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PBB: Raf Juane opens up about coming out as a transgender woman

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Pinoy Big Brother" s="" Twitter="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/01/09/01092022-raf-juane-opens-transgender.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo from Pinoy Big Brother&#x27;s Twitter account.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Beauty vlogger Raf Juane told her coming out story as a transgender woman in the Sunday episode of &quot;Pinoy Big Brother Kumunity Season 10&quot;.Juane said that her fellow housemate and brother Nathan was the first person she told about this, and she was happy that he accepted her. &quot;Actually noon gusto ko nang umamin sa parents ko, noon gusto ko nang mag-come out as a transgender woman, siya ‘yung una kong sinabihan,&quot; Raf told Big Brother in the confession room. &quot;I got to be open to him, and happily, he’s also very open-minded and open-hearted,&quot; she added.Raf said that she was glad that her brother fully accepted her.&quot;I got to explain to him that I am not a boy, I do not crossdress. I am a woman. And he was able to accept and not just tolerate me,&quot; she said.Nathan, meanwhile, shared that he saw how Raf was bullied by people because of her identity and he knows that his sister does not deserve that. &quot;I’ve always been a big brother of Raf. I always see to it that I will not leave my sister behind,&quot; he said.He explained Raf&#x27;s identity was never an issue in their relationship as siblings, and that what was important was that they were family. &quot;What my father would always tell us is, what’s the priority is love, the greatest commandment there is love,” Nathan said.&quot;If you just show love sa lahat ng aspeto ng buhay, everything will be solved.&quot; PBB airs new episodes daily and can be accessed via the Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, iWantTFC, and TFC, with 24/7 livestreaming via Kumu.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/30/20/sogie-bill-still-in-senate-limbo-hontiveros">SOGIE bill still in Senate limbo: Hontiveros</a></li></ul>

Beauty vlogger Raf Juane told her coming out story as a transgender woman in the Sunday episode of 'Pinoy Big Brother Kumunity Season 10'.

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PBB: Raf Juane opens up about coming out as a transgender woman

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 09, 2022 08:51 PM PHT

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