Gay Language: Defying the Structural Limits of English Language in the Philippines

• Main Author: Casabal, Norberto V.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: code-mixing; gayspeak; gender difference; Philippine English; street-talk
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss11/18; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1155/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n11_2008_5D_205.1_NewScholarsForum_Casabal.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Gay language has achieved a higher degree of acceptance in recent years in the Philippines. Both gays and non-gays can be heard uttering gay expressions. But the main role of gayspeak for gay people in the Philippines is to function as an “armor” to shield themselves from the chasm and the social st...