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In the Pre-Colonial Philippines Queer people were Celebrated and Hailed as special and a blessing by the Gods in Kapampangan Culture.

 Certain terms like Binabae (Tagalog/Filipino) or Binabayin  (Kapangpangan) Meaning men acting, dressing, and dancing like a woman are now used as slander or derogatory terms in modern times.

But this was seen by My ancestors as a Blessing and not as a Sumpa/Curse and this ideology was ingrained in the Culture as a blessing from mother nature, comparing it to Gender bending animals such as Mud Crabs and Fishes, they saw the fluidity of gender as a natural thing in nature. And seeing the gender fluidity in Mother Nature they saw it as Normal and were Treasured in the Community. 

Babaylan

A Babaylan is a collective term for Female Shamans they have spiritual connections to Diwata’s (gods) and spirits often exorcising evil ghosts and spirits. They are second to the hierarchy after the Royalty. Exorcising evil spirits is a part of their job performing healing rituals, helping with Births, making medicine and fighting is a part of their job, therefore making them well respected in the community. 

But male Babaylan do exist, they act like Female Babaylan, Dancing Performing rituals helping with the births, making medicine, exorcising evil ghosts, and having the normal responsibilities of a female Babaylan. Male Babaylan Married Women and Men and had intercouse with them functioning like a proper relationship. 

It even said in Spanish records that you won't know if a Babaylan is male unless you are told, based on the way they act and speak.  They are amazing examples of Transgender people in Filipino history, Proving that they have existed before the modern/current era. 

Gods

Gender when it comes to gods is fluid and changes over time. This is considered as a natural course of events in a god's existence, some being seen as a woman in a certain village and some being seen as a man in others, But the main deity that most people call in the country to this day is the creator of the heavens and earth  “Bathala” a genderless god being not a father and not a mother but a provider to their subjects an Agender god. 

Clearing up the modern comparison of “Bathala” they are often regarded as a father in the modern era because of Catholicism, or being called Jesus by most Filipinos, but “Bathala” and Jesus are not the same God.  

Filipino cultures like the Kapangpangan see that Gender Fluidity in the gods changes based on time or is considered androgynous or Non-binary.

One of those gods is “Lakapati”  the god of good harvest and fertility they are regarded as androgynous, intersex, or a transgender god. According to myths and legends, they are one of the kindest deities. People offer sacrifices to them before they plant a new field.  

Pronouns in the language

In European countries like the Philippines Colonizer separation between genders is heavily enforced, but before they colonized the Philippines Gender was seen as a means of meaning and like finding your true self, It was held in high regard. 

If you look at a Spanish dictionary there are words for inanimate objects stating their Gender, like Casito and Casita these words mean the same thing, A house. But in Tagalog/Filipino most words that are not influenced by the Spaniards are gender neutral especially pronouns.

I could refer to a person and not worry if I am missgender-ing them. Some of these pronouns are for example:

Siya=Them

Sila=Them (More than one person)

Sya=her/him

Ako=me

Kayo= a group/two people