History has been made

Cebu Pacific has hired its first transwomen flight attendants in the airline’s history. This is according to Mikee Vitug and Jess Labares, who both shared the milestone on their social media accounts during Trans Awareness Week.

Mikee Vitug, who’s also a licensed pharmacist, described her hesitance to apply in the first place, especially considering PH society’s conservative view.

She eventually gave in with enough prodding from her partner, who advised her to ‘stop resisting because there’s no harm in trying’ – and the rest was history.

‘I hope it will spark a change sa kung paano ang pagtingin ng mga tao sa mga transwoman na hindi kami i-box or i-stereotype kasi tao din naman kami’, writes Vitug, adding that she’s honored and humbled with the nod.

To those people who are afraid of going out of their comfort zone, to those people who want to make a change but keep on holding themselves back because of prejudice, judgement, and discrimination, just listen to your heart and make it happen because nothing is impossible.’

Do not be afraid to fail, be fraid of not trying.Take a leap of faith, you never know what is waiting for you on the… Posted by Mikee Vitug on Monday, November 18, 2019

Beauty queen Jess Labares shares the same sentiments regarding the nod’s role in furthering the acceptance of the LGBTQ community.

‘This means that we are now slowly accepting and respecting individuality, uniqueness, and expression.’

‘I hope this will be an inspiration not just to the LGBTQ community but to everyone who dreams and has goals in life to never give up on something you really want.’

‘Perseverance, positivity, determination and loving what you are doing are some of the perfect formula to achieve your goal and will definitely lead you the way to success and happiness.’

Fifty seven days..57 days of hardship, tears, laughters and sacrifice.Becoming a cabin crew was never a childhood… Posted by Jess Labares on Monday, November 18, 2019

Make us proud, girls