Some LGBTQ+ related Filipino Terms

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Some LGBTQ+ related Filipino Terms

Courtesy: Filipino Language Research Laboratories

— via Khayri Rednaxela Retsaoroz Woulfe

1. Ginobini
— an androgynous person (ginoo + binibini)

2. Salinsari
— transgender

3. Diwatilyo
— a twink

4. Asog/Bayok
— historical Filipino term for a transgender woman

5. Paminta/Kluseta
— slang term for a closeted/bisexualam

6. Sireyna
— a gay crossdresser who has not clinically transitioned

7. Badaf
— another term for gay

8. Lakapati
— historical Filipino term for hermaphrodite

9. Binukot
— historical Filipino term for a transman

10. Mandirigma
— slang term for a lesbian

11. Mentefuwaley Libun
— ethnic (Teduray) term for transwoman

12. Mentefuwaley Lagey
— ethnic (Teduray) term for transman

13. Laonpatag
— a genderfluid person, based on the Waray folklore genderfluid deity

14. Matalabis
— an intersex person

15. Lantaysari
— an asexual person

16. Silahis
— modern term for queer/bisexual