In my culture, gays or the name we use is “mahu” were accepted and consider people of greater understanding n knowledge because they live life in the “middle” between male n female. It was common for the chiefs to have a mahu advisor; able to understand and speak on both matters regarding male n female. Thank u for sharing your story n living ur authentic self.🌸
@lastsaint4162
Жыл бұрын
Pre colonial Filipinos also have that, some even became priest called babaylan. but spain came and brought homophobia. what country are you from?
@kokimotok
Жыл бұрын
my trauma of being called a bakla as a child that scared me so much, social gatherings were very stressful to me 😭 now I have reclaimed bakla as a badge of honor for surviving a lot in life 💕
@lastsaint4162
Жыл бұрын
Same. I was a bubbly child and bullied with the word bayot which turned me into an anxious, recluse and wall flower of a shell. Now I'm also reclaiming parts of it as a pepper dude. LOL
@oh.bessssie
Жыл бұрын
When I was little, I told my mom I was a tomboy (not know that she thought it meant lesbian), she got so mad at me and threatened me with sisters to cut my hair if I really wanted to be like that. As a child, I had no idea what that meant. And then growing up, I had very much suppressed who I really was because of this internalized homophobia. I'm glad now, though, that I can live and be my truest authentic self.
@kwanangwanders588
Жыл бұрын
maybe if not of colonialism we won't have this discrimination to other gender identities besides man and woman... Our pre colonial era esp. here in Asia talagang there's already binabae or so and many cultures have high respect bec. people thought that they were special gifts to mankind from God.
@AngelTail
Жыл бұрын
*sends salamat to peeps from the Philippines and peeps who came from PH for sharing your own stories about reclaiming bakla... yas PRIDE! *joins minna in solidarity apprub! 'nods and cries and claps in your strengths and pains and hopes and dreams! oooh very interesting point Kwanang Wanders-sensei! Moi also wonder about that... and also, with the Islamic faith also pretty strong in the Philippines, wouldn't another form of colonialism happen, not Spanish-American, but more Islamic, then indigenous cultures that celebrate nonbinary identities, those that have the babaylan, might also have been suppressed and oppressed, like how it's been in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc.? Moi's reminded of a Kim Stanley Robinson book, an alternate history story, wherein the Black Plague wiped out most of Europe and thus different kinds of empires flourised, namely the Chinese and the Muslims? But still, moi hopes that us LGBTQIA+ folks could meet, come together in diff spaces, and share our own experiences as well as recognize how even in a few indigenous cultures and groups still existing -- the Teduray and the mentefuwaley libun ("one who becomes a woman") and mentefuwaley lagey ("one who becomes a man") -- and still recognizing and accepting transgender-nonbinary identities in the now!
@Mejippop1185
Жыл бұрын
I came out to my father when my mother is cheating on him because to me that's a good way for me to make them realize that they weren't perfect as what they perceive as being gay was and if they brought up me being gay and going to hell, I'm gonna see them there then. I can't handle the fact that my father is doing everything so he can provide to us in Davao while being in Mania while my mother is cheating in Davao. SB19's song "What" is the reason why I had the courage after coming out. I was 19 when I came out and I'm now 21 years old. I'm happy that I reclaim the bakla word. Even though my whole family are homophobic I still need to study everything about being gay in order to protect my self from all those hateful stuff towards my whole existence and thisvideo is helping me with my growth as a teenage Filipino slayer. Thank you One Down for this content
@cdp1253
2 ай бұрын
I think Filipino society has a long way to go when it comes to understanding queer identity but discussions like these could cause a positive ripple for us to eventually get to the acceptance that queer people need 🤍
@ryan-smith
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe he thinks it's ok to spread fake etymology of the Tagalog word bakla. Bakla in its old tagalog meaning is not ba+k+la. Nice try but don't spread fake info. Bakla is a tagalog word that originally meant soft, bendable, or if used on a person, it means weakening or weakened or to cause to lose courage (nakakapanghina), like in the sentence "binabakla ng masidhing kalumbayan ang aking damdamin," roughly in English: "My soul is weakened by so much sorrow." The term "bakla" also used to describe either a man or a woman who are weakened in physical strength without reference to any gender whatsoever. It only became gender-tied when 20th century popularized the idea of gender labels in the psych of Filipinos (homosexuality, 3rd sex, gay, queer, lesbians, etcetera). Now bakla means gay or homosexual, but before we have no labels for homosexuals as a gender. Before, we only have masculine women and feminine (aka silahis) men but both still fall under the duality of male/female. The word bakla that originally meant weakening of strength evolved into describing the gay gender we know today up to the point that its original meaning was lost into disuse. I'm not saying there was no gay among Indios/Filipinos or among our pre-colonial ancestors before. They have gays and lesbians before but there was no label and the slight distinction of hetero vs homo before was mainly occupational and not gender-labeled.
@yogurt_junior
Жыл бұрын
Babae for female and Lalaki for male are terms used all over Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The Bakla term is not exclusive to Tagalog.
@EDRIANPENGUINO
Жыл бұрын
That’s my friend Drama!!!
@JayliFlynn
Жыл бұрын
they always make tht horse face of disgust when they say bakla too growing up 😢
@lastsaint4162
Жыл бұрын
let's take our retribution by living our best lives dear. Cheer up and sparkle, flex or both. You do you! 🌈✨💪
@bonkersblock
Жыл бұрын
You all have to remember that it’s always about how you feel! You borderline narcissist! You all have to also remember and respect your families feelings!!
@cdp1253
2 ай бұрын
I think them discussing about their feelings would not equal to "narcissism" People could love themself AND love their family, they do not necessarily cancel out
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