She has produced numerous fundraisers and benefits for LGBTQ+ and social service organizations like ICON (Seattle Counseling Service), Gay Bingo (Lifelong), Aleksa Manila & FRIENDS (Pride ASIA), Saying It Out Loud Conference (Health Care Authority) and so on. She is also Miss Gay Seattle XL (2004-2005), believed to be the oldest drag title West of the Mississippi.Īleksa Manila is Seattle’s sweetheart of social activism and philanthropy. HISM Olympia XXXV, ALEKSA MANILA is the 35th elected Empress of the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, the Olympic and Rainier Empire.
Her first title is Miss Gay Filipino 2001 (Filipino Community of Seattle) where she focused on the senior and elders, and intersections of the LGBTQ+ groups with the API/Filipino-American communities.
As a proud FilipinX immigrant and genderqueer individual from the Asia Pacific region, she brings with her social justice lens and human rights activism to raise the visibility and voice of minority populations.
