Maki Gingoyon
- Beauty queen
- Entrepreneur
- Activist
Bio
Pronouns: she/her.
Maki Gingoyon, born and raised in Cebu City, is a renowned beauty queen, trans rights activist, businesswoman, and a proud transgender woman herself.
She is the co-founder and COO of mytransgenderdate.com, the number one international dating platform for trans women, which also employs mostly trans women in and out of the Philippines.
She’s an active woman, who loves to be physically fit, and loves to bike, run, and swim.
Bio
Pronouns: she/her.
Maki Gingoyon, born and raised in Cebu City, is a renowned beauty queen, trans rights activist, businesswoman, and a proud transgender woman herself.
She is the co-founder and COO of mytransgenderdate.com, the number one international dating platform for trans women, which also employs mostly trans women in and out of the Philippines.
She’s an active woman, who loves to be physically fit, and loves to bike, run, and swim.
Queen of Cebu
Prestigious pageant held in Cebu City, now known as Queen Philippines
2010 / Winner
Super Sireyna
Noontime Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network
2013 / Queen Of The Sky
Mandaue Gay Pageant
One of the longest running trans pageants in the Philippines
2017 / Winner
Miss International Queen 🇵🇭
Philippine edition of the world's biggest beauty pageant for transgender women
2023 / Contestant
My Transgender Date
Thanks to her 8 years of experience managing My Transgender Date, she’s become an expert in transgender online dating and works actively every day to create a safe online space where trans women can meet men who like them, form beautiful love relationships and friendships.
Known for
In 2014 she launched an online campaign:
“My genitalia has nothing to do with my gender identity”
after she was refused access to the women’s bathroom in a fitness center.
Media appearance
She was featured in multiple media:
- Rappler Philippines “Transgender women in PH: Accepted or merely tolerated?”
- BBC world “Living as a trans woman in the Philippines”
- Refinery29 “A Woman's Place”
- OutrageMag “Time to say goodbye to your internalized transprejudice”
- Cebu Daily News “Maki’s challenge”, “Maki not keen on suing gym; draws raves, rants”, “Ladies’ room off limits to Maki; complaint filed”
- Philstar / The Freeman “Crusade continues for Queen of Cebu winner”
- Manila Bulletin “Google Pride Conversations: Celebrating LGBTQ+ and allies in tech”
- ABS-CBN “Has technology been gender inclusive in 2022?”
- SunStar Cebu “The Vagina Monologues’ at Seda Ayala Center Cebu”
- Preen “Navigating self-love and romance as a trans Filipino”
Quote
“Being a proud transgender woman it’s important for me to see my privilege as a responsibility to be visible. A responsibility that I humbly partake in raising awareness regarding LGBT rights and especially transgender issues that affect the community.”