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Kamusta! Ako si Anna Balagtas (she/they) and I'm a Queer + Pinay femme radical birthworker, educator, facilitator, and community organizer. I'm the founder of Pocket Doula and I support emerging careworkers in radicalizing their practice through heart-centered mentorships, facilitations, and community organizing. My practice is housed under the decolonization of birthwork and transformative queer care. My deepest joys come from witnessing our communities thrive through community care, mutual aid, and abolition work.

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Jul 16, 2024 ∙ 6 min
To remember my dad is to love him
I have this fear that I’m going to start losing my memories of my dad. Will I forget his face? Will I forget his laugh? His voice?
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Apr 5, 2023 ∙ 1 min
8 ways to become a queer inclusive birthwork practice
Queer inclusivity is not just a business strategy, but a way of living. Though this piece is targeted to speak on how to become a queer...
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Mar 20, 2023 ∙ 1 min
"Gender neutral terms take away from womanhood" and other myths about queer-inclusive language
Queer affirming language is not only necessary, it's life saving. In this blog post, we'll examine popular myths that are heavily used by...
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Across the ocean, the land I call home is called Surigao del Sur. Through migration, my father first settled in Scarborough, the ancestral lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. In 2003, my mother and I joined him and migrated to settle on Turtle Island.

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Today, I am settled and operating in Guelph, Ontario, and acknowledge that this is the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. I recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.

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