Getting tied up and suspended in rope bondage might not be the idea of freedom for some, but this is exactly what Shibari.PH members found in their kinky community.

These queens don’t just werk—they work. Dealing with spreadsheets and paperwork in the morning, and lip-syncs and glamour at night, they are the queens that are redefining the hustle work culture, one fierce wig at a time.

This isn’t a coming-out story. it’s an anatomy of contradiction—of how queerness here is both a spectacle and a sin, both currency and curse.

Is Pride a celebration or a protest? We ask marchers themselves to weigh in.