A registered nurse, John Ryan N. Mendoza hailed from Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao. He first moved to Metro Manila in 2010 (supposedly just to finish a health social science degree), but fell in love not necessarily with the (err, smoggy) place, but it’s hustle and bustle. He now divides his time in Mindanao (where he still serves under-represented Indigenous Peoples, among others), and elsewhere (Metro Manila included, as well as in Uppsala in Sweden, where he has another base) to help push for equal rights for LGBTQIA Filipinos and other marginalized sectors. Helping manage the running of Outrage Magazine, Rye also conducts researches (e.g. Golden Agora, which looked at the experiences of senior gay men and transgender women in the Philippines; and #PreventionNOTCondemnation). Rye conducts trainings/workshops on LGBTQI issues and on HIV, is a prolific writer, and is a “lifelong student of life” (that is, he’s always open to learning new stuff – e.g. filmmaking, website development).