‘7 billion people in the world, and all you need is one’
Minsan, ayos lang magpaalamTinignan ni Seulgi ang Yangtze river, huminga ng malalim, at naglakad patungo sa eskuwelahan kung saan niya ipapakita at ipapaliwanag ang mga dibuho niya about women loving women sa mga bata.
Patapos na ang first month niya dito. She has five more months to go sa LGBTQI rights awareness campaign, which she applied for at the very last minute.
She never thought she'll get in, but here she is. Away from Taiwan, where Jennie is, definitely not in Manila, which she left with Joohyun's last words still ringing in her ears - "Pinipili Kita."
She needed time to be by herself. Umiiyak pa rin siya gabi-gabi kapag nakikita niya yung engagement ring na iniwan sa kanya ni Jennie.
When she went back to her place, wala na si Jennie. Iniwan lang nito yung ring sa table by her bedside with a note: "This still belongs to you. I still belong to you. If you'd want me to."
They would have been engaged. She would have said yes to her. But the lies created a wedge between them.
Kaya tamang timing yung pagkatanggap sa application niya. Dahil dito, sa Jiangsu, at least for now, ang araw-araw na tumatambad sa kanya ay mga mukha ng mga bata na puno ng wonder at openness.
The strategy of the campaign is to educate kids about why LGBTQI people are just the same as everyone, like all of us. Pareho ninyo, may pangarap kami, may talento, may anxieties, nagmamahal, nabibigo, sumusubok.
Kung bata pa lang sila ay matututunan na nila ang
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