00:00SUPER BUNCH!
00:02MAG-IGAY!
00:06Genta lang, genta lang.
00:08Isa pa!
00:09MAG-IGAY!
00:13Ako po si Aaron Maniego,
00:16male number 69,
00:18representing Kain Takrizal.
00:20Ah, 28 years old ako.
00:21I stand for making
00:24health inclusive.
00:26Oh, seryoso na tayo?
00:28I stand for
00:29being health inclusive.
00:30Because I represent the people who have
00:32been told that they have to act a certain
00:34type of way in order to be accepted.
00:37To be masculine.
00:39Or to be feminine.
00:40But I'm here to tell you right now, you don't have to do that.
00:43Because I, with my
00:45story, someone who grew up
00:47being bullied for being too
00:48fat, too feminine.
00:51I'm here to represent you guys.
00:53As you can see,
00:54I lost a lot of weight.
00:56And it left me with excess skin,
00:59stretch marks,
01:00and metanoia.
01:02Metanoia!
01:06Today,
01:07today,
01:09this body of mind reminds me
01:11that,
01:12wellness isn't about being perfect.
01:15It's about looking at yourself in the mirror
01:17every single day,
01:18and accepting who you are,
01:21regardless of your imperfections.
01:23And that is why I'm in English with
01:24preventive Iran.
01:25Because it's not good.
01:28Let's do it.
01:30Let's do it.
01:33Having mentioned
01:34previously that you were
01:37overweight, and
01:38mentioning weight, I want to ask you
01:41if there is any other weight in your life
01:43that you have let go of
01:45and never look back on.
01:47Wow!
01:48Thank you for the wonderful question.
01:50I think it's the weight of what society expects from me.
01:55They expect me, as an auditrator,
01:57I am happy all the time.
01:58I'm not.
01:59I expect it from a gay man
02:01that I have to act a certain type of way.
02:03I don't.
02:05And this weight has burdened me
02:07for decades and decades,
02:08because this is what society has taught me
02:10is right.
02:12But it's through
02:14it's through talking to myself,
02:16my inner child,
02:17that I'm able to figure out
02:21that I'm able to figure out
02:23who I really am,
02:24and what I really want to do.
02:25And this is why
02:28yeah, I'm lighter now.
02:30Both physically and
02:32metaphorically.
02:33Well, that's the end.
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