“Muchakang Pangkalawakan”: Queering Engagements with Bakla of the Philippine Tropics

• Main Author: Millo, Artemio P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: bakla; ethnographic reflexivity; identity-making; personal narrative; queer Philippines; queer tropicality; Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Gender and Sexuality; Queer Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/154; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/sa-faculty-pubs/article/1153/viewcontent/millo_muchakang_pangkalawakan_philippines.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The performance of participants in the Miss Gay Muchakang Pangkalawan [Miss Ugly Gay Universe] in Quiapo, Manila, reflects characteristics of the flamboyant and effeminate bakla. However, these stereotypical depictions may not always be consistent with how participants view themselves. This study ar...