- BB Gandanghari chose to stand for her rights.
- She got hospitalized after being bullied while working in the US.
- BB earned sympathy from Netizens.
One of the country’s LGBTQIA Icon, BB Gandanghari took to social media and shared how she was bullied while at work in the United States.
The transgender Filipino celebrity posted on Instagram a photo of her wrist wearing a hospital tag that dated March 20, 2019. She captioned the post with: “Say NO to workplace BULLYING”.
“What would you do when you’re transgender and your personal and professional boundaries are being violated and attacked in a work environment who claims to be a SAFE ZONE for people like me?”
Gandanghari is currently living in the US as an UBER driver. She detailed how her attack felt like, and what she felt after the attack.
“My body’s a train wreck that I was advised by my doctor to pause from work as I deal with this extreme emotional distress and severe anxiety attack that’s causing my blood pressure to shoot up. So help me God.”
Friends and supporters of BB Gandanghari continued to leave messages for her hours after she uploaded her IG post.
She ended her post with the hashtags #SayNoToBullying #NoToDiscrimination #NotoRacism #NotoHypocrisy. Her post has so far received over 2,000 reactions and almost 200 comments.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvSYlKkAHRh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
These are some Netizens’ comments about BB’s post on instagram:
“Laban lang GH. All you need is to get well and regain your self confidence. Then everyone will be at your side on fight for the right. #NoHate #NoToBullying#NoToWorkplaceDiscrimination#Respect”– @ronr0522
“💪we lov u for who u r..u r my idol when y were Rus and i still lov u now u r @gandangharibb” – andy_d_0708
“here in canada po open minded dito well infact there are some places here na dominated ang mga trans they even have a community in here… walang discrimination…” -manette147
