The irony that the former colonizer countries that were mostly homophobic before are now the ones that are legalizing it and probably most colonized countries before were very open about it but now because of the colonizers it became such a negative thing.
it's almost as if more than 300 years of imperialism and subjugation seep in all aspects of the colonized people's lives. It's as if it has lasting effects that still ripple throughout time including the present.
Filipino gay here. I have befriended two Spaniards, in which one of them is a good-looking man in which I had a crush on. My other friend is a straight woman in her 40's who told me that she might feel it weird, but she can't do nothing but respect the feelings of my kind. My crush, meanwhile, a good-looking man in his 30's, somehow acknowledged and appreciated my feelings when I confessed it to him. Sadly, he is straight and he is observably in a happy and stable relationship with a woman, so we cannot be more but just friends. My crush and I are still cordial and civil towards each other when we talked. It showed me how much tolerant Spanish society towards LGBTQ people nowadays. I once had a crush on a Filipino guy, he has a smart, educated and quite affable in appearance, but still get me appalled from his reaction after I confessed my feelings. Now, I am already blocked and no longer have any idea if he's even still alive and breathing.
man to know i wouldve been the COOLEST kid on the block in precolonial philippines. I'm bisexual and nonbinary filipino and tbh watching this is super comforting, like my existence is backed up historically so if someone tries to act smart I can just show this to them like some kind of badge lolol edit: HELL YEAH I'd like to see more videos on this topic!! Gender and sexuality as it pertains to precolonial Philippines have always been something I'd like to talk abt w my friends, it'd be great to hear more facts I can pull out over dinner haha
This got me teary eyed as a gender fluid person--to know my ancestors would have embraced me and many others. I love how their understanding of gender was heavily inspired by their understanding of nature and that they came into the conclusion that it isn't static. Because it really isn't. They were the true enlightened ones contrary to the colonizers' heretic claims.
Imagine what colonialization can do to a once a very open minded country. Grabe din ung influence ng mga banyaga saten. Sana makabalik pa tayo sa dating tayo.
Tbh, I thought the PH is only tolerant of the LGBTQIA+. But I have always been curious because ever since I was little, I have always seen them in every aspect of my life, from uncles, classmates, to the next door neighbor. And, at least where I grew up, they were not ostracized or shamed (except for a few bullying here and there, especially with kids) but were treated with respect (at least outwardly). But now I think it is because of our pre-colonial culture. We may not be aware of it, but maybe even through those centuries, we haven't really lost that culture. This is really cool. I've heard about gender benders as prominent in pre-colonial PH but I've never encountered published articles about it, I was a little bit skeptical. Thank you for this. I hope topics like this make their way into the academe somehow.
Modern Philippines is definitely just tolerant towards LGBTQIA+ people but it's slowly getting better. Pre-Colonial Philippines is the BASED Philippines. If we weren't colonized, we still might respect people of LGBTQIA+ and our culture would have been much more vast.
Pwede maging bakla/tibo. Di porket bakla/tibo, member ng ng LGBTQRSTUV ek ek. Wag lang maging Bobo at maging “woke” tatanggapin ka ng Pinoy. NO to Sogie Bill! Sabi nga ni Ricky Reyes, “Ang kasal, sa Relihiyon iyan, ipaubaya na naten”. Now that bakla/tibo are accepted, some who want more rights adapt LGBT. Makinig kayo ke Ricky Reyes. Wag kayo abusado.
Finally!!! I have always known how progressive pre colonial Philippines was. I hope that someday we can restore our culture and mentality without colonial biases. Thank you for this video!
This makes me so emotional. As a closeted BI person living with homophobic family, it's hard when you hear homophobic snide every now and then especially from people you're supposed to love and trust. Dakal a salamat koya.
It is such a great timing that I came across your video days after a member of LGBT won the Miss Universe Philippines title. I am really disappointed that a lot of Filipinos are throwing hurtful words at her, saying that she is immoral and less of a woman because she is in a same sex relationship. Sadly, we never went back to our pre colonial beliefs regarding gender fluidity while the colonizers who taught us to be homophobic are now moving forward and accepting LGBT and same sex union.
This video should have a lot more likes. I'm a Filipino. And it's so eye opening to learn about all this. It's sad that the current culture doesn't fully accept the LGBTQ+.. I hope videos like this will help open the minds of more people. Yes!! More videos on this topic, please! And Filipino mythology! ❤️
This is interesting and I am just wondering how other ethnicities in pre-colonial Philippines view homosexuality. We Bisaya also use 'Binabaye' to call gays, and Bayuk sounds close to Bayot. And... Go for a Part 2 nito para sa Philippine mythology. Inaantay ko ito.
I was watching a video a few days ago, and was quite surprised to learn of the acceptance of homosexuality in Viking society. Homosexuality was accepted in almost all ancient civilizations - Greek, Roman, Japanese, Polynesian, Southeast asian etc. But it seems that the root of homophobia are the three middle eastern religions namely, Judaism, Islam and Christianity. As I am gay and catholic, I would like to know why.
Not all Greeks were comfortable about homosexuality. Plato, in the dialogue Symposium seems to permit and even admire it, but "Laws" condemn it as "against nature," so he says. Homosexuality was mainly okay - if you were in the Greek upper class. Most in the lower class seemed to deride it as a form of perversion. But as things stand, it's surely better in Judeo-Christian religions, but Greece far from a "tolerant" utopia.
In my town in Aklan we view gays as lucky because most gays there are the breadwinner of the family. They're dance instructors and entrepreneurs. Lesbians though, are tolerated but gays are respected better.
ancient cultures were always open minded when it comes to gender and expression... ancient greece and romans were famous for their bisexuality, native american indians believe on two spirited person were one person can have a masculine energy and feminine energy. japanese samurais engage on sex with men too, a mexican tribe from oaxaca called this as "muxe" which pretty much the equivalent of the binabae and bayugin of ancient philippines as discussed here... having sex with the same sex in the ancient world was pretty normal so that's why when the catholic church gained power they have considered it as a sin to help control the population and convert more people
im NB, part filipino, and interested in magick/the occult. and only NOW learning about the pre colonial traditions of the phillipines is like suddenly having an ancient power awaken inside me
This is a very important documentary that should be preserved, and proudly shared. There's just so many misleading things we were taught in school. Now we have Kirby and other Filipino Culture Warriors who are enlightening us with the Truth. Thank you for sharing. 🤓
So the bayuk and the the fa'afafine of Samoa are very similar... Probably even share the same cultural roots. It's just that the cultural significance of the fa'afafine in Samoan society was mostly preserved into modernity while the cultural significance of the bayuk largely eroded.
Ik this video is 3 years old, but i’d be interested to see a video on the history of what we consider sapphics/ lesbians in precolonial Philippines. I rarely hear anything about the topic.
Love the way you explain everything clearly ❤️specifically this one. Some people aren’t open hearted to accept and understand a person’s sexuality lalo na sa LGBTQIA+ in this generation. Unlike way back, they respect and accept them.
wait, has the concept of the "binalaki" or the masculine woman or "tomboy" in modern vocabulary existed alongside the precolonial concept of "binabae" during the pre-spanish era or is it something more recent?
Such is why the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines disgusts me. Why are they celebrating cultural erasure, colonialism, genocide, and discrimination? If I were to return in time, I would help my people fight back against the arrival of Spain. Perhaps, unified our country so it would become a council of kingdoms, without the erasure of the minorities. LGBTQ is a Philippine minority. They should be treated with respect, similar to the indigenous and the people with disability.
Same sentiment. My homophobic religious tito used 500 years of Christianity against my gay lifestyle. So I explained to him that his religion was just imported here, gays have been here before his beliefs.
It's really heart warming to know that our ancestors accepted and proud of people that are queer and LGBTQIA+.But sadly been removed by the invasion of other countries. Though I wonder po if their are asexual and aromatic people back then. (Just wondering lang po because I'm an aro ace person)
Thank you for making this video❗❤💕 It's nice to know that there is actually a part of our history that society viewed the members of the LGBTQ+ as something valuable and significant. It's a little bit disappointing that colonialism, which brought and teach Christianity on the natives, changed how society view these wonderful people. I just hope that one day, the society will accept the members of LGBTQ+ as a member of the society, not an abomination or harbinger of calamities. By the way, I would love to see your video about the Philippines Mythology x LGBTQ+ because I do have a project which is all about the LGBTQ+ in Philippine mythology and your video will be a great help. Gikan sa kinailawmang bahin sa akong kasing-kasing, daghan kaayung salamat. ❤💕
I've always been interested in different cultures. I watch videos like this but about the Japanese, Koreans, Chinese and many more. For some reason, videos that talks about the Philippines in this times are limited or maybe I'm just bad at finding one. I'm glad I found your channel to educate myself more sa culture natin. :>
@@KirbyAraullo It all started actually with her princess phase (thanks Disney). I told her that in the Philippines Princesses were not born but are made. My family is from the mountains of Panay. Growing up I was told stories of these mountain princesses. How they trained so hard to be learn their communities history, tradition, arts and music. I am proud to say that my daughter took this as a challenge to become a Pinay Princess. We are now exploring other roles like the pandays, warriors and babaylans. Your videos and books do help a lot. I still find it funny whenever Princess Mayumi comes out each time my daughter proudly asserts her Filipino heritage.
Hi, Kirby! I'm a new subscriber and proud Pinoy. I've enjoyed all your retelling of our history, the few which I have watched so far.I appreciate the efforts you put into each one.You will render each content legitimacy by adding your sources.I'm not saying yours are not believable. I'm just saying you will make them more authoritative when you site your sources.I'm sure you have young subscribers to your channel.I'd like the young ones to learn how to fact- check, be critical and be more discerning.Thanks for helping educate our people.
Very interesting to know that the ancestors had such a view. Wish you had included actual excerpts from textual materials/resources. Please do so in future for information checks. Thanks. Compared to other countries, though, the Philippines is more accepting of gender-bending.
oo kahit ako masama or sumpa ang tingin ko sa LGBTQ noon,. dahil sa ignorance natin at relgion,. pero ang totoo wala naman problema kung ano man eh,. lahat tau ay masama at mabuti,.
Makes sence that binabai will be tresured by the mother. They will be seen as staying with their mother as she grows old because they will not have a biological child. The strengths of a man and care of a woman (generally speaking). Bamboo = resilience this is something I always believe about our countrymen in general. People who are ignorant are fearful of the thing that they do not know or understand. Ika nga, fear of the unknown. The response should be, Do unto others what you want others to do unto you dapat davah? Respeto lang regardless of sexual orientation.
This video really needs captions Please make videos on original Kapampangan words that are now Tagalized ex. "siklod" is the Kapampangan for 'mano' - let's revive our LANGUAGES.
Sana ganyan ang professor ko nung Philippine History....saya cguro at looking forward always sa class atte nuance.. napaka witty mag bigay ng infos eh👏👏👏👏 pa shout out naman po dito..from Solomon Islands..🙏
I love this comment! Totoo yan pati sa mga dating kolonya ng Britanya mga super homophobic, pero ang Britanya ngayon super accepting sa LGBT. Tables have turned.
@@Tiliwikness True. Marami na akong naencounter na relihiyoso sa facebook at inakala nila na western propaganda lang daw ang lgbt. So sinabi ko kung ano man ginaya ng Pinas sa ibang bansa, iyon ay ang religion mo.
Time to dig up our ancestral identity and puke out our captors poison. Thank you for this. I can move forward as modern LGBTQ in our country with a new modality, identity and spirituality. May the Anitos guide us bayoks.
"It is now use an insult"? Yung totoo kuya Kirby, dati sa grade school. Ang mga tao na iniinis at tinatawag na mga bakla, ay naging bakla nga xD Siguro sa iba turing siyang isang bilang panginginis, pero para sa akin "Totoo naman ah". Pero siguro? Ang mga magulang ko kasi ayus lang naman silang mga bakla o sa mga tomboy. Tapos yung ate nagkaroon ng kasintahan, isang feminim tomboy ate ako. Ibig sabihin kilos niya ay isang babae pero ang sa puso niya ay mga babae rin. Gusto ng ate ko ipakilala sa magulang namin yung girlfriend niya! Kaya lang nung pinakilala na, pinilit siyang mag-break up. Ang cute nga nila nung kasintahan nila kaya lang wala na eh. Siguro dahil doon kaya ayaw ng mga tao ma-label bilang isang bakla o tomboy? Kasi ayaw nila malaman ng mga magulang nila? At... alam mo na. Opinyon lang! Wag masyadong magalit o ma-offend XD Happy Pride Month!!!
I understand where you're coming from. Pero they don't use it to describe you but to mock you.. Kung straight ka ba , kapag naglalakad ka ba sa kalsada, may sumisigaw sayo Ng straight at nagtatawanan? Tinatawag ka ba nila straight instead of your dreams? Wala Naman talagang Mali sa pagiging bakla, pero naging iba Yung meaning especially ngayun...
as a transgender filipino-american this video makes me emotional. to know my ancestors would not only accept me but see me is a blessing is really reassuring. my own parents are embarrassed of my queerness and see it as sinful.
What is the name of the background music 🎶 in this video Kirby? Also good introduction towards the Ancestral perspectives of LGBT people and their purposes in Ancient Filipino society On the Diwatas/Devatas/Deities of Filipino Mythology, you want to talk about how “gender fluid” some of them can be in another future video right? That’s good and all but…regarding “Filipino Deities” what about their many: •Epithets (Makiling is one of the many epithets of the Mountain guardian ⛰ in Mt. Makiling) •Mythological roles in their respective regional mythology •variations of the same story (like Arachne VS Athena) •pre-colonial and Abrahamic cycles versions of the same story (like Sarimanok or Pele of Hawaiian mythology) •Character evolution, symbolism and associations (like Aphrodite from her early Ishtar war based connections to solely beauty, fertility and sexual love by the Ancient Greeks to motherhood and political power by the Romans) see Overly Sarcastic Productions video •comparative literature or influences from other mythologies cultures like Chinese (Chinese Ghosts), Indian (Bathala is either like Brahma or Shiva, Agui of Tagalog Mythology is suspiciously 🤨 like Agni and they are both associated with fire 🔥), or Arabic (kapre weirdly sounds like a certain Arabic word) you did talk about where Santonilyo of Cebuano Mythology really came from in a previous video or Galura from Garuda You can apply all of the same criteria towards “Filipino Mythology” in terms of Deities, creatures, demigods, afterlife, concepts, philosophy and many more in future videos like what you did with Trese. So When will you tackle them Kirby?
mabuhay po i salute you thank you i salute apo my malenab family and elders ancestors the more we know the better i would of been a catalanon helper po
My Mom already knew I was gay. I didn't experience to come out to my family coz it's already obvious and they don't care about it. 🥰 Of course pag nasa labas na ng bahay nakakastress makipag aregluhan sa mga homophobic at sa mga nagbabanal banalan.
Our family name is Pahimulin. There is a variation: Fajemolin. Many families use either variation. In Rizal Province, there arenative names like Dili-dili, Matignas, Ulic-ulic and Tirambuaya.
There are religious people asking me, "what is a woman?" which is the title of documentary made by transphobic commentator, Matt Walsh. I would answer, "Babaylan" now they got confused due to ignorace.
Filipino (Standard Tagalog) and Indonesian (Standard Malay of Indonesia) doesn't have gender pronouns for example in Spanish the word for he is *él* the word for she is *ella* in Filipino the word for he and she are 1 its *siya* in Indonesian is *dia* . In English *him* is for man and *her* is for woman but in Indonesian its *nya* and in Filipino is *niya* . In Spanish the pronoun of group of men are *ellos* the group of women are *ellas* in Filipino it's *sila* it's gender neutral and in Indonesian is *mereka* it's gender neutral. In Indonesian and Filipino the word for son or daughter is the same *anak* and so on.
Tbh, sometimes i think the spanish accounts are questionable, maybe they're just embellishing their demonization of our pre-colonial culture? Maybe it wasn't a thing? I mean why didn't the natives have their own accounts about their daily lives? Also are there LGBT representations on our native mythologies? I only got reminded of lakapati
Hello Friend, I felt like your sources were very limited (often from the perspective of the Spanish) with the amount of your personal interpretation eclipsing your scholarly sources. It would have been great if you could have pointed to specific gender fluid individuals who's lives were documented historically in greater detail, or if you elaborated upon some specific mythologies and stories that shaped societal values. If I was someone looking to your thesis for personal validation, or if I was of an opposite perspective and wished to examine your statements in greater detail, I'd have a hard time digging in deeper to verify your facts, or acquire more information.
sdfghhgf colonialism TRULY ruins everything. thank u so much kuya kirby for this video its heartening and encouraging to learn that LGBT people have always been here, and even celebrated historically
The irony that the former colonizer countries that were mostly homophobic before are now the ones that are legalizing it and probably most colonized countries before were very open about it but now because of the colonizers it became such a negative thing.
right now, Spain is one of the LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world. That same country who colonized us
@@wynignatius9289 Yeah
it's almost as if more than 300 years of imperialism and subjugation seep in all aspects of the colonized people's lives. It's as if it has lasting effects that still ripple throughout time including the present.
Filipino gay here. I have befriended two Spaniards, in which one of them is a good-looking man in which I had a crush on. My other friend is a straight woman in her 40's who told me that she might feel it weird, but she can't do nothing but respect the feelings of my kind. My crush, meanwhile, a good-looking man in his 30's, somehow acknowledged and appreciated my feelings when I confessed it to him. Sadly, he is straight and he is observably in a happy and stable relationship with a woman, so we cannot be more but just friends. My crush and I are still cordial and civil towards each other when we talked. It showed me how much tolerant Spanish society towards LGBTQ people nowadays.
I once had a crush on a Filipino guy, he has a smart, educated and quite affable in appearance, but still get me appalled from his reaction after I confessed my feelings. Now, I am already blocked and no longer have any idea if he's even still alive and breathing.
@@mendicius_jade I’m sorry for what you experienced. The Philippines definitely still has a lot to catch on to in terms of basic human rights.
man to know i wouldve been the COOLEST kid on the block in precolonial philippines. I'm bisexual and nonbinary filipino and tbh watching this is super comforting, like my existence is backed up historically so if someone tries to act smart I can just show this to them like some kind of badge lolol
edit: HELL YEAH I'd like to see more videos on this topic!! Gender and sexuality as it pertains to precolonial Philippines have always been something I'd like to talk abt w my friends, it'd be great to hear more facts I can pull out over dinner haha
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Thank you 😊 I'm glad you found this video super comforting. Stay proud of who you are, don't let others define you. Our ancestors got your back ❣️
@@KirbyAraullo thank YOU kuya kirby for making this vid and spreading that education!! :D
Hey im an enby pinoy too :’)) good to know im not alone
fellow non binary, bi/pan filipino here. Sending love and hugs!
This got me teary eyed as a gender fluid person--to know my ancestors would have embraced me and many others. I love how their understanding of gender was heavily inspired by their understanding of nature and that they came into the conclusion that it isn't static. Because it really isn't. They were the true enlightened ones contrary to the colonizers' heretic claims.
Not if you live in Mindanao
Your ancestors (can) still embrace you! ❤
Imagine what colonialization can do to a once a very open minded country. Grabe din ung influence ng mga banyaga saten. Sana makabalik pa tayo sa dating tayo.
Balik na kayo
@@savagekruger77 why not u leave the philippines? Lol. Colonizer
@@savagekruger77 Ako matagal na.
wag kayo magagalit pero dahil yan sa relihiyong pinaniniwalaan ng spanya at yun ay "romano katoliko" na dinala nila dito at ginamit sa pagsakop✌️.
@@NA-oc7eq oh please. Stop nursing hate. Move on. Stop acting like you and any white person was alive hundreds of years ago
YAS!!! LGBTQIA+ Diwatas please!!
Also, I will never get over how much of our culture was annihilated by colonialism...
Tbh, I thought the PH is only tolerant of the LGBTQIA+. But I have always been curious because ever since I was little, I have always seen them in every aspect of my life, from uncles, classmates, to the next door neighbor. And, at least where I grew up, they were not ostracized or shamed (except for a few bullying here and there, especially with kids) but were treated with respect (at least outwardly). But now I think it is because of our pre-colonial culture. We may not be aware of it, but maybe even through those centuries, we haven't really lost that culture.
This is really cool. I've heard about gender benders as prominent in pre-colonial PH but I've never encountered published articles about it, I was a little bit skeptical. Thank you for this. I hope topics like this make their way into the academe somehow.
Me too, Una ko narinig Yung ganto sa TED talk...pero mas marami akong naiintindihan dito
PH is tolerant but not accepting but good thing its changing slowly but surely.
Modern Philippines is definitely just tolerant towards LGBTQIA+ people but it's slowly getting better.
Pre-Colonial Philippines is the BASED Philippines. If we weren't colonized, we still might respect people of LGBTQIA+ and our culture would have been much more vast.
Pwede maging bakla/tibo. Di porket bakla/tibo, member ng ng LGBTQRSTUV ek ek. Wag lang maging Bobo at maging “woke” tatanggapin ka ng Pinoy. NO to Sogie Bill!
Sabi nga ni Ricky Reyes, “Ang kasal, sa Relihiyon iyan, ipaubaya na naten”. Now that bakla/tibo are accepted, some who want more rights adapt LGBT. Makinig kayo ke Ricky Reyes. Wag kayo abusado.
Finally!!! I have always known how progressive pre colonial Philippines was. I hope that someday we can restore our culture and mentality without colonial biases. Thank you for this video!
Ancient Filipinos are based
Our ancestors were slayin
Yes❤
When i learned about this, I’ve learned to love myself more.
This makes me so emotional. As a closeted BI person living with homophobic family, it's hard when you hear homophobic snide every now and then especially from people you're supposed to love and trust. Dakal a salamat koya.
It is such a great timing that I came across your video days after a member of LGBT won the Miss Universe Philippines title. I am really disappointed that a lot of Filipinos are throwing hurtful words at her, saying that she is immoral and less of a woman because she is in a same sex relationship. Sadly, we never went back to our pre colonial beliefs regarding gender fluidity while the colonizers who taught us to be homophobic are now moving forward and accepting LGBT and same sex union.
This video should have a lot more likes. I'm a Filipino. And it's so eye opening to learn about all this. It's sad that the current culture doesn't fully accept the LGBTQ+.. I hope videos like this will help open the minds of more people.
Yes!! More videos on this topic, please! And Filipino mythology! ❤️
This is interesting and I am just wondering how other ethnicities in pre-colonial Philippines view homosexuality. We Bisaya also use 'Binabaye' to call gays, and Bayuk sounds close to Bayot.
And... Go for a Part 2 nito para sa Philippine mythology. Inaantay ko ito.
I was watching a video a few days ago, and was quite surprised to learn of the acceptance of homosexuality in Viking society. Homosexuality was accepted in almost all ancient civilizations - Greek, Roman, Japanese, Polynesian, Southeast asian etc. But it seems that the root of homophobia are the three middle eastern religions namely, Judaism, Islam and Christianity. As I am gay and catholic, I would like to know why.
If I may, i don't think the religion did the misinterpretation but some who interpreted these form of faith differently...
@@kwanangwanders588 I agree
Not all Greeks were comfortable about homosexuality. Plato, in the dialogue Symposium seems to permit and even admire it, but "Laws" condemn it as "against nature," so he says. Homosexuality was mainly okay - if you were in the Greek upper class. Most in the lower class seemed to deride it as a form of perversion. But as things stand, it's surely better in Judeo-Christian religions, but Greece far from a "tolerant" utopia.
The Japanese? Are you sure? Even women are treated as inferior to men in Japan.
@@mirieshii1948
Try researching the "Wakashu" practice.
In my town in Aklan we view gays as lucky because most gays there are the breadwinner of the family. They're dance instructors and entrepreneurs. Lesbians though, are tolerated but gays are respected better.
Really? my father hates gays, He's from Aklan too, in Kalibo.
Now he kinda changed when he learned my brother is gay.
@@ult7511 Welp good for him to embrace his son's belief, cause it really wouldn't be worth it destroying their relationship.
ancient cultures were always open minded when it comes to gender and expression... ancient greece and romans were famous for their bisexuality, native american indians believe on two spirited person were one person can have a masculine energy and feminine energy. japanese samurais engage on sex with men too, a mexican tribe from oaxaca called this as "muxe" which pretty much the equivalent of the binabae and bayugin of ancient philippines as discussed here... having sex with the same sex in the ancient world was pretty normal so that's why when the catholic church gained power they have considered it as a sin to help control the population and convert more people
I used to hate history...but I think I'll give it a try now..I have so much to know
@Koko martin Yes, hirap lang kasi kahit mga naging teachers ko iba-iba sinasabi...SKL
im NB, part filipino, and interested in magick/the occult. and only NOW learning about the pre colonial traditions of the phillipines is like suddenly having an ancient power awaken inside me
This is a very important documentary that should be preserved, and proudly shared.
There's just so many misleading things we were taught in school. Now we have Kirby and other Filipino Culture Warriors who are enlightening us with the Truth.
Thank you for sharing. 🤓
So the bayuk and the the fa'afafine of Samoa are very similar... Probably even share the same cultural roots. It's just that the cultural significance of the fa'afafine in Samoan society was mostly preserved into modernity while the cultural significance of the bayuk largely eroded.
Ik this video is 3 years old, but i’d be interested to see a video on the history of what we consider sapphics/ lesbians in precolonial Philippines. I rarely hear anything about the topic.
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Love the way you explain everything clearly ❤️specifically this one. Some people aren’t open hearted to accept and understand a person’s sexuality lalo na sa LGBTQIA+ in this generation. Unlike way back, they respect and accept them.
wait, has the concept of the "binalaki" or the masculine woman or "tomboy" in modern vocabulary existed alongside the precolonial concept of "binabae" during the pre-spanish era or is it something more recent?
Here we call it "lalakin-on" "binabayi"
Tomboy is not equal to lesbian. Tomboys are women who wear and act like men but doesnt mean they are attracted to same-sex.
Such is why the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines disgusts me. Why are they celebrating cultural erasure, colonialism, genocide, and discrimination? If I were to return in time, I would help my people fight back against the arrival of Spain. Perhaps, unified our country so it would become a council of kingdoms, without the erasure of the minorities.
LGBTQ is a Philippine minority. They should be treated with respect, similar to the indigenous and the people with disability.
Same sentiment. My homophobic religious tito used 500 years of Christianity against my gay lifestyle. So I explained to him that his religion was just imported here, gays have been here before his beliefs.
It's really heart warming to know that our ancestors accepted and proud of people that are queer and LGBTQIA+.But sadly been removed by the invasion of other countries. Though I wonder po if their are asexual and aromatic people back then. (Just wondering lang po because I'm an aro ace person)
Thank you for making this video❗❤💕 It's nice to know that there is actually a part of our history that society viewed the members of the LGBTQ+ as something valuable and significant. It's a little bit disappointing that colonialism, which brought and teach Christianity on the natives, changed how society view these wonderful people.
I just hope that one day, the society will accept the members of LGBTQ+ as a member of the society, not an abomination or harbinger of calamities.
By the way, I would love to see your video about the Philippines Mythology x LGBTQ+ because I do have a project which is all about the LGBTQ+ in Philippine mythology and your video will be a great help.
Gikan sa kinailawmang bahin sa akong kasing-kasing, daghan kaayung salamat. ❤💕
I've always been interested in different cultures. I watch videos like this but about the Japanese, Koreans, Chinese and many more. For some reason, videos that talks about the Philippines in this times are limited or maybe I'm just bad at finding one. I'm glad I found your channel to educate myself more sa culture natin. :>
Thanks for this video Kirby. I was having a hard time trying to explain to my daughter why a babaylan has no gender.
Thank you, I'm glad it helps and happy that you're teaching your daughter about our roors 😊
@@KirbyAraullo It all started actually with her princess phase (thanks Disney). I told her that in the Philippines Princesses were not born but are made. My family is from the mountains of Panay. Growing up I was told stories of these mountain princesses. How they trained so hard to be learn their communities history, tradition, arts and music. I am proud to say that my daughter took this as a challenge to become a Pinay Princess. We are now exploring other roles like the pandays, warriors and babaylans. Your videos and books do help a lot. I still find it funny whenever Princess Mayumi comes out each time my daughter proudly asserts her Filipino heritage.
Parang sa Indian Culture pala, there's a similarity... The queer community during the ancient times were revered as special.
@Koko martin kaya pala sa thailand hanggang ngayon dahil majority budhist sila.
@Koko martin agree kaya pala sa Sahaya palabas sa gma dati tanggap ng mga badjao ang third sex.
Yeah special po sa mga indian yung mga Trans sila po kasi yung magbabasbas sa mga bagong silang na sanggol
Hi, Kirby! I'm a new subscriber and proud Pinoy. I've enjoyed all your retelling of our history, the few which I have watched so far.I appreciate the efforts you put into each one.You will render each content legitimacy by adding your sources.I'm not saying yours are not believable. I'm just saying you will make them more authoritative when you site your sources.I'm sure you have young subscribers to your channel.I'd like the young ones to learn how to fact- check, be critical and be more discerning.Thanks for helping educate our people.
hello there guys, gals, and nonbinary pals! I just wanna say that y'all are valid, keep being who you are and love who you love!
k bye
Gonna send this to my mom to convince her I’m not going to hell lol
Yeeeeees, pleeeeeeease! Enlighten us about the gender in philippine mythology especially sidapa and libulan and lakapati...
Woah, what does overall society really looks like then kaya...huh, no wonder I was always drawn to the bamboos
Very interesting to know that the ancestors had such a view. Wish you had included actual excerpts from textual materials/resources. Please do so in future for information checks. Thanks.
Compared to other countries, though, the Philippines is more accepting of gender-bending.
Ang galing galing talaga magpaliwanag Ginoong Kirby!😊
Well-researched content, Kirby. I hope you make more contents about our pre-colonial society and culture. They don't teach this in school. ❣️
oo kahit ako masama or sumpa ang tingin ko sa LGBTQ noon,. dahil sa ignorance natin at relgion,. pero ang totoo wala naman problema kung ano man eh,. lahat tau ay masama at mabuti,.
This video is incredibly informative and enlightening. Thank you, Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Datu Kirby, for sharing such valuable insights.
Makes sence that binabai will be tresured by the mother. They will be seen as staying with their mother as she grows old because they will not have a biological child. The strengths of a man and care of a woman (generally speaking).
Bamboo = resilience this is something I always believe about our countrymen in general.
People who are ignorant are fearful of the thing that they do not know or understand. Ika nga, fear of the unknown. The response should be, Do unto others what you want others to do unto you dapat davah? Respeto lang regardless of sexual orientation.
This video really needs captions
Please make videos on original Kapampangan words that are now Tagalized ex. "siklod" is the Kapampangan for 'mano' - let's revive our LANGUAGES.
yeeeees pls I’d like to see and know more of our mythology in this context esp as a Kapampangan 🥰
Sana ganyan ang professor ko nung Philippine History....saya cguro at looking forward always sa class atte nuance.. napaka witty mag bigay ng infos eh👏👏👏👏 pa shout out naman po dito..from Solomon Islands..🙏
I would love to watch more about our mythology!!!! 💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜
Yes pleaseeee!!! I really love to learn more about our ancient diwatas
Thank you Kirby! I'm not skipping ads ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Spain malaya na samantalang tayo mga close minded pa rin. Sila itong nanghawa ng sakit gumaling samantalang tayong nahawa lang hindi pa
I love this comment! Totoo yan pati sa mga dating kolonya ng Britanya mga super homophobic, pero ang Britanya ngayon super accepting sa LGBT. Tables have turned.
@@Tiliwikness True. Marami na akong naencounter na relihiyoso sa facebook at inakala nila na western propaganda lang daw ang lgbt. So sinabi ko kung ano man ginaya ng Pinas sa ibang bansa, iyon ay ang religion mo.
"Apprentice of their mothers..." Yeah magkapareho at magkasundo kami ni Mudra
Please talk more about Filipino Gods and Goddesses our diety. Please suggest books to read.
that's why most of us are open minded.....
This makes me so happy as a pan genderfluid Filipina
I'd love to learn more about the deities, it sounds so interesting
Time to dig up our ancestral identity and puke out our captors poison. Thank you for this. I can move forward as modern LGBTQ in our country with a new modality, identity and spirituality. May the Anitos guide us bayoks.
"It is now use an insult"? Yung totoo kuya Kirby, dati sa grade school. Ang mga tao na iniinis at tinatawag na mga bakla, ay naging bakla nga xD
Siguro sa iba turing siyang isang bilang panginginis, pero para sa akin "Totoo naman ah".
Pero siguro? Ang mga magulang ko kasi ayus lang naman silang mga bakla o sa mga tomboy. Tapos yung ate nagkaroon ng kasintahan, isang feminim tomboy ate ako. Ibig sabihin kilos niya ay isang babae pero ang sa puso niya ay mga babae rin. Gusto ng ate ko ipakilala sa magulang namin yung girlfriend niya! Kaya lang nung pinakilala na, pinilit siyang mag-break up. Ang cute nga nila nung kasintahan nila kaya lang wala na eh.
Siguro dahil doon kaya ayaw ng mga tao ma-label bilang isang bakla o tomboy? Kasi ayaw nila malaman ng mga magulang nila? At... alam mo na.
Opinyon lang! Wag masyadong magalit o ma-offend XD
Happy Pride Month!!!
I understand where you're coming from.
Pero they don't use it to describe you but to mock you.. Kung straight ka ba , kapag naglalakad ka ba sa kalsada, may sumisigaw sayo Ng straight at nagtatawanan? Tinatawag ka ba nila straight instead of your dreams?
Wala Naman talagang Mali sa pagiging bakla, pero naging iba Yung meaning especially ngayun...
Thank you for this informative video! I would LOVE to see another video about gender, sexuality and the Diwatas.
as a transgender filipino-american this video makes me emotional. to know my ancestors would not only accept me but see me is a blessing is really reassuring. my own parents are embarrassed of my queerness and see it as sinful.
I wish you wrote all the paintings you have shown in the description.😔
What is the name of the background music 🎶 in this video Kirby? Also good introduction towards the Ancestral perspectives of LGBT people and their purposes in Ancient Filipino society
On the Diwatas/Devatas/Deities of Filipino Mythology, you want to talk about how “gender fluid” some of them can be in another future video right?
That’s good and all but…regarding “Filipino Deities” what about their many:
•Epithets (Makiling is one of the many epithets of the Mountain guardian ⛰ in Mt. Makiling)
•Mythological roles in their respective regional mythology
•variations of the same story (like Arachne VS Athena)
•pre-colonial and Abrahamic cycles versions of the same story (like Sarimanok or Pele of Hawaiian mythology)
•Character evolution, symbolism and associations (like Aphrodite from her early Ishtar war based connections to solely beauty, fertility and sexual love by the Ancient Greeks to motherhood and political power by the Romans) see Overly Sarcastic Productions video
•comparative literature or influences from other mythologies cultures like Chinese (Chinese Ghosts), Indian (Bathala is either like Brahma or Shiva, Agui of Tagalog Mythology is suspiciously 🤨 like Agni and they are both associated with fire 🔥), or Arabic (kapre weirdly sounds like a certain Arabic word) you did talk about where Santonilyo of Cebuano Mythology really came from in a previous video or Galura from Garuda
You can apply all of the same criteria towards “Filipino Mythology” in terms of Deities, creatures, demigods, afterlife, concepts, philosophy and many more in future videos like what you did with Trese. So When will you tackle them Kirby?
mabuhay po i salute you thank you i salute apo my malenab family and elders ancestors the more we know the better i would of been a catalanon helper po
I've been waiting for this topic from your channel 👌
Hopefully the legislators in our country will be as objective as our precolonial ancestors. #PrideMonth
My Mom already knew I was gay. I didn't experience to come out to my family coz it's already obvious and they don't care about it. 🥰 Of course pag nasa labas na ng bahay nakakastress makipag aregluhan sa mga homophobic at sa mga nagbabanal banalan.
Our family name is Pahimulin. There is a variation: Fajemolin. Many families use either variation. In Rizal Province, there arenative names like Dili-dili, Matignas, Ulic-ulic and Tirambuaya.
This is such a lovely lesson❤
Sana po may tagalog version nito para maraming makaintindi
There are religious people asking me, "what is a woman?" which is the title of documentary made by transphobic commentator, Matt Walsh. I would answer, "Babaylan" now they got confused due to ignorace.
G, sir! Please make a video about our deities 🤩
Also yes I vote for more videos on traditions regarding this topic!
Filipino (Standard Tagalog) and Indonesian (Standard Malay of Indonesia) doesn't have gender pronouns for example in Spanish the word for he is *él* the word for she is *ella* in Filipino the word for he and she are 1 its *siya* in Indonesian is *dia* . In English *him* is for man and *her* is for woman but in Indonesian its *nya* and in Filipino is *niya* . In Spanish the pronoun of group of men are *ellos* the group of women are *ellas* in Filipino it's *sila* it's gender neutral and in Indonesian is *mereka* it's gender neutral. In Indonesian and Filipino the word for son or daughter is the same *anak* and so on.
Everything has gender in Spanish
El Niño (boy)
La Niña (girl)
La Mesa
El Gato
La consolacion
Yes please make another video 😳 thank you for talking about this topic!
this is so comforting
Where to find or read these pre colonial dictionary 🤔
Yesssss sir
More!
Thanks sir
Tbh, sometimes i think the spanish accounts are questionable, maybe they're just embellishing their demonization of our pre-colonial culture? Maybe it wasn't a thing? I mean why didn't the natives have their own accounts about their daily lives? Also are there LGBT representations on our native mythologies? I only got reminded of lakapati
Also some of the bathalas and diwatas are either gay or transgender.
@@rexgeorgerodriguez7620 lakapati is the only intersex goddess in the pantheon
This made me smile coz im bi.
Agyamanak la ununay kadaytoy nga inpormasyon.
Sana lang Ang mga books mo ipa Publish ngayon dito sa Pilipinas
Mabuhay ang mga kawayan!
Maraming salamat po sa mga impormasyon.More videos to come,more subscribers to come.
Maraming Salámat din 😊
I would love to see a deeper exploration on the diwatas/gods!
Thanks for making this video! Happy Pride Month!
17:10 I would definitely love that! I love mythologies in general.
TH-cam ALGORITHM PLEASE DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!
kuyaaaaaa..... Philippines mythology gods and goddesses naman po please 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Love this channel, thank you!!
Hello Friend, I felt like your sources were very limited (often from the perspective of the Spanish) with the amount of your personal interpretation eclipsing your scholarly sources. It would have been great if you could have pointed to specific gender fluid individuals who's lives were documented historically in greater detail, or if you elaborated upon some specific mythologies and stories that shaped societal values. If I was someone looking to your thesis for personal validation, or if I was of an opposite perspective and wished to examine your statements in greater detail, I'd have a hard time digging in deeper to verify your facts, or acquire more information.
Omg very powerful pala ang mga atake namin in precolonial Philippines
Hi! Can you turn on the captions for this? Thanks.
This is very educational,nice explaining all this kuya kirby.
Sir Kirby, ang mga pre colonial queers ba ay pwedeng makipagtalik sa kapwa niya?
Yes, at ikinakasal din sila.
Kasalanan talaga toh Ng español noon eh HAHAHAHHA imagine if we've never been colonized in the first place
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
i learn so much from your videos. thanks :D
would this also be the same in the Muslim kingdoms in what is now the Philippines?
Thank you for making this! I am sharing it with my students.
Hope you make more vids like this.
the bamboo is spirital to me bathala created us from bamboo tagalog po sir thanks salamat
sdfghhgf colonialism TRULY ruins everything. thank u so much kuya kirby for this video its heartening and encouraging to learn that LGBT people have always been here, and even celebrated historically
Salamat din 💖
Hi Sir Kirby. I just want to ask if "katalonan" is the Tagalog term equivalent to "babaylan" and "mamaluyan"?
follow up question: is it exclusive only for female and feminine men?
katalonan ang katawagan ng mga tagalog sa priest nila same sa babaylan
Thank you for this video! #PassSOGIEBillNow
Happy Pride... i love many of your video... very interesting & beautiful