RAAP—063
KA DAISY
Barangay Tapi, Philippines. Ka Daisy, a trans woman and guerrilla with the New People’s Army, filled a dual role as fighter and unit educator, teaching literacy and mathematics to illiterate comrades. A makeup kit tucked beside ammunition quietly declared that gender expression could coexist with armed praxis.
She died in an engagement with state forces, yet in collective memory she remains more than a casualty. Ka Daisy stands as a living text of insurgent pedagogy, queer resistance, and struggle that endures beyond death.
She died in an engagement with state forces, yet in collective memory she remains more than a casualty. Ka Daisy stands as a living text of insurgent pedagogy, queer resistance, and struggle that endures beyond death.