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Former 'TNT' contestants hope to empower LGBT community with 'Say It Clear Say It Loud'

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Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171991458289820240702 rampa.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Former &quot;Tawag Ng Tanghalan&quot; contestants Anton Antenorcruz, John Mark Saga, and Raven Heyres with Boy Abunda. Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News. </div>MANILA — Former &quot;Tawag Ng Tanghalan&quot; contestants Anton Antenorcruz, John Mark Saga, and Raven Heyres hope to empower members of the LGBT community with their new extended play &quot;Say It Clear Say It Loud&quot; with Boy Abunda as its composer.The six-track EP &quot;Say It Clear, Say It Loud!&quot; was released last June 28, before Pride 2024 celebrations came to a close. It was produced by the veteran host in partnership with record label Star Music. Abunda wanted the EP to become his legacy for the LGBTQ+ community. <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/28/boy-abunda-uses-music-to-appeal-to-lawmakers-to-pass-sogie-bill-1732">Boy Abunda uses music to appeal to lawmakers to pass SOGIE bill</a></div>&quot;Ang baon ko lamang nung ginagawa namin ang mga awiting ito ay ang kwento ng LGBTQIA+ community. ...Mga tao kami, tao kayo, we are equals. ...Ito, bituka natin ito at kaluluwa natin ito, this is our story,&quot; Abunda said.Speaking to reporters, Antenorcruz shared how the EP helped him be proud to be a member of the LGBT community and hopes that with their songs, other would embrace their sexuality as well.&quot;Ngayon lang po ako nakapag-perform na nai-present ko &#x27;yung sarili ko nang walang inhibitions. Hindi ko iniisip kung ano &#x27;yung iniisip ng ibang tao, and finally masasabi ko na part ako ng LGBTQIA+ community,&quot; the singer said.&quot;I see it more as a responsibility kasi since first project ko po ito na LGBTQ-themed, hindi pa rin po ako sanay. Pero gusto kong ibigay &#x27;to sa sarili ko na tanggap ko kasi &#x27;yung sarili ko ngayon although &#x27;di pa rin po ako sanay kung paano ko ipe-present &#x27;yung sarili ko. Gusto kong maka-inspire ng mga tao na may takot pa rin and gusto ko silang isama sa journey ko sa (pamamagitan) ng mga kantang kasama sa project na &#x27;to,&quot; she added.Saga is honored to use their voice to touch other people&#x27;s lives towards acceptance to the LGBT community.&quot;I&#x27;m very, very honored kasi may shame in being part of this community and I took this chance to embrace the joy of being me, of being part of something very, very happy, and just to tell &#x27;yung stories, &#x27;yung truth ng people inside our community. Malaking honor na po &#x27;yun na maging vessel po ako sa pag-spread ng joy, ng love, and truth for who we are,&quot; they said.With the EP as her first project, Heyres is that she is a member of the trans community and there&#x27;s nothing wrong with embracing her chosen gender identity.&quot;Super proud po ako sa sarili ko na andito na po ako ngayon, na marami po akong nai-inspire, na hindi po dapat sila mahiya kung ano&#x27;ng gender ang gusto nila and andito lang po ako lang po kami para ipakita sa kanila na there&#x27;s nothing with being part of the community,&quot; she said.

Former 'Tawag Ng Tanghalan' contestants Anton Antenorcruz, John Mark Saga, and Raven Heyres hope to empower members of the LGBT community with their new extended play 'Say It Clear Say It Loud' with Boy Abunda as its composer.

Former 'Tawag Ng Tanghalan' contestants Anton Antenorcruz, John Mark Saga, and Raven Heyres hope to empower members of the LGBT community with their new extended play 'Say It Clear Say It Loud' with Boy Abunda as its composer.

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Former 'Tawag Ng Tanghalan' contestants hope to empower LGBT community with 'Say It Clear Say It Loud'

Josiah Eleazar Antonio,

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Published Jul 02, 2024 06:03 PM PHT

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