Aired (October 8, 2024): Alamin ang kwento ng Starstruck alumnus at transman actor na si Jesi Corcuera kung paano niya napagdesisyunang mag-undergo ng transition.
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00:00October 5, our guest posted his pregnant self and covered by a rainbow flag, if I remember correctly.
00:17And then, there were various discussions, speculations, there were supporters, there were people asking questions, and there were many opinions.
00:27Now, we have him with us, Naytay Capuso. Please welcome, Jesse Corcuera.
00:35Thank you very much, Jesse. Welcome to the program. Thank you.
00:39And thank you very much for trusting us.
00:43Yes, Stephen Roy, of course.
00:44Okay. October 5, you posted, Jesse is pregnant.
00:49In your post, you said, this is probably the most difficult caption I will ever do in my life.
00:54One of the most difficult.
00:56The second line said, and maybe many of you will not understand how this happened.
01:04Let's talk about the difficulty for people to understand why you chose to be pregnant.
01:11Okay?
01:12When you were a kid, how did you identify yourself?
01:16Actually, I was curious at that time, during Starstruck days, because I was only 15 years old.
01:23So, I didn't really understand the letters in the LGBT community.
01:28Season 4 of Starstruck, you were with Jesse, Paolo Avellino, Chris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, and many more.
01:39Charisse, and many more. Okay, so, you were curious during that time.
01:44What I know is, I like women, not men.
01:49Okay, and you like to wear, you are more comfortable with men.
01:53And then, when did you identify yourself as a lesbian?
01:59During that time only.
02:02You already knew?
02:03Yes, I said, what I feel is different from what I feel from the women I know.
02:10Okay.
02:11So, it's different, it's far.
02:12So, then, you know, there's something, that you were a lesbian.
02:18When did that happen?
02:20Maybe when I was a teenager, before I finished my teenage years.
02:24Okay, and then, 2012.
02:28Yes, I researched that there's a transgender.
02:34So, that's when I connected myself.
02:38Because, not only that I'm not comfortable with wearing women's clothes,
02:42I also felt it when I was getting older, that I'm also not comfortable with physical...
02:51Yes.
02:52So, I was like, I don't like my breasts, like that.
02:57So, I researched that there's a transgender.
03:00So, that's when you started transitioning into a trans man.
03:05Yes.
03:06So, 2013, you removed your breasts.
03:11You said, in the post, it was not easy, five surgeries, eight years, until it was over.
03:18Because I think people were talking about the scars, right?
03:22And that you were proud of being one.
03:25Yes, that's Jesse.
03:27I was blessed because of my boobs, so it wasn't just one surgery.
03:33So, Jesse clearly decided to be, I mean, chose to be open about his being a trans man.
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