Local celebrities react positively to Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out

Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div><a href='While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.' temp_href='While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.'><img src='' alt='060415-caitlyn_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.</a> </div><div><br/></div><div>Several celebrities welcomed Caitlyn through their respective social media accounts. Among them were <i>Your Face Sounds Familiar </i>performer Maxene Magalona, international star Lea Salonga, and host Bianca Gonzalez</div><div>.</div><div><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>Woke up to Caitlyn Jenner! She's beautiful, ah.</p>— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href='https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/605538437190385664'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>BB Gandanghari did the same rebirth in 2006. So happy for the empowering LGBT community. ??</p>— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href='https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/605539148238188545'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>Welcome to the world, <a href='https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner'>@Caitlyn_Jenner</a>!!! <a href='https://t.co/f7Zt8Pc2QE'>https://t.co/f7Zt8Pc2QE</a></p>— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href='https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/605573971933683712'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://instagram.com/p/3ZMCFMkXrk/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='780' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div>Even online personalities, Carlos Celdran, Gang Capati, and YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos were happy that the former Olympian and stepfather of Kim Kardashian-West is now “free.”</div><div><br/></div><div><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'><a href='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Caitlyn?src=hash'>#Caitlyn</a> is now my favourite Kardashian. Not that I had a favourite one.</p>— carlosceldran (@carlosceldran) <a href='https://twitter.com/carlosceldran/status/605549411683332097'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>I wonder how Bruce chose 'Caitlyn.' There is a power in naming one's self! If you were to give yourself a new name, what would it be? ??</p>— Gang Capati (@gangbadoy) <a href='https://twitter.com/gangbadoy/status/605561272701063168'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>The movie TransAmerica changed my view on transgender people and I'm reminded of that movie with Caitlyn Jenner's story. More power to her!</p>— Mikey Bustos (@MikeyBustos) <a href='https://twitter.com/MikeyBustos/status/605602561270292481'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div>While she’s happy over Caitlyn’s birth, thespian Liza Diño slammed a certain article as to how it insinuated that coming out had to come with “terms and conditions.”</div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://instagram.com/p/3bauSTE-85/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='1273' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div>Doctor-to-the-stars Vicki Belo on the other hand, looked at a different perspective as she welcomed Caitlyn. Instead of just making a typical congratulatory message, the cosmetic surgeon provided an educated guess of sorts of the amount of treatments and surgeries that Caitlyn underwent in order to look as she does today.</div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-2' src='https://instagram.com/p/3atiEMoA7F/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='848' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-2' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div><i>Main photo credit to Vanity Fair</i></div><iframe id='rufous-sandbox' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' style='display: none;'></iframe>

— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href='https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/605573971933683712'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://instagram.com/p/3ZMCFMkXrk/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='780' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div>Even online personalities, Carlos Celdran, Gang Capati, and YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos were happy that the former Olympian and stepfather of Kim Kardashian-West is now “free.”</div><div><br/></div><div><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'><a href='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Caitlyn?src=hash'>#Caitlyn</a> is now my favourite Kardashian. Not that I had a favourite one.— carlosceldran (@carlosceldran) <a href='https://twitter.com/carlosceldran/status/605549411683332097'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>I wonder how Bruce chose 'Caitlyn.' There is a power in naming one's self! If you were to give yourself a new name, what would it be? ??— Gang Capati (@gangbadoy) <a href='https://twitter.com/gangbadoy/status/605561272701063168'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>The movie TransAmerica changed my view on transgender people and I'm reminded of that movie with Caitlyn Jenner's story. More power to her!— Mikey Bustos (@MikeyBustos) <a href='https://twitter.com/MikeyBustos/status/605602561270292481'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/></div><div style='text-align: center; '><br/></div><div><br/></div><div></div><div><br/></div><div>While she’s happy over Caitlyn’s birth, thespian Liza Diño slammed a certain article as to how it insinuated that coming out had to come with “terms and conditions.”</div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://instagram.com/p/3bauSTE-85/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='1273' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div>Doctor-to-the-stars Vicki Belo on the other hand, looked at a different perspective as she welcomed Caitlyn. Instead of just making a typical congratulatory message, the cosmetic surgeon provided an educated guess of sorts of the amount of treatments and surgeries that Caitlyn underwent in order to look as she does today.</div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-2' src='https://instagram.com/p/3atiEMoA7F/embed/captioned/?v=4' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='848' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-2' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></div><div><br/></div><div><i>Main photo credit to Vanity Fair</i></div><iframe id='rufous-sandbox' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' style='display: none;'></iframe>

<div><a href='While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.' temp_href='While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.'><img src='' alt='060415-caitlyn_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>While Bruce Jenner’s coming out as Caitlyn Jenner via a Vanity Fair magazine cover drew mixed reactions in the US, Filipino personalities lauded his decision.</a> </div><div><br/></div><div>Several celebrities welcomed Caitlyn through their respective social media accounts. Among them were <i>Your Face Sounds Familiar </i>performer Maxene Magalona, international star Lea Salonga, and host Bianca Gonzalez</div><div>.</div><div><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>Woke up to Caitlyn Jenner! She's beautiful, ah.— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href='https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/605538437190385664'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>BB Gandanghari did the same rebirth in 2006. So happy for the empowering LGBT community. ??— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href='https://twitter.com/iamsuperbianca/status/605539148238188545'>June 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async='' src='//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'></script><br/><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' lang='en'><p lang='en' dir='ltr'>Welcome to the world, <a href='https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner'>@Caitlyn_Jenner</a>!!! <a href='https://t.co/f7Zt8Pc2QE'>https://t.co/f7Zt8Pc2QE</a>

Several stars lauded Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, Jenner’s decision to set himself free.

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