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okay so I added this to the FAQ recently but I wanted to make it its own post bc it's important.

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I'm [insert queer identity] can I call myself a fag/dyke?

yes.

But I'm nervous because [identity related nuance or specifics].

Still yes.

Can I call myself a tranny?

Look, you can call yourself whatever you want if you feel it fits you. I don't actually care that much nor do I have the authority to grant you a faggot pass or whatever. You can do whatever you want forever and you need no one's permission. I love you be free

#not a heritage post #the fairy rambles #queer language #kind of #in a general sort of senss #I hope this doesn't read as dismissive I mean it with all the love in our heart

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"what" is a type of pronoun btw. I think that's cool

#pronouns #genderqueer #language #queer language #pronoun #transgender #trans

how do you usually spell this word?

“non-binary” (with a hyphen)

“non binary” (with a space)

“nonbinary” (no separation)

some other way (please elaborate)

more than one way/i alternate

see results

Voting ended onOct 15, 2025

#op #poll #language #english #queer #gender #trans #nonbinary #non-binary #non binary #nb #genderqueer #queer language #transgender #gender-free

FilipInfo Fact #12

Swardspeak, a term coined by Nestor U. Torre in the 70s, is an argot or cant slang often based in Taglish (Tagalog-English), although sometimes on other Philippine languages, and Philippine and Global pop culture, spoken mostly by the queer community in the Philippines before becoming mainstream through media. This language is often compared to Polari, a similar argot language from the queer community that's spoken in the United Kingdom, and popularized several slang terms now found in casual English like "camp" or "butch". Sometimes known colloquially as beki, bekimon, or bekinese, the argot was created by members of the community as an in-group jargon often to differentiate members of the in-group from members from the out-group due to the marginalization that the Filipino queer community experiences within the country. Because of the queer community's reach within the entertainment industry, however, from theater to major blockbuster movies, swardspeak is one of the largest contributors to modern Filipino slang with non-members of the queer community being able to mostly understand someone who speaks it or fully speak in the argot themselves. Because one can create a fully swardspeak sentence with little intelligibility from most Philippine languages unless someone has some knowledge with current pop media or has been exposed to swardspeak at a regular basis, however, there's been an argument that had been made that swardspeak can be considered its own language. Below is an example of different Swardspeak/Beki Words spoken in popular movies that stars popular Filipino transfem nonbinary comedian, tv host, and actor Vice Ganda:

Here's some other videos by other members of the community as well that showcases swardspeak:

There's also many online dictionaries that showcase the use of the argot some of which I will list here:

Bekimon: Language and Slang

BEKINARY - The Bekimon Dictionary

Gay/Beki Language Collections

References:

ABS-CBN Star Cinema. (2021, May 2). Gay Lingo Tutorial by Vice Ganda | Stop, Look, and List It! [video]. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ9ghINHqws

Beki Mon. (2011, April 30). Bekimon 101 - The Bekimon Tutorial [video]. Retrived on June 16, 2026, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6fOIM4xRo

Catacutan, S. (2013). Swardspeak: A Queer Perspective. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338677861_Swardspeak_A_Queer_Perspective

Dumaual, M. (2021, July 2). He or she? Either, Vice Ganda says, in viral explanation of gender identity. ABS-CBN News. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/02/21/he-or-she-either-vice-ganda-says-in-viral-explanation-of-gender-identity

feetlow. (2009, July 5). Gay / Beki Lingo Collections. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://hoowanted.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/gay-lingo-collections/

Man, S. (n.d.). Bekimon Language and Slang Meanings. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.scribd.com/doc/72789268/Bekimon-Dictionary

Pasia, J. (2011, March 6). BEKINARY - The Bekimon Dictionary. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.scribd.com/document/583770506/BEKINARY

"Polari, the secret gay language: 7 words we still use & 6 we should bring back". (n.d.). Out. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.out.com/media/polari-secret-gay-language-explained-words-list-definitions

Quimosing-Ocay, A. & Ocampo, D. (2023). Decoding Gay Lingo: A Morpho-Socilinguistic Analysis of Swardspeak Among College Students. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/ILS/article/view/5850

ulols. (2015, August 22). Gay Weather Teaches Bekinese [video]. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXIdowIKQMc

"Vice Ganda". (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved on June 16, 2026, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Ganda

Marwan Kaabour, The Queer Arab Glossary (2024)

My fave part from the above:

“When I attended my first Lebanese gay party in Beirut, I was flabbergasted… Our language and dialect were the same, but their use of certain words and phrases made no sense to me. I was an outsider among this group of gay men. …If I wanted to belong, I needed to learn this new language.

The first time I had sex with a Lebanese man in Beirut was both the sweetest encounter and a disaster. We'd be fucking, and he'd say something romantic, and I'd ask him where that phrase came from (what can I say? I'm a writer). Worse, he'd say something sexual, and I would begin to giggle. We ended up spending the night in each other's arms, going over the various speech permutations of the Lebanese language of queers.”

#the queer Arab glossary #queer stuff #Arabic #language #queer language #readings

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I have a lot of new followers so just to make it clear I love trans people and neopronouns are cool as fuck and linguistically interesting and it/its pronouns are also awesome and whatever pronouns or language you use to describe yourself is real as fuck.

#scaring away any TERFs idk #also just thinking about how cool neopronouns are #and then like #EMOJI PRONOUNS???#I’ve seen them before like a few times and it’s like #THATS SO LIKE UNIQUELY MODERN LIKE #NO OTHER TIME WOULD THAT DEVELOP #I LOVE IT ITS LIKE YOURE AN ITEM IN A VIDEO GAME #Like #<You need to go talk to 🐝> or whatever #cool as hell #ok I don’t have anything else to add #boo 👻 boo 👻 if you’re like a weird exclusionist or terf or whatever go away 👻#ok I’m done #language #queer linguistics #queer language #quack posts #100

Alright I'm out of better ideas so it's time to ask tumblr, does anybody have an unabridged copy of The Language of Homosexuality: an American Glossary by Gershon Legman, 1941? So far I've tried:

-Google Scholar -My general science mentor -all the major science "piracy" websites -The Language and Sexuality Reader (this one has the abridged version) -Two linguists -4 library assistants -1 regular librarian -2 research librarians

and I've found nothing, but this is a foundational text of queer linguistics and it's cited EVERYWHERE, so surely there is an unabridged copy of it somewhere???? Please, I've been looking for over a year, someone help me find this paper before I lose my last marble.

#linguistics #science #scientific papers #scientific paper #if I use enough tags then the paper itself will find this post #queer linguistics #queer language #The language of homosexuality: an american glossary #gershon legman #the language of homosexuality: an american glossary (1941) by Gershon Legman

it does suck that we all basically talk like late 80s black drag queens without ever acknowledging their influence on language but im still so happy "crack the egg" and "egg" are back. like HEY YOU! have you ever looked at your gender in the mirror and asked what you love about yourself? WHY THE FUCK NOT? GO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GOT YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING AND THEN BECOME AN INGREDIENT IN A PHENOMENAL RECIPIE become an omelette before society makes you humpty dumpty!!!!!!!!!!

#trans #trans women #queer language #trans egg