Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Jesi Corcuera, kailan nagsimulang mag-transition? (Episode 441)

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Aired (October 8, 2024): Alamin ang kwento ng Starstruck alumnus at transman actor na si Jesi Corcuera kung paano niya napagdesisyunang mag-undergo ng transition.

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00:00October 5, our guest posted his pregnant self and covered by a rainbow flag, if I remember correctly.

00:17And then, there were various discussions, speculations, there were supporters, there were people asking questions, and there were many opinions.

00:27Now, we have him with us, Naytay Capuso. Please welcome, Jesse Corcuera.

00:35Thank you very much, Jesse. Welcome to the program. Thank you.

00:39And thank you very much for trusting us.

00:43Yes, Stephen Roy, of course.

00:44Okay. October 5, you posted, Jesse is pregnant.

00:49In your post, you said, this is probably the most difficult caption I will ever do in my life.

00:54One of the most difficult.

00:56The second line said, and maybe many of you will not understand how this happened.

01:04Let's talk about the difficulty for people to understand why you chose to be pregnant.

01:11Okay?

01:12When you were a kid, how did you identify yourself?

01:16Actually, I was curious at that time, during Starstruck days, because I was only 15 years old.

01:23So, I didn't really understand the letters in the LGBT community.

01:28Season 4 of Starstruck, you were with Jesse, Paolo Avellino, Chris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, and many more.

01:39Charisse, and many more. Okay, so, you were curious during that time.

01:44What I know is, I like women, not men.

01:49Okay, and you like to wear, you are more comfortable with men.

01:53And then, when did you identify yourself as a lesbian?

01:59During that time only.

02:02You already knew?

02:03Yes, I said, what I feel is different from what I feel from the women I know.

02:10Okay.

02:11So, it's different, it's far.

02:12So, then, you know, there's something, that you were a lesbian.

02:18When did that happen?

02:20Maybe when I was a teenager, before I finished my teenage years.

02:24Okay, and then, 2012.

02:28Yes, I researched that there's a transgender.

02:34So, that's when I connected myself.

02:38Because, not only that I'm not comfortable with wearing women's clothes,

02:42I also felt it when I was getting older, that I'm also not comfortable with physical...

02:51Yes.

02:52So, I was like, I don't like my breasts, like that.

02:57So, I researched that there's a transgender.

03:00So, that's when you started transitioning into a trans man.

03:05Yes.

03:06So, 2013, you removed your breasts.

03:11You said, in the post, it was not easy, five surgeries, eight years, until it was over.

03:18Because I think people were talking about the scars, right?

03:22And that you were proud of being one.

03:25Yes, that's Jesse.

03:27I was blessed because of my boobs, so it wasn't just one surgery.

03:33So, Jesse clearly decided to be, I mean, chose to be open about his being a trans man.

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