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2023年6月1日 · bakla是菲律賓傳統文化中早已存在的性別分類，右為菲律賓南島民族伊特內格族（Itneg）的bakla人士，照片拍攝於1922年。 圖／微基共享. 有鑑於此，菲律賓許多影視作品選擇以bakla的主題，討論性別認同、愛情和婚姻等議題。 例如，電視頻道 GMA-7 於2013年推出的連續劇《我丈夫的情人》（My Husband’s...

2022年7月30日 · Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, notorious for his penchant for violence, has denounced several of his critics as bakla, from a rival candidate for president to the chairperson of the...

Two genders which challenge the cisheteropatriarchal binary from this perspective are the bakla, configured in the "gay" language games of Empimano's "Utoy" and the agi, who foregrounds herself in Torrechilla's "queer" anti-elegy "Patyo."

Baklâ is a gender identity characterized by the adoption of a feminine gender expression by men. This includes feminine mannerisms and speech, use of make-up, cross-dressing, and long hairstyles; all are referred to with the umbrella term kabaklaán (effeminacy).

The paper explores the development of a distinctive Philippine gay identity, referred to as 'bakla,' which contrasts with Western notions of being gay as primarily a sexual identity. It highlights how 'bakla' encompasses a gender identity, often linked to social roles and behaviors traditionally associated with femininity, and examines how ...

2021年10月31日 · Bakla signals “effeminacy” and “homosexuality,” which stigma signifies being “weak,” “fake woman,” and “unreal man.” This historical research interrogates the etymology of bakla, which...

2019年6月22日 · In many LGBT discourses, as in this article, the bakla is defined more in terms of gender identity than sexual orientation. The identity of the bakla, moreover, oftentimes represents the...

2023年3月20日 · The Filipino term “bakla” signals “effeminacy” and “homosexual­ity,” which stigma signifies being “weak,” “fake woman” and “unreal man” in Philippine society. It serves as an identity marker, but the term is also burdened by an oppressive past …

At its core, the study argues that sexism and political instability coincide in the social history of the bakla. Contextualizing bakla’s semantic shifts reveals that the word’s stigma comes from its earliest meaning; besides “fearful and weak,” it was bakla as “deceptive.”