK Collective website to check out our fabulous podcast siblings!

That's what we're talking about it! Thanks for listening! Binge away!

(If you are a Filipino living in the Philippines and you, or somebody you know, are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, try talking to somebody you trust or please go to the link:    https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline . It's okay to ask for help. )