Bonus Episode: Interview with Thysz Estrada

<p>Earlier this year, when I was preparing for Jennifer Laude&apos;s episode I stumbled upon a YouTube video about Filipino politics and in that video was Thysz Estrada. She spoke her mind so brilliantly and eloquently that I felt like I needed to interview her to get her thoughts on Jennifer&apos;s case. I felt like it was important to have that input from someone in the trans community to really bring the point home about how important this case was and still is.<br/><br/>The interview took place months ago despite the Jennifer Laude case being released only recently. I have been preparing for the episode for some time now and part of prepping for the episode was interviewing Thysz.<br/><br/>In this interview, we cover a LOT. We cover the Laude case itself,  how Thysz felt when the case hit the headlines, what changed for her during this time; we talked about politics, the SOGIE Bill, religion and morals; and we talked about the things that need to be addressed in order to lift up the trans community in the Philippines.<br/><br/>If you want to follow Thysz on social media, find her @thyszest on Instagram, @thysz on Twitter (her moniker there is Panlasang Pinay);<br/><br/>Her advertising agency is called The Happy Three Friends and can be found on Instagram @thtfphilippines.<br/><br/>Thysz is an ambassador for PANTAY or Philippines Anti-Discrimination Alliance of Youth Leaders. You can check them out on Twitter @PANTAYPilipinas or here on Facebook: <a href='https://t.co/dgbA85faTG?amp=1'>facebook.com/PANTAYPilipinas</a> <br/><br/>We also mentioned Meredith Talusan in this interview. You can visit her website here : http://mtalusan.com/ <br/><br/>We mentioned Thysz&apos;s friend, Mela Habijan who you can follow on Instagram @missmelahabijan.<br/><br/>Thysz mentioned the LADLAD Partylist that was initially banned to even exist as a political party. Please check them out and see if you have a local candidate from the party: http://ladladpartylist.blogspot.com/  OR www.facebook.com/LadladPartyListOfficial/<br/><br/>