Our September 2024 cover story: We got in touch with some of the Ates behind Total Girl, K-Zone, and Candy — magazines that shaped us during the most formative years of our lives. 📓

📰 Read in today’s issue of The Philippine STAR and online:
Rezonate, a Filipino-owned and led motion design studio dedicated this 30-second animation as a love letter to LGBTQIA+ representation in animation––featuring queer characters throughout animated media 🏳️🌈
Check out rezonate.ig on Instagram for the full video!
#animationph
PABLO: THE AUTEUR 🌖
For the
#SB19
leader and ‘Determinado’ singer, art has always been a group project.
📰 Meet Pablo (
@imszmc
), our April cover star, in today’s issue of The Philippine STAR and online:
JOSH CULLEN: THE GAME-CHANGER 👾
The
#SB19
member and ‘Wild Tonight’ singer is dreaming big, and he hopes to take the entire OPM scene with him.
📰 Get to know
@JoshCullen_s
, our April cover star, in today’s issue of The Philippine STAR and online:
What is the
#SOGIEEqualityBill
really about? Who is it for? Take a minute to inform yourself and learn why it is important. 👇
Full story here:
(🎨:
@mintelliart
)
YS Spotlight: “I mostly only saw harana, courtship, even Filipinianas and barongs in cis-hetero romantic situations and I just really really wanted to see a w/w version, a version that maybe a fellow Filipino sapphic like me can feel a lot more connected to.” —
@pandesaii
#artph
Democracy is something you fight for every day.
In today's issue, we sat down with sisters
@aikarobredo
,
@jpgrobredo
, and
@jillrobredo
to talk about last year's campaign season, sisterhood, hope, and where we go from here.
✍️:
@bykynesharobles
The future is Filipino: For The Philippine STAR’s 32nd anniversary, we asked our faves about their hopes and dreams for this generation and the country. Grab a copy of The
@PhilippineStar
today!
#PhilSTAR32
“For me, I want to be here for the long run. The whole eight years, I just waited for my turn and believed in myself. ‘Yun lang gagawin ko, itutuloy ko lang.” —
@marcogumabao
Meet 10 Filipino transgender people hoping to humanize superficial and often violent images of transhood. 🏳️⚧️

📰 Read our June 2024 cover story in today’s issue of The Philippine STAR and online:
YS Spotlight: in his art,
@masigabo
allows the LGBTQIA+ community to express their love openly.
“People who see my art share how they hope it could also happen to them and I think that’s the beauty of creating queer art: finding out that you are not so alone.”
#artph
LF: art + writing interns 🚌🔎🤩
we’re on the lookout for young creatives eager to be part of The Philippine STAR’s youth publication. ⭐️ interns will work with Young STAR’s editor to create cool & relevant content for social media. 💻🤓
see u in our inbox 👁👁
The industry of Frankie Pangilinan.
@kakiep83
is a singer and a writer, and she’s not afraid to speak her mind. Out today in The Philippine STAR and on .
(📸: Koji Arboleda)
Looking for girlhood outside capitalism 🔎
We spoke with four women about the rise of the girl and the ways we can (re)construct our girlhood.
📰 Read the March 2024 cover in today’s issue of The Philippine Star. Read online here:
“As a queer person, I was not able to see a lot of representation growing up, so now I want to make up for it by creating art that resonates with me and other queer people. By creating art that feels familiar, it can help them feel less alone.” -
@jessmontz
#artph
.
@uniquetsalonga
makes his mark. We sit down with local music’s new Boy Wonder to talk about the weird relationship between his art and his fame.
Young STAR comes out Fridays in the Philippine STAR, grab a copy today! (📷:
@kitkatpajaro
)
So good you’ll go Super Saiyan, and looks better than it does in anime 😍
#McDoFlavorsOfJapan
drops tomorrow nationwide! They’re only here for a limited time, so get ‘em while they’re still hot 🎌🌸