Francis Baraan IV
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Biography
BIOGRAPHY
Francis Baraan IV (full name: Francis Martin Beltran Baraan), born on December 5, 1982, in Dagupan City, Philippines, is a Filipino human rights activist, a hotelier, a political commentator & blogger for Rappler's blogging platform, X, a social media activist & Twitter personality, an entrepreneur, an actor, and a resource speaker on press freedom & fake news. He is popular for his vocal criticism & fierce posts on Facebook & Twitter against President Rodrigo Duterte, his administration, his family, and his drug policies.
He is better known as Frank Baraan or @MrFrankBaraan on social media.
EDUCATION
Francis Baraan is an English Major from Lyceum-Northwestern University. He also attended business & Marketing courses at the University of Asia & the Pacific, and at the University of Western Australia Manila.
LGBT ADVOCACY
Francis Baraan IV sponsored the "I Am Not Immoral" event, a video-photo project that served as the peaceful response of the the LGBT community against discrimination. Celebrity photographer Niccolo Cosme and LGBT activists Jethro Patalinghug and Bruce Portugal Amoroto joined him in organizing the event. Then Congresswoman, & now Senator Risa Hontiveros was invited by Francis Baraan to be the guest of honor.
SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM
Being a human rights advocate & pro-democracy social media activist, Francis Baraan's posts on social media are usually critical of President Duterte & his administration. His tweets are also critical of American President Donald Trump, who then blocked Francis Baraan on Twitter. He has over 73,000 followers on Twitter, 14,000 followers on Instagram, and 9,200 followers on Facebook, as of this writing.