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His November 2023 interview discusses growing up in the Philippines, family, religion, moving to America, volunteer work, relationships, 47 Central, chosen family, and community. \u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eConstantino A., \u0026ldquo;Coco\u0026rdquo; Alinsug was born and raised in a political family in Cebu City in the Philippines. He is Lynn\u0026rsquo;s first openly gay city councilor. He comes from a family with a strong political and community tradition of service. Coco was the first Executive Director of the North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ+ Youth, NAGLY. Coco came to the US in 1996 and has been a resident of Lynn since 2003, where he lives with his husband Peter. 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My name is Andrew Darien. I'm a professor of history at Salem State University, and I'm conducting this interview as part of the Mass Humanities funded project, Through a Rainbow Lens, A Reflection on Lynn's LGBTQ+ History. I'm honored to be joined today by Coco Alinsug. Coco comes from a family that has a strong political and community tradition of service. He currently serves as Lynn's Ward 3 City Councilor and has been a resident of Lynn since he immigrated from the Philippines in 1996. Thank you for being in, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1.0,42.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nThank you, Andrew. Pleasure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=42.0,45.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nI was hoping we could begin by you telling us a little bit about the province of Cebu, where you were raised, where your father served as mayor, and where your family, in fact, served in politics for at least five generations.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=45.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nIt's pronounced as Cebu, it's C-E-B-U. My dad was vice mayor, not the mayor of Consolacion in Cebu. It is the second biggest city in the Philippines, which is Cebu City, in that island of Cebu. It's predominantly the center of the Spanish colonization. So when you look at your history, Magellan landed in the island of Mactan, which is in Cebu, and introduced Christianity to the Filipinos. So that's the seat of the Spanish government in the 1500s. My family has long been active in politics. If you look at my last name, Alinsug, it's not predominantly a Spanish sounding name, whereas if you meet a Filipino, most likely they have Spanish names because of the Spanish influence. And the reason is because during the Spanish period, all chieftains or all leaders in the island can retain their names if they cooperate with Spaniards. Alinsug [preceeded the Spaniards by 1500 years]. My great-great-grandparents are leaders of the community and my great-great-grandfather is the first city councilor and I'm actually the sixth generation councilor in the family. Fortunately it's not in the Philippines, but halfway around the world. So I continued that tradition.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=60.0,159.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd what is it like growing up in such a well-known political family?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=159.0,165.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nIt's weird and different, you know, growing up with seeing hundreds of people outside your home. It's normal to us, to me. In fact, I was there a couple of months ago and there was nobody at my parents' house, which is weird because I'm used to that environment. People come to my parents' house because they want to meet with my dad or my grandmother. And you know, in Philippine politics, they go to your politicians to ask anything and everything from buying rice or buying medicine. There's no services provided in those [areas]. So you go to the politicians.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=165.0,207.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd do you think there were certain core values or practices that you learned about politics from growing up in that family?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=207.0,216.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nDefinitely. I mean I've seen my dad, my grandmother, and any other members of my family who are also in politics interact with people. And seeing them and handling cases and situations, it's a learning experience for me to absorb that and observe that myself and have my own, practicing it myself as well because as a teenager when my parents are not there I ha[d] to face those people and ha[d] to explain to them why they're not there or where to get [services]. I learned it by just observing them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=216.0,256.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd how would your parents have described you as a child?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=256.0,262.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo there's, I have two brothers and a sister. My mom will always say I am the special one. Special in the sense, in her eyes, that I'm the problematic one. She could not find me during dinner time, I'd probably be in somebody's house. When she'd say, turn right, I'd turn left. And my mom said, I'm glad you are acting the way you are, because at a certain age of 15, 16 years old, I was already, went to school overseas. So if I d[idn't] have that ability, I would have not survived at that young age living outside of my parents' home and outside the country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=262.0,308.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd where were you going to school and what went into that decision?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=308.0,312.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYes, at 17, at 16, I applied for a scholarship grant to a Southeast Asian program and then at 17 I went to Southeast Asia, basically pretty much all the countries of Southeast Asia, and then went to Tokyo, Japan for the SEIA program. So it's a program predominantly very popular in Japanese and Southeast Asian governments to train young leaders to be future leaders in the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=312.0,347.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo you may have had a bit of an independent streak that frustrated your parents, but you clearly had the intellectual chops to succeed in a program like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=347.0,357.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nCorrect. Because I don't know, I have a, as a kid I remember I g[o]t bored with school easily and I tend[ed] to debate with my teachers. I think, and of course, you know, my parents ha[d] been called by the principal so many times because of that. Then they found out, in the Philippines we don't have, maybe during those times too, we don't have like acceleration, whatever the word is. So they just consider me as a problematic kid in that sense. They could have elevated me to the next grade or two or three more grades. I c[ould] keep up with the topic easily, more than my peers, my classmates.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=357.0,407.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd was your family very religious?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=407.0,410.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nVery, yeah. My grandmother is the president of the Catholic Women's League. Grandmothers from both sides are very, very devout Catholic. I remember Felisa, my dad's mom at exactly six o'clock we have a nativity in the Philippines. Most Filipino families will have what we call oracion. So at six o'clock everybody needs to go home and everybody prays their rosary together. And again I'm always late so I could see my grandmother with a huge stick waiting for me and my other cousins who will get beat up if you're late for oracion. So that's how devoted and serious my grandmother is. My other grandmother from my mom's side, Lydia, She decorates the church every Sunday and it's a big church in the city. And she has people that will decorate with fresh flowers for that reason.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=410.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nHow do you remember feeling about your religious tradition growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=479.0,485.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo, being religious and growing up, it's not like religious here in America, like \"This is what the Bible says you have to,\" no, it's just like your devotion to the patron saints or to your religion so we don't have that conversation with my parents and my grandparents about LGBT or gays being wrong we don't take that seriously there because it's more of devotion. I think we got that also from our pre-Hispanic traditions, just like the Incas and the Mayans, that our adoration towards Catholic saints is also our adoration towards pre-Hispanic beliefs, where we pray with the weather and the trees and all of that. So I have good memories as a religion. It's not a hindrance of me coming out, but it's more like the society is the hindrance. Like you cannot, I cannot come out in the Philippines because my dad is the vice mayor. My grandmother is the city councilor. It's not because of my religion.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=485.0,560.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo did you come out to your parents when you were growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=560.0,564.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNo. So there was no formal coming out. They just basically knew. I was this flamboyant kid growing up. I love what we called theater. I love dancing, I love singing, I love the stage. They were just very supportive of me in that way. But I have conversations with my dad growing up and they knew and he will say, \"I want you to marry, I want to see grand...\" That's his way of saying, \"Nope, I'm against you being gay. I want to see grandchildren and if you want to go out with your friends and not in our town, not in our city, go somewhere.\" Because he's embarrassed and he doesn't want, he's just this macho like former military man who went to a lot of actual physical wars in Southern Philippines because we have a history of Muslim Christian fights, the Al-Qaeda cell. I mean it's always been that way in Southern Philippines. So he's used to being in that environment and he always gets upset easily. So saying no to my dad is a must or else he'll get really upset and he'll beat you up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=564.0,649.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nWhat was the reputation of Ferdinand Marcos and Aquino in your households?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=649.0,656.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo, very good question. My family, Cebu is always known as the opposition city, opposition province, so it's not a Marcos country. So my family used to own a newspaper, very popular newspaper, very well known, but it's also the number one anti-Marcos newspaper. So if you want to read about anything about anti-Marcos or the truth during this time, you go to Visayan Herald, which is owned by the Alinsug family. And every member of my family are involved with the newspaper either from business section or lifestyle or photographer anything, they're all involved and I remember my cousin get beaten up by Marcos' security but he still kept doing his report. To make the story short that newspaper eventually gave in from Marcos' pressure. During the dictatorship, he just took anything and everything there that is against his government. I think that's very common in any parts of the world and that includes my family's newspaper. My uncle, my cousins, they all flew to America because they were pressured, they sequestered, that's the word I was thinking, sequestered all of our properties, the machine, the office, and everything. So that also include[d] politics. So none of my members of my family were active politically during Marcos' time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=656.0,768.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nNot out of choice but-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=768.0,770.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNot out of choice, yeah. They came back after Marcos.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=770.0,777.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd so I know that you received a scholarship to travel throughout Asia. Was that after high school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=777.0,786.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nThat's after high school, yes. That is during Corazon Aquino's time. Yeah, she was the president. So those scholarships were first awarded in the [19]70s, but before Aquino's time it's always been given to children of Marcos' cronies. If you're not, so it's always under that program called Kabataang Barangay, which is run by the daughter of Freddie [inaudible]. When Corazon Aquino became president, she opened it up to the whole country. So that's where I applied and got that scholarship.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=786.0,831.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd for how long did you travel?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=831.0,833.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo it's on and off. The whole program, it's in total, because there's several programs after that, you have to take additional programs, around two years. I'm a well-traveled kid at the expense of both governments.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=833.0,853.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo what did you do in between the time that you returned from that scholarship and you came to the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=853.0,861.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo I volunteered because that's a prerequisite and a requirement of the program. So you apply what you learned to your own respective governments. I became a researcher and created part of the team that creates the National Youth Commission, which is now part of the government of the Philippines. Basically, it's a different department that deals primarily with youth in general. I don't see that here in the U[nited]S[tates]. It's like Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation. In the Philippines, there's a Department of Youth. So there's a secretary that attends the cabinet meeting. And so I am part of that team that started it. And I'm glad it blossomed as what it is now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=861.0,915.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd what were the main factors that went into your decision to come to the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=915.0,920.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo I am also a political appointee. So during those times, it was the presidency. After Corazon Aquino, the next president was Fidel Ramos. So I was his staff at Malacanang. Malacanang is like the White House of the U[nited]S[tates]. So I'm one of the youngest staff. Like I'm that guy that [people ask], \"Can you photocopy this?\" \"Send that there.\" But I'm still a staff of the president. And it was just, my parents were so proud. It's just a big honor to be in that situation, in the country of like almost hundred million and you have this kid working for the president. But we don't have re-elections for presidents there, it's just a one term presidency. So I know that after his term there will be another president and another group of people. So basically my, that year was his last year of his term, because I started going to conferences representing the Philippines. And there was a conference in the United Nations, and I told my boss at the time, \"Can you send me [to] this one so I can go to America?\" And so I came, I went to the United Nations, attended the conference as the representative of the Philippines. It was a big honor, but that opens up my visa status. So I got a multiple entry visa. I also have a diplomat visa at the time because we are an official delegate. And then when Ramos' presidency ended, I had that passport with the visa that I could just go to America anytime I want. So after his presidency, I decided to like, you know what, I have two brothers there right now, let me join them and see maybe America will have other opportunities for me. I have all my families, remember we all went here, they all came here because of martial law and so I have a lot of relatives in the East Coast and the West Coast. I tried my luck in America, as any other immigrants did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=920.0,1052.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd how long were you at the U[nited]N[ations]?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1052.0,1055.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNo, it's a conference. So it's not-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1055.0,1058.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nA long weekend.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1058.0,1059.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYeah, it's probably a five-day conference.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1059.0,1063.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd did you know that you were going to come specifically to Lynn, because your aunt was here? Did you think about going elsewhere?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1063.0,1071.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNo, no. So I, my family's in California, so my aunt, I have an aunt there, uncle, my brothers, my sister. So I moved there, stayed with my brothers and just enjoyed America for that, first as a tourist after my conference, and then I went back to the Philippines and that was my decision. Like you know what, I want to join them. But I stayed in California for probably four years before I moved to Lynn.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1071.0,1113.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo that was from [19]96?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1113.0,1115.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nFrom [19]96 to 2001. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1115.0,1119.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nDo you remember what month you moved?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1119.0,1121.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nFebruary. I remember that very well because it was winter snow. It was [a] blizzard. And you know, I've never seen snow in my life, unless you go to Big Bear in California where all the artificial snow [is]. But I was so excited to help my aunt clean after [the] blizzard. I totally remember that month.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1121.0,1148.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo that was February of 2020?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1148.0,1151.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nFebruary 2022.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1151.0,1154.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nOh, 20...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1154.0,1155.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\n22.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1155.0,1155.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\n2002?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1155.0,1157.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\n2002, thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1157.0,1159.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nOkay. So you arrived in the United States during, I guess what I would say is both an exciting but also fragile moment in LGBTQ+ history. It's during the height of AIDS activism, the movement for marriage equality and quite tragically, the well-publicized murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998. What was your sense of how gay issues were being discussed in the United States and how did that compare with the Philippines?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1159.0,1197.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNone. You know, if you look at my history and my exposure while in the Philippines, I've never been involved of any LGBT causes or advocacy or work. Just the fact that I'm an LGBT person, that doesn't mean that I'm involved in a lot of those. When I moved to America, that changed. I became more aware of my community and I started doing volunteer work because I've been involved and aware and curious already about the community itself in general. And remember, when I moved here, one of the reasons, and probably the main reason, basically I moved to America, is to live my life as a gay man. That is something that I couldn't do in the Philippines because of the reason that my family and my dad and so whatever I do probably I will date somebody or go out with my gay friends but it's all not in the open so we have to be away from my city. So moving here is basically an independence to me, for me to be me and part of being me and part of opening up is for me to get involved with LGBT work. And during those times, you're right, the height of HIV, so there's a lot of opportunity for me to work and volunteer work with HIV causes or distribute condoms or talk to, mentor somebody. And I've done that at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. And then when I moved here, I continued it with the Gay and Bi Men's Health Program in Beverly. So there's a continuation of that work. And that work with the Gay and Lesbian, the Gay Bi Men's Health Program at Beverly, in Beverly, Massachusetts, opens up to my other work with N(north Shore)A(alliance of)GL(BTQ)Y(outh) and Fenway Health and the rest is history. I became like part of the community itself.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1197.0,1342.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo, one can act on a desire to live your life as you'd like to and have a sense that it's going to work out in this new country, but it's also a bit of a leap of faith. Was there a moment when you were in the United States where you felt very validated by that decision or felt like you knew you made the right choice?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1342.0,1367.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo, I like that question because I gave myself five years and sa[id], \"If America is not for me, I'll go home and I still have a very successful career back in the Philippines.\" But after, not even five years, I felt I belonged to something. I felt this is my home. At that early age, early years of my stay here, that is something that is missing in my life back in the Philippines. So it was a no-brainer. I kept moving on and it's interesting now, looking back, things that I also loved doing like politics, because I was true to myself living here, it eventually came back, it eventually followed me as I moved on. And I'm a very happy man because of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1367.0,1423.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nDo you remember where you were or what you were doing when the 9/11 attacks took place?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1423.0,1432.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYes, I was in the West Coast. I was in LA. So it happened at 9 o'clock. So it's like 6 in the morning there. And I was dating this guy and I was in his condo and he basically woke me up and said, \"Listen, you need to look at CNN, I'm watching it now.\" So I woke up and when I opened [my eyes], I was half asleep and half awake. When I saw [the] television I saw the towers and it was just like an eerie weird moment. I could not believe that something will happen in America, a place where I thought it's safe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1432.0,1479.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nWhat was your own sense of yourself as an American? I imagine over time your sense of Americaness has meant different things in different moments. Were you very attached to the country at that point and what did it mean to have that kind of attack take place?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1479.0,1498.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYou can do your research. There's a survey that happened recently asking all the countries in Asia about their admiration or their love towards America. And [the] Philippines is number one. Probably 80, 90% of Filipinos adore Americans. So my point here is that before coming here, I already love America. Maybe because of what we see in Hollywood or [the] movies, but being a colony of the United States and being rescued by Americans during World War II. The Filipinos mentality is like, you know, America is our, is part of me. So there's no doubt in my mind when 9/11 happened I experienced sad[ness] and anger as any Americans from any American experience.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1498.0,1564.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd I guess it wasn't too long after that that you decided to come to Lynn? What informed that decision?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1564.0,1571.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo remember I was dating this guy. He was actually my domestic partner. So we were partners. We were not married. And like any other relationship sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work. So it didn't work for us, I was heartbroken. So I said, \"You know what, we have the same friends, same neighborhood, we know each other everywhere I go I always like, I want to be away.\" So I actually, it's so funny I opened a map of the continental U[nited]S[tates] and identif[ied] cities and states that I have relatives or friends. And I've been to Lynn before, because I have an aunt here, to attend Thanksgiving with my aunt and then meet my cousins and then fly back to L[os]A[ngeles]. So I picked the farthest away from Los Angeles which is Massachusetts. So I called her and she said, \"Come here. I'll help you restart your life forward.\" So I moved here. Two weeks after I moved here, three weeks after I moved here, remember I don't know anybody, it's a new city, the only person I know is my aunt and her friends. So three weeks after I moved here I met my husband now, Peter, online. So we've been together for almost 22 years. So you know when God closes the door he opens the window for me and Peter was that guy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1571.0,1659.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nDo you mind telling me about that first meeting?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1659.0,1662.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo we met online. So it's a social, it's like Facebook for gay men and for LGBT basically. And it's just you going to a chat room and saying like, \"Okay, what's happening in Lynn now?\" \"There's a party at 47th Central.\" \"Okay, well, let's go to 47th Central.\" But Peter is somebody that is not out at the time, so he doesn't know where 47th Central is. But I've been to 47th Central already. It's a gay bar in Lynn. And so I brought him there. It's his first gay bar ever. He was very nervous. But we became friends and that was our first, our dating weeks with 47th Central. And we just loved each other's company and you know he knows I was in a vulnerable stage because of my breakup but he was also understanding. He was [one of] my first few friends in Massachusetts, let's put it that way. So he brought me to places, brought me to Boston and we became very close after that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1662.0,1732.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd how did you learn about the existence of 47 Central and other gay bars in Lynn?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1732.0,1739.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nMy aunt is probably, she's probably a gay man in her past life. Her best friends are this gay couple, Leo and Dwight. Leo's still here and Dwight, unfortunately, passed away. They became also my mentors here in Lynn. They're [an] older couple and they, my aunt w[ould] tell them, \"Oh my nephew is coming, you need to show him around.\" So Dwight and Leo brought me to 47 Central. And I brought my aunt to 47 Central. She hangs out there. She had a lot of friends there. So she's like, yeah, that's her sanctuary as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1739.0,1779.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd how would you describe 47 Central to someone who had never been there before?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1779.0,1785.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nIt's a sanctuary. It's a sanctuary for the LGBT community and allies. I mean, that's the period of time where you cannot, although there's Pride parade, but they cannot, especially in Lynn, they cannot go out and. It's a place where you can be yourself, so you go there and just meet friends.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1785.0,1806.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd would you say that the crowd there was diverse racially, economically, or otherwise?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1806.0,1812.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYes, all of the above.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1812.0,1815.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd were there also straight people there as well?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1815.0,1817.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYeah, my aunt is straight. Yeah, there's a lot. There's allies, a lot of allies there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1817.0,1824.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAnd did you ever feel any sense of danger outside of the bar?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1824.0,1831.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNo, No. Maybe because you park your car at the back of the bar or in front of the bar, that's just your access. But yeah, not at all. Remember my first few work in Massachusetts is that organization called Gay and Bi Man's Health Program. Part of my job really is to go out to the community at really late, late night and talk to a lot of people. We provide counseling, HIV testing, in the middle of downtown Lynn at 2 [o'clock] in the morning. So a lot of people that hang out or walk around that area know me very well. So I don't feel any threat or danger at all.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1831.0,1884.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nWere there other bars that you went to?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1884.0,1887.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYeah. At that time there were four bars. There was Fran's Place, which sometimes I go because of my work, so we provide outreach in all the bars, the gay bars in Lynn. And there's Joseph's [Restaurant]. But 47 Central's always been my home. I love, my friends go there, it's like meeting your friends, like going out. And even to the point that George, the owner of the bar, I'm such an outgoing person that he said like, in fact, so funny, every time I celebrate my birthday I will have a party and George will say \"Oh you need to have your party here,\" because all the people at 47 Central will go to my house instead of going to his bar. So he will have a birthday party at the bar so all of us will stay there. But you know he asked me to be his events coordinator, so somebody that he would pay to organize like an event or a show. So I've always been an organizer and I was glad to do that for George and for 47 Central.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1887.0,1966.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nWas the clientele at Fran['s Place] or Joseph's [Restaurant] any different than 47 Central?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1966.0,1972.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYes and no, but you know, it's a small community so we crisscross. I go to Joseph's [Restaurant] just to say hi, but I'm not a drinker. I can drink, but Joseph's [Restaurant] is that, that's the theme of [it], you know, it's a bar, you sit down, you drink. And they have also a tendency to have like an older crowd. If you just like quiet time, go there. You know, there's no dancing or loud music. Fran's Place it's the opposite, it's party, dance, but predominantly also with the the lesbian community. But you know, we go everywhere so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=1972.0,2018.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nHow did it feel to see so many of those places close over the last twenty years?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2018.0,2022.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nIt makes me sad and at the same time happy and I will tell you why. Sad because it's part of your life. There was an adjustment, it was difficult, the adjustment stage. But at the same time, I'm happy knowing that it's a signal, it symbolizes acceptance. The reason why all these bars have closed is because the LGBT community is out now, like we can, it's out in the mainstream, it's more accepted now. We don't have to hide anymore. And that's the idea of the bars, the clubs, is for us to hide in a sanctuary, a safe environment. Also in the advent of apps, like you know people will tend to have their parties at somebody's home now and have drinks there, watch a movie, instead of going to a bar. So it's good or bad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2022.0,2080.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nDo you feel as if any sense of community has been lost?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2080.0,2085.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nDefinitely. Oh my gosh. Last year we had a reunion, 47 Central reunion, at Old Time. And it was beautiful to see a lot of familiar faces. And in fact they're doing that again this year for another reunion. We lost that community, but again, Facebook helped us a bit, although it's totally different having a face-to-face interaction.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2085.0,2118.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo it sounds like technology and social media has certainly changed the way everyone interacts with one another and it both creates opportunities and maybe forecloses other face-to-face relationships. But there's also been a larger evolution of, one would hope, acceptance of LGBTQ people over the last 20 years, perhaps with a bit of backlash in the last five years or so. What do you see as the most significant changes in the community over the last 20 years and when?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2118.0,2158.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nAdaptation. I just would like to add to your comment about people in general, we adapt to whatever situations and that includes the LGBT community. Although the bars have closed but we adapted to a different [environment]. I still have strong contacts with all my core friends. In fact, this Saturday Peter and I are inviting them for dinner. So they're all coming here, they're from Lynn. Come here, we'll cook dinner, we'll watch a movie and talk about our memories at 47 Central. But that's the same group that we still have, we still talk about anything, challenges and issues that we're facing. That's the same group who helped me during the campaign period when I ran two years ago. So you have your own family, you have your chosen family, and they are my chosen family, became part of my family. They even went with me to the Philippines six, seven years ago. That was a very emotional moment for me because I remembered my journey coming to America and now bringing them to me and bringing them to my childhood home and my neighborhood. It was really, really powerful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2158.0,2238.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nHow many went with you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2238.0,2240.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nSo there were seven, all from Lynn. So we flew from Lynn to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Cebu. And my dad picked us up at the airport, picked us with three vehicles because we brought a lot of stuff from the U.S. We did community outreach. We gave school supplies to hundreds and hundreds of students. We went to [the] school and helped paint the school. So we did community outreach as well. It's not all about fun, but we brought goodwill from our community to that island in Central Philippines.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2240.0,2279.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nThat's wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2279.0,2280.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nThank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2280.0,2283.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nThe term LGBTQ+, and also its many variations, is somewhat relatively new in our vernacular. I wonder how you feel about the power of that umbrella term bringing a lot of groups of people together and creating points of commonality and strength in numbers on the one hand. And on the other hand, possibly erasing or rendering invisible some of the differences among those groups. How does one navigate that struggle?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2283.0,2326.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nPersonally, maybe I've heard different reactions from other people. Personally, I'm all about inclusion and I'm all about expanding and advocating and empowering different communities and individuals. I think as the years progress it keeps changing. Go ahead, add more letters there, but it still start with those first four letters, L-G-B-T, five letters, L-G-B-T-Q, that really encompass[es] the whole of the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2326.0,2367.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAre you optimistic about the future, both inland and nationally?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2367.0,2373.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYeah, we can see progress already. I mean, there'll be challenges in whatever we do in life, whatever groups, there's always challenges. And the beauty of success is when you have your community with you and you are together and you're helping each other. We, the LGBTQ community, we have a history of those challenges more than any other community. And we survived that, we surpassed that, and if there will be challenges in the future, I'm 100% sure we will surpass that as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2373.0,2415.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nI've only got one more question, but before we get to that, is there anything that I didn't ask you about that you think is important to discuss?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2415.0,2426.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nWell, I am the first LGBT-, out LGBTQ city councilor in Lynn. When I decided to run, I was hesitant because I am going, entering an arena of, I'm looking for the English word for it. Sorry, English is not my main language. So an arena of a lot of questions, let's just put it that way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2426.0,2457.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nIs there a Tagalog word for it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2457.0,2460.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nI'm Cebuano. So Cebuano is the second language of the Philippines. I do speak Tagalog as well. So anyways, Peter told me \"If you don't try it, how would we know?\" And you are basically opening [the] doors for others to follow. So I am the first person of color ward councilor in the city of Lynn. Ward, when I say ward [it] means ward one, two, three, because there [have been] person of color at large councilors before me but I'm the first out city councilor. There are LGBT councilors before me but they are not out. So for me to be out and tell the public that my husband, instead of, you know, it inspires a lot of people in Lynn, not only the LGBT community, but the immigrants in general. And look at them now, [there's] a lot of people running from different backgrounds. Times have changed and I'm proud and honored to be part of that change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2460.0,2531.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nAre there particular role models or other people who ran for national office who either inspired you or maybe gave you the permission or confidence to run as an openly gay man?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2531.0,2551.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nNational... Not really. Maybe because I'm also part of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, so I'm an elected state member. To be an elected state member, it's already an honor if you're involved with the party. There's like 300 of us in the whole state. For me to be part of that, to be part of a lot of committees, encourages me to be proactive with my decisions. And that helped me a lot. They are my inspiration. They're the one that inspires me to do, to be active in local politics.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2551.0,2595.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nSo with all of your commitments and values, 25 years from now, what is your greatest hope for the Lynn of the future?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2595.0,2610.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\n25 years from now, I would like to see an expansion of the Gay-Straight Alliances in our school system. It's mandated, there is, but there's no political will or strong support from the grassroots. They have their own challenges. In fact, I was watching the school committee debate a month ago. They were talking about censoring books that are going to the Lynn Public Schools. It saddened me because if I'm this kid, LGBT kid, and I could not find any book that will answer some of my questions, then there's a problem there. And a lot of people who are pushing that are people who are very religious and active in various churches. And it's the same approach that they're doing years and years ago and it's just a cycle that keeps going back and forth. So if we are not being proactive and getting involved, then we will be defeated. So that's my message, continue the advocacy work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2610.0,2702.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Andrew Darien\n\nWell thank you for offering us that noble aspiration and thank you so much for being interviewed today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930#t=2702.0,2708.0"},{"id":"https://througharainbowlens.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2385/collection_resources/114161/file/216930/transcript/66630/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coco Alinsug\n\nYou're very welcome. 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