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This study explores the ways on how Filipino elderly gay drag queens navigate their intersecting identities and build resilience in later life. Five self-identifying gay drag queens participated in semi-structured individual interviews. The results of hermeneutic phenomenological analysis (HPA) revealed three major themes: mutually empowering relationships, institutional support structures, and resilience and coping. The findings emphasize the need to improve counseling programs, professional development, and curricula to better support the unique needs of elderly Filipino gay drag queens, improve cultural competence among counselors, and create inclusive, culturally responsive frameworks that affirm and empower their identities, experiences, and well-being.
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