00:00At ito na nga ngayong Pride Month, ipapakilala natin ng isang power couple na nagbibigay inspirasyon sa maraming LGBTQIA plus individuals.
00:09Yon, tama! Sila ay isang married queer couple at content creators na kilala sa pagbabahagi ng kanilang real and raw journey bilang WLWO, Women Loving Women Partners.
00:23Mula sa kanilang travel adventures, heartfelt moments sa TikTok, hanggang sa kanilang advocacy for queer visibility, they are proof that love knows no boundaries.
00:35Kaya kilalani na natin ang singer-songwriter Nika Del Rosario and her partner Justine Peña.
00:42Good morning and welcome Sir Vice and Shine Filipinas, Nika and Jazz!
00:47Hi! Good morning po!
00:49Ang hawa naman ng Jazz!
00:50Good morning!
00:53Kwentuhan nyo naman kami kung paano kayo nagkakilala, kailan, at paano nagsimula ang love story ninyo?
01:01Parang sa school pa lang magkakilala na kami.
01:04Batchmates kami nung college pero hindi till mga five years after kami nag-graduate na nakita ulit kami sa isang wedding kung saan in-invite kami pareho para kumanta.
01:16Tapos doon na ulit nagsimula.
01:18May may partner kasi siya all throughout college. May boyfriend siya nung college.
01:25So magkakilala lang kami as parang nagka-high lang. Same course kasi kami and same batch.
01:32So ayun. Parang nag-reconnect lang nga kami five years after single na kami pareho.
01:38Wow! Ayun. Can you tell us about your wedding?
01:43Ayun. Kasi I understand parang there are options for a queer couple eh if they're planning to get married.
01:49So ano ba yung naging set-up ng inyong wedding?
01:51Ah, bale, yung pinaka-wedding namin sa Sydney. So doon kami nag-civil union tapos doon namin ginawa yung actual wedding.
02:04Pero yung symbolic holy union ginawa namin sa Pilipinas na para lang ma-share namin yung experience with our friends and family.
02:15So mas para siyang symbolic gathering and giving thanks.
02:19So yung queer couple sa Pilipinas, pwede silang ikasal sa countries kung saan legal lang ang same-sex marriage.
02:25Iba-iba lang yung mga requirements and restrictions per country. So kailangan lang i-research.
02:31Ayun. In your queer holy union dito sa Pilipinas, mayroon kayong mga non-traditional wedding thing na ginawa.
02:38At naku, nagbaro na pala ito sa TikTok. Kwentuhan nyo naman kami tungkol dito.
02:43Ah, bale, inisip namin bilang hindi rin naman kami yung traditional couple, ang ginawa na lang namin, sinakya na lang namin yun.
02:52So medyo comfort talaga forward. So naka-sneakers lang kami pareho.
03:05So nag-march sila sa aisle nang naka-gown. Kasi yung mom ko may business siya na gowns for pets.
03:13Tapos imbis na naka-all white lang kami, we decided to have colors in our gowns.
03:20Tapos these gowns were made by Michael Leiva. Sobrang ganda nila na full of color para to express our own personalities.
03:30Ayun. Ano ba yung nag-inspire sa inyo na gawing, you know, public yung inyong love story at gumawa ng content about it?
03:39Like when did you start posting your shared moments?
03:42Yung totoon, nahirapan talaga kami to sort of plan and navigate.
03:49Nung kami mismo yung nagahanap ng mga information, ayan yung tubigin namin.
03:54Nagahanap ng information about how to plan our queer wedding, medyo nakulangan kami sa information out there.
04:02So, inisip namin para dumali yung experience for other people. I-post namin yung mga how-tos namin para at least sila mag-aana naman and ma-enjoy nila yung process.
04:14So, lang namin makatulong sa other queer couples na gusto rin, ano, nangarap din makasal. Kasi, ayun nga, wala kaming naging masyadong resources nung pamayong maghahanap.
04:27So, naisip namin na parang okay na maging resource din kami for those couples.
04:34At ngayon, since we are celebrating Pride Month, ano yung mensahe nyo sa mga queer couple who also wants to get married? Tips sa ibang mga couples din?
04:43Siguro yung pinaka-tip namin, it's not as hard as it looks. Kasi marami nakuha kami mga messages sa social media namin na parang natatakot sila mag-start or they don't know where to begin or medyo na-overwhelm sila dun sa process.
05:01Pero, pag, marami naman ang resources now, like two, three years ago, and marami silang kasama sa, kasi parang merong feeling na parang ikaw lang yung gustong magpakasal.
05:18Kasi hindi pa siya masyadong normalized dito sa Pilipinas.
05:20Pero, there's a whole community here na willing tumulong and mag-assist and mag-cheer sa'yo and just, I don't know, it just involves a lot of research.
05:34Pero, sobrang doable siya and sobrang possible siya.
05:36Oo. So, kumbaga, when you put yourselves out there and you're willing to go for it, napakaraming tulong na mabibigay sa inyo and napakaraming information na mahahanap ninyo.
05:48Ah, ayun. Nako, maraming maraming salamat sa inyong oras muli nakasama natin sila Nica Del Rosario and Justin Peña. Thank you!
