Verde Creatives, under the leadership of Managing Director and veteran LGBTQIA+ advocate Ms. Bemz Benedito, is proud to announce the upcoming forum and film showing,"BABAE KAMI: Lakas, Laban, at Likha-A TalkBack featuring Filipina Trans Women Stories." The event will take place on March 26, 2026 (Thursday), from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Dark Roast Coffee House, G/F TKC Square Bldg., Maginhawa, Quezon City.
This initiative is a centerpiece of the 2026 National Women's Month celebration which carries the sub-theme "Lead like the Babaylans, Filipinas!". By centering the narratives of transpinays (Filipina trans women), the forum seeks to reclaim the ancestral role of the Babaylan-the pre-colonial spiritual and community leaders whose authority was defined by wisdom, empathy, and social mediation.
