#binibaes

Binibaes, trans idols of the Philippines.

Until the 1970s, Manila and other cities in the Philippines were famous for the ‘binibaes’, sometimes called ‘bini boys’.[1] Binibaes were young males aged from about twelve up, sometimes a little younger, who came to the city to work and seduce men. They dressed and lived as women, but most did not take hormones. The bini boys dress as girls…The…acceptance of bini boys is revealed in popular…