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<\/p>\nIn celebration of Pride Month, actress Klea Pineda and her girlfriend Katrice Kierulf shared their coming-out stories, highlighting the beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\n
Just in time for the recently held Pride March on June 24, couple Klea and Katrice shared a sentimental post on their Instagram account about being part of the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\n
Being happy about the decision on her sexual identity that she made three months ago, Klea marked her coming-out journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been 3 months since I came out. Since then, the community has embraced me and showered me with nothing but love and support,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
In her shared post, she disclosed the happiness that she experienced after coming out, which led her to find people who genuinely supported her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am beyond grateful to be an inspiration to some of you in my own little ways. I wish I can hug each and every one of you to repay the immense love that you give me,\u201d Klea wrote. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, her girlfriend, Katrice, also shared how she became more open to her feelings when she became true to her sexual identity. <\/p>\n
\u201cLike many people in this community, I thought it was just a phase brought by being young and na\u00efve. Growing up from a rather conservative family, I tried to suppress these feelings for fear of rejection or being misunderstood,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Noting her experiences, Katrice highlighted her gratitude to Klea for helping her love herself even more and showing her true self.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am completely happy with the kind of love that we share and I wouldn\u2019t have it in any other way,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n
Together with their posts, Klea and Katrice showed support for the LGBTQIA+ community by standing up and fighting for its rights. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn a world where we have to fight for our basic needs and rights, know that I am here for you, and I stand in solidarity with you! Happy Pride Month, loves!\u201d Klea wrote. <\/p>\n
The couple officially made their relationship public right after Klea disclosed being part of the LGBT community, on the same date as her 24th birthday. <\/p>\n
In celebration of Pride Month, actress Klea Pineda and her girlfriend Katrice Kierulf shared their happiness after being open about their sexual identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-showbiz"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/249509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}