Group 6

• to delve into historical views on the LGBT

community
• and explore the diverse identities within the
LGBTQIA+ spectrum
Labels are so powerful it can be used to
discriminate and oppress people. Like how the
German Nazi’s used the word "Aryan Race" to
mean superior and "Jews" and "Homosexual" to
justify their mass murder of what they called as
"inferior" race.
However, labels can also empower people to claim
their space in our society, especially in the political
sphere. Language can be used to avoid offense or
disadvantages to certain groups of people like
using “Person with disabilities” instead of Disabled,
“African American” instead of “Blacks”, and “LGBT”
instead of “Homosexuals”.
Sexual and emotion attraction towards the same sex has
been recorded throughout history of mankind. In China 600
BCE, they used the terms “pleasure of the bitten peach” and
“Brokeback”. In Japan, they have “Shudo” or “Nanshoku”.
“Kathoey” is used in Thailand to refer to lady boys. In the
Philippines we have the “Babaylan” and the “Catalonan” who
were mostly women priest, but some are males who lived
their lives as woman.
The formation of UP Babaylan
was prompted by a hate crime
committed in 1991 against a
community member at UP's
Narra Residence Hall. The
incident made clear the
necessity of establishing a group
committed to improving and
defending the welfare and rights
of LGBTQI individuals both
inside and outside of UP.
It made its debut to the public at a protest rally against the then
new UP President, a tuition fee hike, and other social issues.
However, due to the public’s general treatment of the LGBTQI
community, the organization struggled to maintain itself. There
was even a time when the organization was so poor that the
members had to sell chicharon to fund itself. Aside from
financial struggles, the organization also sparked controversy
within the university, due to its uncompromising
stances for LGBTQI rights.
Despite all of that, the organization remained steadfast in its
mission, and in 1993, UP Babaylan joined the Lantern Parade
with a defiant call, “Out from the Closets, Into the Streets.” In
June 1996, UP Babaylan participated in the first Metro Manila
Pride March, presenting the longest rainbow flag.
Society’s attitude towards homosexuality and
other gender variants change through history. In
ancient Greek, all males are expected to take on
a younger male lover in a practice called
pederasty. Some societies, like the
indigenousNative Americans accepted and
celebrated what they called “Two spirited” in
person in a dance to the “Berdache.
However, later lectures see it as a “Sin” following
the Abrahamic Religion which branded it as
Sodomy, a crime against nature. As these
cultures colonized other countries, it enforced
its belief system of viewing same sex attractions
as a sin through violence such as killing
homosexuals through burning, stoning, or being
fed to the dogs.
Homosexuality was classified as an illness in the
19th century as a basis for them to legally
persecute homosexuals, imprison, and commit
them to a mental institution. An example of this
percussion is that Alan Turing, the father of
modern of modern computing, who was
prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts. He was
sentenced with chemical castration treatment,
and he later died through cyanide poisoning.
As science advance through years of extensive
research, the APA removed homosexuality as a
psychiatric disorder or a sickness in 1973. This
decision was after many years of struggle from the
gay and lesbian liberation movement. APA finally
declared that being attracted to people of the same
sex is a Natural variation of the human experience,
and it does not make anyone any less of a healthy
and functioning human being. Now that society is
more accepting towards the LGBT, new terms and
labels have been used to cater to everyone.
The babaylans are typically female spiritual leader, those
positions can be taken by males who crossed genders and
they called it “ASOG”. Males sometimes took on the role of
female babaylan. Early historical accounts record the
existence of male babaylans who wore female clothes and
took the demeanor of a woman
A male babaylan could partake in romantic and sexual
relations with other men without being judged by society.
Precolonial society accepted gender-crossing and
“transvestism” as part of their culture. According to J. Neil
C. Garcia It is similar to women in almost at all aspects,
except for childbirth.
The history of the LGBT movement in the Philippines has
roots in indigenous practices, notably the roles of the
Babaylan, priestesses with spiritual and leadership
authority, including some males known as asog who
engaged in same-sex relationships without societal
judgment. Spanish colonization introduced patriarchy,
impacting gender roles and leading to the derogatory
term "bakla" for effeminate men. Justo Justo founded the
Home of the Golden Gays in 1975 to support elderly gay
men.
In the 1980s, the lesbian community struggled for visibility
within the women's movement. The first LGBT Pride March
in 1994, organized by PROGAY Philippines and MCC Manila,
marked a turning point. Recent developments include the
Psychological Association of the Philippines' LGBT Non-
discrimination Policy Resolution in 2011 and the ongoing
push for the Anti-SOGI Discrimination Act since 2016.
Despite progress, comprehensive anti-discrimination laws
are lacking, and societal challenges persist, emphasizing
the ongoing importance of visibility and advocacy within
the LGBTQ+ community.
• L: Lesbian
• G: Gay
• B: Bisexual
• T: Transgender
• Q: Queer/Questioning
• I: Intersex
• A+: Asexual and other identities
 A woman who is emotionally,
romantically, or sexually attracted to
other women.
 A person, typically a man, who is
emotionally, romantically, or
sexually attracted to members of the
same sex.
 A person who is emotionally,
romantically, or sexually attracted to
more than one gender.
A person whose gender identity
differs from the sex assigned to
them at birth.
 An umbrella term often used to
encompass a range of non-
heteronormative sexual orientations
and gender identities, used by
people who celebrate all gender
identities.
 Individuals born with physical or
biological sex characteristics that do
not fit typical definitions of male or
female.
 A person who experiences little or
no sexual attraction to others. Allies
are heterosexual people who are
fighting for LGBTQ rights.
This refers to all sexualities that do
not fit in the LGBTQI spectrum.
• Androgynous - people whose gender expression
(their physical appearance) may or may not be
distinctly male or female.

• Gender - your internal sense of being masculine or

feminine or neither.

• Gender identity - how you feel, man, women, or

neither.
• Gender expression - how you express your sense
of being male or female or neither, maybe
through hairstyle, clothes, etc.

• Sexual orientation - your emotional and sexual

attraction to a person.

• Sex assigned at birth - your given sex when were

born based on your sex organ.
• Cisgender - when your gender identity matches
with the sex you are assigned at birth.

• Non-binary — people who do not feel like a boy or

a girl; they may feel like they are both or neither,
so sometimes they use the pronouns they, them,
and theirs.
Labels are important especially in the acceptance
and promotion of human rights. The evolution of
the terms used to describe people who are
emotionally and sexually attracted to the same sex
have evolved through time. From homosexuality, to
gay, and to LGBTQA+, let us remember that we are
all humans, born free and equal.
If you have any questions or suggestions,
let us know!
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