Yes, if someone is homosexual or gay, he is most appropriately called “bayot” or “bakla”. But because of our culture that we consider homosexual or gay or bayot or bakla as WEAK, so coward people are called the same just because of being WEAK but not because of their sexual orientation.

Dinnes Principe’s interview with Morales was just an inspirational to the Filipinos that someone who was weak at the start is now knocking on the door of greatness & recognition. It was just an inspirational story for the Filipino readers which is very well understandable in our point of comprehension even if it was written in English form. Best rgds & God bless.

So: if you were a gay man, would you call yourself “bayot” or “bakla”? Or are these only words you would use if you were trying to call someone a sissy? I’m curious to see if the writer of that article meant something that didn’t transfer to English.

Thanks again! Reylan: Thanks for letting me know about the difference between Bisaya and Tagalog– I was honestly out of the loop on that one. Stickitin: I support making the boxing community more inclusive (which is why I want to know more about Filipino culture since it’s so important to boxing culture now), and also I love the gays (they make things look pretty). Was I ever trying to hide that?

Also, everyone, just in case: I’m not a guy. I don’t mind if you call me “Mr. Writer”, but I don’t want anyone to be under the wrong impression

1.) Ask the NSAC to ban XYLOCAINE not just 1 week before the fight but all the time.
2.) Ask BOB ARUM to help u in #1.
3.) If #1 is done, agree to Mayweather’s demand for a RANDOM DRUG TEST 14 days before the fight (only if #1 is done).
4.) Fight Mayweather in December so that you can rest your tired body after the may election.

Mr. Writer, can you please send this to our “FIGHTER OF THE DECADE’… thanks a lot.

But to enlighten the author a bit. Being called gay when growing up per Cebuano/Bisaya tradition (mostly whole Filipino as well) doesn’t really tackle the homosexuality part.

(In PH if people notice you have much of the feminine side in you as a kid, literally your gay and thats it.)

But on Ciso’s part, I believe what the term gay suggests was him of being a coward, who always walk away (ducks) from trouble whenever he faces it. In Filipino communities, mostly towards kids/juvenile if grown ups see you do this frequently especially when someone comes to your face another kid perhaps and challenges you (mostly fist fights), its definitely not a respectable attitude. Thus earning you the the brand “bayot” yes a term for gay, but also a term used for cowards when especially in taunts.) And when you are branded as such, its just like losing your status/respect in the community.

Imagine for a kid growing up and the whole neighborhood disregard you, and to say that the neighborhood in PH is the same as how American Movies show how close-knit those people in the counties are, where everybody knows everyone.

Just see how Filipinos, reacted to Mayweather Jr. when he ducked Manny Pacquiao, and to say that Pacquiao is also Bisaya as well.

Morales is not a Tagalog-speaking Pinoy, although I’m sure he understands and speaks that language, too… but my point is that like I, Ciso speaks Bisaya (Visayan) as his native tongue. So much for that… Gay is “bayot” in our dialect… ‘though it also means gay (i apologize if it is an insult to use such a word… Pinoys, in general, don’t really know which words are offensive in America or not)or homosexual, it is usually used as a reference for cowardice, especially when it comes to bullies trying to badger someone… I might have misunderstood your article, which is no surprise considering our major cultural differences, not to mention the satirical nature of your writing style, but perhaps you’re implying that Ciso has prejudice/discrimination against the gay community. Please correct me if I’m wrong… but I must say that that’s definitely the case with Ciso. Unlike in the United States, the “bayot tease”, is quite common, especially to kids. It’s not really meant to demean the gay community, although indirectly, that might have been the case…

By the way, Dennis Principe is a very good boxing analyst in my humble opinion, for whatever it’s worth. It’s always nice to read your articles… compelling, provocative and well-written.

Best regards,

Reylan

Morales narrated the challenges he had by those childhood friends who called him gay. Calling gay by a child to another child in our place is just like saying dont be a weak person, STAND FIRM and STRONG. (because for us, gays are weak). This is usually uttered to a person specially if he has the personality & capability trait of a leader but he is not using it.

So, Morales ended up by saying they become his closest friends and showed him respect just because of the simple reason, Morales heeded their call to become their leader in their small association.

It is just a matter of knowing the cultural background. hehehe. Nice reading your acticle and hoping to see more from you. Rgds.