UPLB CAS Dibisyon ng Wika

24/04/2026

Congratulations, UPLB Delegates, for winning in the Short and Sweet Play Dialogue Category of the 12th PASUC National Culture and Arts Festival (NCAF) 2026, held from April 6–12, 2026, at West Visayas State University in Iloilo City.

Making up the delegation were BACA students Karla Joy Dipasupil and Roan Cristobal, who were coached by the following faculty from the Department of Humanities: Asst. Prof. Patricia Mariz Hilao-Valencia, Mr. Andrew Estacio, Asst. Prof. Almira Joanna Garcia, and Asst. Prof. Nell Buenaventura.

24/04/2026

𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓰𝓸𝓭 𝓷𝓪 𝓟𝓪𝓰𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓲! 🌟

Taos-pusong binabati ng UPLB Dibisyon ng Wika ng Departamento ng Humanidades si 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐀. 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨, kasaping fakulti ng Dibisyon, sa kanyang matagumpay na paglahok bilang 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 sa 12𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗖 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 (𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗙) 2026.

Ang delegasyon ng UPLB ay nagwagi bilang National Champion sa kategoryang Short and Sweet Play – Dialogue. Isang malaking karangalan ito para sa buong unibersidad!

Ang piyesang “𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗶 𝗻𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮” ay isinulat ni G. Andrew Estacio (playwright), kasaping fakulti ng UPLB CAS Department of Humanities Dibisyon ng Wika.

Kabilang sa mga Coach ng delegasyon ng UPLB sa dramatic arts sina Kat. Prop. Patricia Mariz Hilao ng Communication Division, Kat. Prop. Almira Joanna Garcia ng Visual and Performing Arts Division at Kat. Prop. Nell Buenaventura.

Mabuhay at patuloy na pagbati, Sir Andrew at sa buong delegasyon!

21/04/2026

𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓴𝓱𝓪𝔂 𝓷𝓪 𝓟𝓪𝓰𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓲! 🌟

Taos-pusong binabati ng UPLB Dibisyon ng Wika ng Departamento ng Humanidades si Ginoong Lari Sabangan, kasaping fakulti ng Dibisyon, para sa kaniyang dalawang bagong publikasyon ngayong 2026.

Kabilang sa mga bagong akdang ito ang:

“Si Goyo at si Mang Goryo” – Isang kontribusyon sa Balang-araw, Bulalakaw: Antolohiya ng mga Kuwento at Tulang Pambata na inilathala ng UP Press. Evasco, E. Y. & Ortiz, W. P. (Eds.).

“Mga mueto sa sueod it akong eawas, Mga multo sa loob ko” – Isang kontribusyon sa Isang Bangang Akda: Festschrift kay Dr. Prospero Covar na inilathala ng Luntian: Journal sa Malikhaing Akda Carrandang, N.V., Correa, R., & Dela Peña, G.N. (Eds.).

Ang mga akdang ito ay mahahalagang ambag sa ating panitikan, mula sa pagkukuwento para sa mga bata hanggang sa mapagmalasakit na pagpupugay sa ating mga pantas,na nagpapatunay sa husay at dedikasyon ni G. Sabangan sa larangan ng malikhaing pagsulat.

Mabuhay at patuloy na pagbati, Sir Lari! ✍️✨

20/04/2026

𝓟𝓪𝓰𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓲, 𝓜𝓪’𝓪𝓶 𝓛𝓲𝓫, 𝓜𝓪’𝓪𝓶 𝓙𝓸𝔀, & 𝓢𝓲𝓻 𝓝𝓮𝓵𝓵!

Congratulations to the faculty members of the Language Division of the Department of Humanities (DHum) for receiving a research grant under the Local Regional Studies Network (LRSN) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. This project is part of the University of the Philippines Los Baños’ broader initiative to advance interdisciplinary research in UPLB toward the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Studies Center - Southern Luzon.

The project, with the working title “𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒂: 𝑨 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕,” will be led by 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕. 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 (Language Division Head) and 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗔. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁 (DHum Chair) as Project Leads.

Also joining the team is 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗠. 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗼, DHum Assistant Chair, who will serve as Project Fellow, along with other core staff members from the Department and Filipino Sign Language researchers and practitioners outside UP Los Baños.

This initiative marks an important step toward advancing inclusive language policy and the documentation and preservation of Filipino Sign Language in the Southern Tagalog region.
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Congratulations to the faculty members of the Language Division of the Department of Humanities (DHum) for receiving a research grant under the Local Regional Studies Network (LRSN) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. This project is part of the University of the Philippines Los Baños’ broader initiative to advance interdisciplinary research in UPLB toward the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Studies Center - Southern Luzon.

The project, with the working title “𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒂: 𝑨 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕,” will be led by 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕. 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 (Language Division Head) and 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗔. 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁 (DHum Chair) as Project Leads.

Also joining the team is 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗠. 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗼, DHum Assistant Chair, who will serve as Project Fellow, along with other core staff members from the Department and Filipino Sign Language researchers and practitioners outside UP Los Baños.

This initiative marks an important step toward advancing inclusive language policy and the documentation and preservation of Filipino Sign Language in the Southern Tagalog region.

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20/04/2026

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Taas-kamaong pagpupugay sa mga delegado ng UPLB na itinanghal na kampeon sa Short and Sweet Play (Dialogue) category sa katatapos lamang na 12th PASUC National Culture and Arts Festival!

17/04/2026

Panoorin ang ipinagwaging lahok ng Umalohokan, Inc. sa kategoryang Short and Sweet Play (Dialogue), sa katatapos lamang na Ika-12 Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) National Culture and the Arts Festival (NCAF) 2026, na ginanap sa Lungsod ng Iloilo, 6-12 Abril.

Ang piyesang “New Unboxing: Tampipi ni Lola Rama” ay isinulat ni G. Andrew Estacio (playwright), kasaping fakulti ng UPLB CAS Department of Humanities Dibisyon ng Wika.

Pagbati, Umal, Sir Andrew, at sa lahat ng mga tagapagsanay!

17/04/2026

It’s hell week, again. On April 21, the DHUM Student Relations and Mental Health Committee (SRMHC) is opening the Hell-Ping Week Pantry at the DHUM Lobby from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with meals, snacks, and coffee set out for anyone who needs a bit of time to pause.

Come by if you’re around!

16/04/2026

The Language Division of the UPLB Department of Humanities (DHum) is in need of 𝘁𝘄𝗼 (𝟮) 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 and 𝗼𝗻𝗲 (𝟭) 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 (𝗙𝗦𝗟) 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 for the project “𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒂: 𝑨 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.”

This project has received a research grant under the Local Regional Studies Network (LRSN) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, and is part of the University of the Philippines Los Baños’ broader initiative to advance interdisciplinary research in UPLB toward the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Studies Center - Southern Luzon.

For application details, please see the attached posters.

14/04/2026

09/04/2026

Isang mapagpalayang Araw ng Kagitingan!🇵🇭

Ngayong araw, binibigyang-pugay natin ang mga bayaning lumaban para sa ating bayan noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig. ✊🏽

Ang kanilang mga yapak at diwa ng pakikibaka ay magsilbi nawang paalala sa atin bilang patunay na mula noon, hanggang ngayon—tayo ay duyan ng magigiting.

07/04/2026

The Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing, in partnership with UP Press and the UP Los Baños Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts, presents the 19th Interdisciplinary Book Forum, featuring "A History of the University of the Philippines, Volume Three: 1975–1987" by Rosario Cruz-Lucero and Katrina Tuvera.

Join us as we discuss key moments in a crucial juncture of the history of the University of the Philippines through a meaningful conversation with distinguished scholars and educators from various fields.

The discussion will bring together notable panelists who will provide deeper insights into the book in its different contexts. The program is open and free to all.

It will be held on April 17, 2026, at 2:00 PM at the ICOPED Auditorium, CEM, UP Los Baños.

Registration link:
https://forms.gle/2CMXwuWX4sEBJk968

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Asst. Prof. Jonelle M. Nieto, DHUM, CAS, UP Los Baños
Jonelle M. Nieto is an assistant professor from the Department of Humanities in UP Los Baños. She teaches the GE course WIKA 1 and BACA core courses on argumentative writing and language and culture. She finished her master's degree in Filipino (Wika) from UP Diliman and her research is primarily focused on language planning.

Prof. Toym L. Imao - Dean, CFA, UP Diliman
Toym Imao is a teacher, human rights advocate, and multidisciplinary artist in both classical and contemporary styles. A sculptor, painter, storyteller, and set designer, he was mentored by National Artist Napoleon Abueva and his father, Abdulmari Asia Imao. He studied Architecture and MFA Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines and earned his MFA in Sculpture with honors from the Maryland Institute College of Art under a Fulbright Scholarship. He also trained and apprenticed in filmmaking under Marilou Diaz-Abaya and credits Alejandro Roces for his deep grounding in Philippine history and culture, having worked with him at The Manila Times as a writer and illustrator.
He creates large-scale historical public art and politically charged art installations. His works have been exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Ayala Museum, Lopez Museum, and internationally in New York and Washington, D.C. He was an Artist-in-Residence at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore.
Toym received the Cinemalaya Best Production Design Award for K’na the Dreamweaver and is a two-time Gawad Buhay awardee for set design (Mabining Mandirigma and Anak Datu). He designed sets for Ballet Philippines’ Crisostomo Ibarra/Simoun and several productions for Tanghalang Pilipino.
His accolades include the 2022 UP Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni in Sculpture, 2021 Gawad Lampara ng Kultura at Sining, 2017 Metrobank MADE Achievement in Sculpture, Gawad Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (Manila, 2017), and Gawad Parangal para sa Sining (Quezon City, 2010).
He is the Dean of the UP College of Fine Arts (CFA), and Chair of the UP President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts (UP-PCCA), coordinating programs and policy across UP’s nine campuses. He is also involved in developing the UP Art Conservation Program and initiatives for the establishment of the Institute of Art and Culture Education. He currently sits on the board of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) and national theater group- the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s Tanghalang Pilipino (TP). He also serves in the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) technical panel for the Fine Arts.

Dr. Roderick C. Javar, DSS, CAS, UP Los Baños
Dr. Roderick C. Javar is a tenured Professor of History at the Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). He earned his BA History, MA History, and PhD in Philippine Studies from UP Diliman. His undergraduate thesis examined the institutional history of the Hospicio de San Jose, a Spanish-established hospice on Isla de Convalescencia in Manila. His master’s thesis explored the social biography of Pangat Macli-ing Dulag, the Kalinga chieftain who led the resistance of the Bontok and Kalinga peoples against the Marcos regime’s proposed hydroelectric dams along the Chico River; and was assassinated on April 24, 1980 for his principled opposition to the project. Dr. Javar's dissertation offers a comparative intertextual analysis of systemic biographical distortions surrounding the lives and political careers of Manuel Quezon and Ferdinand Marcos. He currently serves as Director of the Human Resources Development Office (HRDO) and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Administration.

Dr. Nancy Kimuell-Gabriel, DFPP, CAL, UP Diliman
Si Nak Kimuell-Gabriel ay Propesor sa Philippine Studies, Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas, College of Arts & Letters at sa Tricollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman. Nagtapos siya ng BA History, MA History at PhD in Philippine Studies sa UP Diliman. Siya ay dating Coordinator ng Diliman Gender Office at TriCollege philippine Studies Program, at dating direktor ng General Education Center. Kasalukuyan siyang Coordinator ng Larangan ng Philippine Studies sa DFPP. Ang tesis niyang “Timawa sa Kasaysayang Pilipino” ay pinarangalan ng De La Salle University noong 2008 bilang Pinakamahusay na MA Thesis sa Filipino. Ang kanyang disertasyon na “Pook at Pagsasakapangyarihan: Ang Kababaihan ng Tundo 1946-2008” ay isa sa apat na Pinakamahusay na Disertasyon sa Kababaihan at Kasarian mula 2010-2015 na iginawad ng UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies’ Lourdes Lontok-Cruz Awards sa UP Diliman. Isa rin siyang Palanca Awardee sa kanyang sanaysay na pinamagatang “Kubeta. Pinarangalan siya bilang Natatanging Mananaliksik sa Filipino sa Gawad Tsanselor 2022 ng UP Diliman. Pinapaksa ng kanyang mga saliksik ang kababaihan, kasarian, mga uring panlipunan, Batas Militar, araling Tundo, kasaysayang panlipunan at kilusang panlipunan.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

Josef Ryan Tosoc is an instructor at the UP Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, where he teaches public speaking and persuasion. His scholarship is grounded in his various interests, from humor and citizenship studies, and rituals and performances of faith, to children’s literature and critical discourse.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀:
𝙒𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚: https://panitikanph.com
𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙏𝙪𝙗𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡: https://youtube.com/
𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢: .upd.icw https://www.instagram.com/likhaan.upd.icw/
𝙏𝙞𝙠𝙏𝙤𝙠: https://www.tiktok.com/)

07/04/2026

SALITANG BAKLA: MAKAPANGYARIHAN? MAPAGPALAYA?
Ni Eufracio Abaya at Jesus Federico Hernandez
1998

Wika at Pagpapalaya: Mga Papel ng Ika-8ng Konggreso ng Linggwistiks sa Pilipinas

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May mga mangilan-ngilan na ring pag-aaral ang naisagawa tungkol sa bakla o gay sa Pilipinas. Karamihan sa mga ito ay nagbigay pansin sa kasalimuotan ng leybel na bakla o gay. Maliwanag na ang mga leybel na ito ay may historikal at semantikong lalim. Minarapat namin na huwag pasukan ang diskursong ito sa papel na ito. Sapat na sa amin ang gamitin ang leybel na bakla o gay upang tukuyin ang mga taong nabibilang sa kategoryang homosekswal na gumagamit rin sa tinatawag naming salitang bakla.

Sa mga pag-aaral na naisagawa na mapapansin na may pagkakasundo sa puntong ang mga bakla o gay ay nakakaranas ng opresyon o marginalisasyon sa ating lipunan (e.g., Garcia, Remoto, Tan, Johnson, Perez). Sa mga pag-aaral na ito, binibigyang diin ang stigma ng pagiging bakla/gay dahil sa tingin ng mga nakararami, ang pagiging bakla/gay ay isang sakit na nakakahawa, kasalanan sa Diyos, kamalasan sa pamilya, kahinaan ng pagkatao, pagiging salot, pagiging sumpa, pagiging katawa-tawa, pagiging gahaman sa seks—lahat ng ito’y nagsisilbing jastipikasyon upang sila ay lokolokohin, kutyain, o dili kaya’y hikayating magbago para maging normal.

Ang papel na ito ay tungkol sa salitang bakla bilang sosyolek. Iti ay aming susuriin bilang wika na umusbong sa kontekstong pakikipagtunggali ng mga bakla/gay sa dominanteng kulturang patriyarkal at Judeo-Christian na bumubuhay sa mga kaisipang nabanggit.

Tatalakayin sa unang bahagi ng papel na ito ang mga istruktural na katangian na gumagabay sa pagbuo ng sosyolek na ito. Ipinapakita rito na ang wikang ito ay nakaugat pa rin sa wikang Filipino. Ang sosyo-ekonomik, rehyunal, interjenereysyonal, propesyon, at edukeysyonal bakgrawnd ng mga mananalita ay nagbibigay daan sa pagbubuo ng mga baryasyon sa wikang ito. Kaya naman, ang pokus lamang ng papel na ito ay ang sinasalita sa isang komunidad sa UP—ang Babaylan. Minarapat naming ito ang maging basehan ng papel na ito dahil ang mga kasapi rito ay kumakatawan sa iba’t ibang sosyo-ekonomik at rehyunal na bakgrawnd. Isa pa, bilang mga kasapi sa organisasyon at gumagamit ng wikang ito, kami ay nasa isang istratehikong posisyon na masuri ang iba’t ibang konteksto ng paggamit ng wikang ito, na siya naming bibigyang pansin sa ikalawang bahagi ng papel na ito. Sa pamamagitan ng mga kongkretong halimbawa, bibigyang diin dito ang tinatawag naming “veiling” o pagkukubli na isang katangian ng salitang bakla. Ang “veiling” ay isang istratehiya sa pakikipagtunggali sa “cultural violence” na bumabalot sa pakikisalamuha ng bakla sa kanyang lipunang ginagalawan. Sa prosesong ito, makikita ang isang kontradiksyon: sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng wikang ito bilang “cultural capital”, nagkakaroon ng kapangyarihang maipahayag at gawing lehitimo ang pagiging bakla sa harap ng lipunang nangsasaisang-tabi o nagmamarjinalays sa kanila; subali’t, sa kabilang banda, ang praktis na ito rin ang siyang nagbibigay daan sa patuloy na pagtingin ng nakararami sa bakla bilang “kaiba,” isang pagtingin na maaaring magpalakas at magpatatag sa proseso ng marjinalisasyon.

Bilang pangwakas, bahagyang tatalakayin namin ang ilang implikasyon ng paggamit ng salitang bakla sa kasalukuyang pagmomobilisa upang makamit ng mga bakla ang kanilang karapatan bilang tao at bilang isang sektor ng lipunan.

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