Philippines gendered person bayot baklâ http://homosaurus.org/v2/bading http://homosaurus.org/v2/bakla http://homosaurus.org/v2/bantut http://homosaurus.org/v2/bayot http://homosaurus.org/v2/binabae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakla https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agi#Hiligaynon https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bakla#Tagalog https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bayot#Cebuano https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bayot#Tagalog https://lgbta.fandom.com/wiki/Bakl%C3%A2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849481 A Filipino identity which is considered nonnormative in terms of gender and/or sexuality. Depending on the context, such a person may also consider themselves to be gay, transgender, bisexual, or otherwise part of a cultural gender identity exclusive to the Philippines. However, the term is almost always applied to persons assigned male at birth. The argot utilized by the baklâ is called swardspeak, sometimes called gayspeak. The baklâ identity precedes colonization of the Philippines. Such persons were often held in high regard, being spiritual leaders sometimes called babaylan and katalonan. While the term "bakla" and homosexual are far from congruent, many Filipinos use them interchangeably because they entail the same social effect: stigmatization. bakla bantut bayogin bayot binabae bading Southeast Asian culturally-specific gender identity Swardspeak agî agî Asian Homosexuality LGBTQIA+ Immigrants & Internationals: Cultural Resources for Service Providers in Allegheny County Male Homosexuality in the Philippines: a short history Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History