Swardspeak: The Colorful Language of the Filipo Gay Communy

Contents:

• LEARNG GAY LGO: A STARTER GUI!
• ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS
• CATEGORY:TAGALOG GAY SLANG
• FILIPO GAY LGO EXPLAED FOR THE RT OF THE WORLD
• SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY
• NEW TERMS FOR GAY LGO REARCH PAPER
• HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
• GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
• GAY LGO DICTNARY

LEARNG GAY LGO: A STARTER GUI!

(SPOT.ph) Wh a transgenr woman  Congrs and the immense populary of shows like Queer Eye and RuPl's Drag Race, gay culture is currently at the foreont of mastream Filipo nscns a way has never been before. Provg jt how funny the evolutn of language n be, achoo is the newt eratn of the classic beki term "pamta," which refers to gay men who seem like they're straight. Gay lgo sometim has an timate nversatn, to avoid people around them or protectn for virg the Philipp, there is a long way to go for LGBT rights but still, the untry is now payg s rpect to the muny.

ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS

(Not showg up) Keri – Not the actrs name but (It’s Okay)Tlili – It is not the water lily (It’s Te)Haggardo versoza – It is not the actor’s name (Tired and haggard)Gutom jon – HungryJ jackson – It so hot (pertag to the weather)The Gay lgo has no l, as long the nstctn of the words ncerned s evolutn to break their – means Cheap (champaka, chapala, or chararat to champorado, chapl, chapa, chop suey and champola. – oh, promise me, pangako, utang/ bt48 years – sobrang tagal/so slowKatol – mhang katulong/ looks like a maidOtoko- lalaki na lalake/ hottie or real manPranella – prang/ crazyOblatn – nakedThunrts – matanda/oldiFrance prieto, pransya – may sayad/ crazy personCryola – cryIkura – how muchKadley – to walkYamey – laterSome gay language is forbidn due to timate word like:Halls – BlowjobFelix Bakat – the pen1s of the man form well of his pantsBgic – mast*rbateBonam – anal s3xPokish – sluttyMakiyawti – smells badLet hear some song the way the Gay sgsBubh and flowerret, jojosok ang reyna na, shochurva ang chacha, pajempot jempo fah, Boom tiyayavh chenIt’s a song wrten by a female group the Philipp. To ll them Bakla, Bayot, Badg, etc., are all synonyms for the the end, a liberatg space may be opened for gay people to share their longgs and experienc.

So there are words that may not be clud this list but lets go and explore more words om other parts of the worldDrag queen – a performer who drs flamboyant or exaggerated female clothg and makp for entertament – the abily to perceive whether someone is gay or not based on their appearance, mannerisms, or – a social gatherg of LGBTQ+ people, often wh mic, dancg, and – a term that has been reclaimed by some members of the LGBTQ+ muny as an clive and non-bary umbrella term for all non-heterosexual and non-cisgenr inti. Rabow flag – a symbol of LGBTQ+ pri, reprentg diversy, clivy, and terms you may wish to know:Bear – A term ed to scribe a larger and hairier gay man, often wh a gged appearance and – A way of behavg or speakg that is seen as exaggerated, theatril, or effemate, often ed for humor or – A term ed to scribe someone who intifi wh feme characteristics or behavrs, regardls of genr inty or sexual orientatn. Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny.

CATEGORY:TAGALOG GAY SLANG

While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns. ” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men.

FILIPO GAY LGO EXPLAED FOR THE RT OF THE WORLD

On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist). They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police.

Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot, ” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man.

Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny.

SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY

Once the not-so-secret language of homosexuals; gay lgo is no longer exclive to gays much to our divas dismay. From s grassroots begngs obscure parlors around the cy has filtrated the tri-media and is now beg spoken or unrstood or both by every Juan, Juana, Nene and Boy the everyone n now speak this once hard to break “gay of munitn”. It has bee some kd of a secret guilty first time I heard a gay lgo fed nversatn back 1996, I was nfed.

I was then workg a gay domated bs - entertament what else - but everyone else seemed to be speakg this queer tongue; straight men clud. Gay words and terms are beg born every mute and thrown om every rner of the room that you have to tch up quickly or forever be lost the labyrth. ”“Hoy, i-ready na ang pang-Janno Gibbs sa prs ha”“Anong oras na ba, Tom Jon na ako e”If you thk about , gay lgo is nothg but a hilar play of words.

NEW TERMS FOR GAY LGO REARCH PAPER

But my pricels associatn and iendships wh the queer folks and wh the help of the ter, I have a vobulary every newbie would want to / Ach — ano (what) / whichBalaj — balahura (shamels)Bter Ompo — malungkot (sad) / nagnggng (fumg mad) / bterBaklah / Baklh — ed stead of one’s name, may refer to any genrGivency / Janno Gibbs / Debbie Gibson — bigay (to give)That’s Entertament / Anda / Andalucia / Anju / Anjo Yllaña — datung (money)Fatale — sobra (excsive) / to the maxFeel / Fillet o’ Fish — type / gto / natipuhan (like)Fly — alis (leave)Forever — palagi (always) / matagal / mabagal (slow)Pagoda Cold Wave Lotn — pagod (tired)Washgton / Wishg / Wish — wala (nothg or none)Chanda Romero — tiyan (tummy)Mahalia Jackson — mahal (expensive)Kuya Germs — madumi (dirty) / bearer of germsLucria Kasilag — laret / baliw (crazy)Luca Soriano — loser na sorry paLuz Valz — matalo (to lose)Wnie Santos — manalo (to w)Award — pagalan / pagsabihan (reprimand)Fretyle — slow makagets (to unrstand) / slowImbey / Im — imbyerna (irratn)Jowa / Jowabell / Jowabella — karelasyon / BF or GFKape / Capucco / Coffeemate — magisg ka sa katotohanan (be realistic)Lupa Kashiwahara — malup (cel)Ra Gomez — nakaka-ira (irratg personaly)Enter the Dragon / Entourage — pasok (to enter) / e Julie Andrew / Jola Magdangal — mahuli (ught the act)Antibtic — antipatika (bch)48 Years / 50 Goln Years / 10, 000 — matagal (after a long time)Crayola — iyak (to cry)Thunrts / Chanliers / Masyonda — matanda (old people)Wrangler — gurang (also means old)Jubis / Juba — taba (fatso)Jutay / Jut — mali (small)Kangkang — sexReyna Elena — ulan (to ra)X-Men — datg lalaki (formerly a man) now gayMorayta / Murriah Carrey — mura (cheap)Pamtang Durog / Pamenthols — closet gays / actg as menBackstreet Boys — cute boys at the backChimey Cricket — chimay (maid)Goodbye Slay — goodbyeFayatollah Kumenis — payat (skny)Ananda — ahas (a snake) / traorAnong petsa na? )Pura Kalaw — walang pera (broke) / mahirap (poor)Ri Peralejo — mayaman (rich, om the Spanish word ri)Chova / Chovale Kyle — chika lang (small talk)Cookie Chua / Cookie Monster — magluto (to ok)Clasmat / Klasmat — classmateCynthia Lter — hdi kilalang babae o lalake (unknown she or he)Daot — sulto (sult)Eksena / Eksenadora — mahilig pumapel / mahilig sumabat (someone who always lik to figure a scene)Emote — mag-arte pa r (one who is over-actg)Karir/Career — seryoso ang isang bagay like BF or work (to be serly volved)Lafang — ka (eat)Lapel — malakas ang bos (someone wh a loud voice)Carry / Keri / Cash & Carry — sige (OK or alright)Cathy Dennis — “makati” (isky) or promiscuoChar / Charot / Charg / Charbroiled — not okLiberty / Statue of Liberty — libre (ee)Okray — panirang puri (cricize)Lucky Home Partner — live- partnerIn Fairns — pampalubag loob (to nsole)Compared to Lugaw — ka wala (better than nothg)Blame on the ‘Parlor-ista gays”.

HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG

But tth be told, gay lgo/swardspeak/gayspeak is now the mastream of Filipo nscns and munitn and shows no sign of fadg. Published Augt 12, 2010 2:50pm If you don’t unrstand the phrase “pasok sa banga" (rough English translatn: fs si the jar), maybe you are not gay or a fag hag (a woman who lik to act gay or hang out wh screamg gays). Bekimon om two words: “becky or beki, " gay speak for “bakla" or young gays, and “jejemon, " which refers to the strange text and Inter language that has gaed wispread age among izens and mobile phone ers the Philipp.

It is the new term for gay lgo or gay speak, the betiful and nfg (to those who are uniated) and very gay ( the old sense of the word) languag of the bakla, the agí, and the bayot of this fabulo, fabulo Philippe archipelago. Bee there are many Filipo transsexuals workg Japan, several Nihonggo words have also entered the bekimon vobulary cludg “otoko" for man, “okama" for gay, and “watashi" for “me. Fernanz, bekimon is a procs of dg the gay experience: “Itatago ang tunay na anyo ng sala upang hdi matdihan.

GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE

He add that gayspeak giv people the eedom to live out the gay experience, or “stmento ng mga bakla sa pakikunggali sa mapang-apg lipunan.

GAY LGO DICTNARY

" Ined, bekimon provis a space for gays to talk about their liv whout beg unrstood by heterosexuals around them, many of whom are homophobic.

The lecture end wh a vio prentatn of a gay father sldg his son bekimon for not addg “her" as a iend on Facebook. “You should not make a dictnary of gay words bee will fy the purpose of gayspeak—that is to e a language like a secret , " he said, sg sweetly.