Gay Language

Gay language which is sometimes called as gay lingo has achieved a eminent degree of acceptance in these recent years in the Philippines. Both gays and non-gays can be heard uttering gay expressions. Its also spreading wide in our coun test. The propagation of this language and form of communication is unstoppable. But the question is What is the main reason for using this kind of language? This study will try to know about the origin, variables, theories and the effect of this gay lingo in Philippines. We will interrogate battalion who use gay language and know from them the sense of relations with it.Introduction Bakla and Binabae are familiar words in Filipino street-talk. But what about baklush, badaf, baklers? These are just some of confusing words for the average of Filipino speakers. These are terms heard only in the Philippines. Gays have proven themselves in our society and they have exceled in several professions. Though, there are remedy widespread cases of discrimin ation. Looking back, gays are always facing unfair tr feed inment of other people. They have become victims of condemnationin school, office, churches and everywhere and these have been their periodical battlegrounds.Because of this discrimination, it paved way to the creation of a code of communication which only gays could use but because of its daily usage on parlors, comedy bars, sidewalks and other places where gays proliferate, peoples curiosity arose on what these words meant, eventually using it, thus the expansion of gay language. Some examples are tara lafang, Tom Jones na ako. Lafang means eat and Tom Jones means gu-TOM (hungry). The gay language is now in the mainstream of Filipino consciousness and communication. As every day, a new term is added, the vocabulary expands and whitethorn one day grow into a language on its own.