Youth Voices Count, Inc.

20/06/2026

🌈 LIVE | YVC joins LOVEL4BAN sa Oton, Iloilo

20/06/2026

YVC IS MARCHING WITH PRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈 ✨

The streets of Iloilo belong to the communities that fight for them. Today, June 20, Youth Voices Count stands in firm solidarity with the regional q***r movement as we take our advocacy straight to the pavement.

Pride is not a spectacle. For us, it remains a vital space for youth empowerment, social justice, and human rights as we bring our collective stories to the public eye and demand systemic safety and genuine equity for every LGBTQIA+ youth in our communities.

The official program begins at exactly 2:00 PM today at the Oton Amphitheater Green. Gather your peers, bring your banners, and stand with us as we turn collective narratives into decisive local action.

See you at the march this afternoon! Let's march together for our rights and for a sustainable, just future for all youth. 🏳️‍🌈 ✊

16/06/2026

𝐘𝐕𝐂 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐓 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐗 🏳️‍🌈

Every climb requires a solid grip, strategic movement, and most importantly, a community on the ground ready to spot you. ✨

This Pride Month, Youth Voices Count, in partnership with Team Dugong Bughaw (TDB) and the Iloilo Pride Team (IPT), took the celebration to the walls of Vertex Bouldering Gym in Iloilo City, merging the physical thrill of rock climbing with the essential work of q***r education and public health. Joy, play, and active health are forms of radical resistance, and when society tries to weigh us down with discrimination and stigma, we actively build the strength to climb higher.

Navigating a bouldering wall mirrors our lived realities. Sometimes the route is difficult to read. Sometimes we lose our grip and fall. But when you are surrounded by a community that catches you, you dust off the chalk and try again.

To ground us in our health rights, TDB delivered an empowering HIV 101 session, completely dismantling outdated myths regarding HIV and AIDS and replaced them with life-saving, evidence-based facts about its prevention and treatment mechanisms. Furthermore, TDB facilitated free HIV testing on-site. To fiercely protect the dignity and privacy of every participant, these testing services were completely undocumented, strictly adhering to the confidentiality mandates of RA 11166.

Following this, YVC Executive Director Toni Lopez led a comprehensive discussion on SOGIESC, breaking down the beautiful spectrums of identity, and reinforcing the truth that taking up space in sports, in healthcare, and in our communities is a fundamental human right, emphasizing that understanding our diverse s*xual orientations, gender identities, expressions, and s*x characteristics is how we dismantle the rigid frameworks built to limit us.

We do not just survive. We thrive, we climb, and we pull each other up to the top as we are claim our space in every arena. ✊🏽

12/06/2026

‼ CALL FOR DONATIONS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE 7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN MINDANAO ‼

Solidarity is our strongest survival tool.

When systemic mechanisms fail to protect the most vulnerable, the community must step in to shield its own. In the wake of the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao, Youth Voices Count (YVC) and the National YKP Network (NYN) Philippines are activating a massive mobilization for mutual aid. We refuse to look away while our siblings in Sarangani, General Santos City, and the Davao Region fight to survive.

The recent numbers demand our immediate action. The confirmed death toll has climbed to 45 lives lost. There are 17 individuals still missing, and 630 people have suffered injuries. Over 88,000 residents are affected, with 22,000 individuals violently displaced from their homes. Families are sleeping in open fields and tent cities because continuous aftershocks threaten what remains of their structural safety. In Glan, Sarangani, a catastrophic landslide buried homes and claimed at least 13 lives.

The structural devastation is immense. The Office of Civil Defense estimates infrastructure losses between PHP 562.8 million and PHP 900 million. A total of 1,889 houses are damaged, with 1,500 completely leveled. Access to basic needs is completely cut off for entire communities due to 9 compromised bridges and 19 fractured roads.

True liberation requires radical, immediate community care. We cannot wait for slow institutional responses while children, young people, and families lack the barest necessities. We are calling on our entire network across the Asia-Pacific to mobilize resources, send aid, and amplify this call for help.

We are accepting cash donations to provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding support. Every single contribution chips away at the isolation of our affected communities. Your donations will go directly to grassroots groups actively retrieving individuals, feeding the displaced, and rebuilding shattered lives.

⬇️ Swipe through the graphics below to see the full breakdown of the situation.

⬇️ You may send your cash donations to the channels listed on the final slides of the graphics below. Every peso is a lifeline. Stand with Mindanao. ✊🏽❤️‍🩹

12/06/2026

MALIGAYANG ARAW NG KALAYAAN, PILIPINAS! 🇵🇭

True liberation cannot exist while our siblings remain in chains. Today, as we mark the 128th year of Philippine independence, Youth Voices Count demands a deeper, uncompromising freedom. We demand the absolute liberation of every q***r person in the Philippines.

In this artwork, our national flag is raised high by a non-binary person wearing a bold rainbow Pride sash, serving as a reminder that our fight for sovereign dignity is entirely intertwined with our fight for q***r survival. True sovereignty belongs to all of us, not just a privileged few.

We refuse to accept a superficial freedom. As long as young people of diverse SOGIESC face systematic violence, institutional discrimination, and social rejection, the promise of our independence remains unfulfilled. Living your truth in a society built on rigid cages is an act of radical resistance.

Our pre-colonial ancestors honored the Babaylan and celebrated gender diversity long before foreign colonial forces arrived to erase our history. Reclaiming our Pride is an act of active decolonization. We are reclaiming our historic right to exist, to lead, and to love without fear.

Pride is the modern battleground for our independence. We are not just asking for tolerance. We are demanding guaranteed safety, legal protection, and structural power. We stand fiercely with our entire LGBTQ+ community on the streets and in the communities until every single one of us is free.

Buong sangkabaklaan, patuloy nating ipaglaban ang ating tunay na kalayaan! ✊🏽❤️‍🔥

01/06/2026

01/06/2026

𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗼 𝗯𝗮 𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮? 🏳️‍🌈

Hindi lang ito isang selebrasyon. Ito'y isang akto ng pag-aaklas, pamana, at pag-asa. Samahan natin si Toni upang balikan ang malalim na kasaysayan ng patuloy na laban ng LGBTQ+ community para sa karapatan at pagkakapantay-pantay.

Panoorin ang buong reel para alamin ang:
• 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟵 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘀 na naging simula ng global liberation movement;
• Mga pre-colonial na 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 na naging mga iginagalang na bahagi ng ating komunidad bago pa man dumating ang mga mananakop; at
• Makasaysayang 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟰 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 sa Quezon City na nag-ugnay sa q***r activism at human rights dito sa Pilipinas.

Mula sa lansangan ng New York at Manila hanggang sa mga martsa natin ngayon sa libu-libong mga komunidad, tuloy-tuloy ang laban para sa pagmamahal. Mayroong Pride ngayon dahil may mga taong naglakas-loob na lumaban noon.

Panoorin ang reel, ipamahagi ito sa inyong komunidad, at sabay-sabay nating bigyang-pugay ang ating kasaysayan. ✊❤️‍🔥

01/06/2026

Happy LGBTQ Families Day! 🏳️‍🌈

Family is not defined solely by blood. It is defined by radical love, unconditional support, and shared joy.

For many q***r youth across the Asia-Pacific, home is not always a safe place. That is exactly why chosen families are so vital. They are our lifelines. They are the friends who become siblings, the mentors who guide us, and the communities that embrace us without question.

Today, we celebrate the chosen families who keep us safe. We celebrate the q***r parents raising the next generation with pride. We also honor the biological families who stand fiercely and firmly beside their LGBTQIA+ children.

Pamilya naton ang mga tawo nga nagabaton kag nagapadayon sa aton. Family is whoever makes you feel safe enough to be exactly who you are.

To every kind of q***r family out there, Youth Voices Count celebrates you today and every day. Tag your chosen family in the comments and remind them how much they mean to you! 👇✨

01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from Youth Voices Count! 🏳️‍🌈

Pride has always been a protest, a demand for space, and a fierce celebration of our authentic selves. To every young person of diverse SOGIESC across the Asia-Pacific, your existence is revolutionary, and your voice is the pulse of this movement.

Whether you are marching in the streets, organizing in your local communities, or holding your ground in quiet resistance where you are, you are seen. You are valued. You belong here.

This June, we are amplifying the intersections of our struggles and our victories. We are honoring the trailblazers who threw the first bricks, and we are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the youth who are building our future.

Stay tuned to our pages this month as we roll out resources, share community stories, and mobilize for a world where every q***r youth can thrive without fear.
Padayon sa pagtindog. Let’s take up space. Happy Pride! ✊✨