Swardspeak: The Colorful Language of the Filipo Gay Communy

Contents:

• SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY
• JOKLA AND JUGELS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTCTN OF POPULAR AND HILIGAYNON GAY WORDS
• GAY LGO DICTNARY
• HILIGAYNON
• HILIGAYNON DICTNARY
• ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS
• HILIGAYNON

SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY

Gay lgo evolved as a form of anti-languag which are ually veloped by margalized muni as a secret language to protect themselv om discrimatn. For postery reasons, the existg language of Hiligaynon-Visayan gays needs to be documented for future reference as chang s lexin are que rapid.

To have a better unrstandg of how Hiligaynon-Visayan gay lgo is formed, a stctural analysis of s morphology was nducted.

JOKLA AND JUGELS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTCTN OF POPULAR AND HILIGAYNON GAY WORDS

This study utilized a self-admistered qutnnaire that intified the mon vobulary of lol gays. Based on the data provid by 25 purposively selected gay llege stunts and profsnals of Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, revealed that gay lgo is jt an adaptatn of the mastream languag such as Hiligaynon-Visayan, English, and Filipo.

Fdgs show that Ilonggo gays nstct their lexin through clippg wh affixatn, straight words wh affixatn, e of popular nam, nativizatn of loan words, ncellatn, nnotatn through imag, and g loan words wh rpted notatn. In ncln, the spoken disurse of Hiligaynon-Visayan gays of CHMSC observ no stctural l, is nstantly evolvg, s chang are liberate and tune wh the tim. Keywords: Gay lgo, Hiligaynon-Visayan, Disurse Analysis, Lexin, Morphologil.

GAY LGO DICTNARY

In the Philipp, the gay muny, specifilly the male gay muny, has their own unique slang lled swardspeak. It is the “gay lgo” or “gay speak” rived om English and Tagalog (one of the languag spoken the Republic of the Philipp) as well as other languag and dialects the Philipp, such as Cebuano, Waray, Bilano and Hiligaynon. The dialects are rich sourc of several words and phras that the gay muny the Philipp rporated their own dynamic language.

The word “sward, ” which is fed the dictnary as turf, is a Filipo slang meang a male homosexual. Nam of celebri and policians, both lol and ternatnal, pl tramark brands are ed this homosexual slang. Most gay slang, gay lgo, gay speak or gay languag arose as a form of anti-languag.

HILIGAYNON

Unr an opprsive society where homosexuals and their liftyle are often looked down upon, a need for a language unrstood only by them and perhaps by dividuals iendly to the gay muny, was necsary. When one talks swardspeak, the person is easily intified as a homosexual. Swardspeak breeds exclivy and helps homosexuals rist beg assiated the prevailg culture, which some gays fd opprsive.

Swardspeak has allowed Filipo gay men to rve a space that they uld ll their own.

For people who are new to this form of gay lgo, they might even thk that they are speakg a foreign language, although prehensible. Gay men love animated nversatns.

HILIGAYNON DICTNARY

The homosexual male populatn is loud and proud and they are not aaid to show .

ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS

In dtri domated by homosexuals, people faiar to gays also speak swardspeak. It is not a surprise to hear heterosexual men and women who work the entertament and fashn dtri speakg gay lgo.

HILIGAYNON

There is even a term for heterosexual women who speak the language of gays. ” In Tagalog, “babae” means female while “bakla” refers to a male homosexual. This language of the Filipo gay men is entertag, wty, funny and very lorful.

Bahasa Ban/Bahasa Bénng origated om the gay muny of this Southeast Asian untry. In Indonian gay speech, one of the most mon change is to add the word -- as an fix. ” But stead of g the origal word, the gay muny opted to sert the fix “” and drop the “ci.

” On the other hand, “bénng” is a standard Indonian word meang a male homosexual. Jt like swardspeak, this dialect ed maly by homosexuals, tak Indonian words and giv them different meangs.