Filipino ‘Transgenders’ Give Being Shanghaied New Meaning!
We came across this the other day and felt we had to include it if only because so many of the Chat Cam scammers are ‘Bakla’. (Tagalog) ‘Bayut’ (Visayan), aka ‘Transgender’. Also called ‘Bini Boys’ from the days when they cruised Mabini Street in Ermita well after dark, they lack the grace and good looks of the Thai Katoeys but are none the less lethal when they turn nasty.
From the Inquirer Global Nation Website:
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 03:40:00 06/24/2009
MANILA, Philippines—They pose as prostitutes, drug their clients and then rob them.
This was how Vice President Noli de Castro on Tuesday described six supposedly “transgender” Filipinos who had been arrested for robbery in Shanghai, China.
Quoting a report from Philippine Consul General to Shanghai Aileen Mendiola-Rau, De Castro said five of the six arrested were now in jail, while the other one had been released after he turned state witness pending investigation of their cases.
Filipino psychiatrist Gary Canlas has said the term “transgender” refers to people who are assigned gender at birth based on their genitalia but who feel it’s an inaccurate identification of themselves.
“The alleged modus operandi of these Pinoys, reportedly transgenders, was that they would pose as prostitutes, drug their clients and rob them of their money or valuables,” De Castro said.
De Castro, presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers, said he was alarmed by the consulate’s report about rising incidence of both Filipina and transgender prostitutes in China.
“This kind of incidents just put in a bad light the good name of our OFWs who are known worldwide for their professionalism and exemplary work ethic,” De Castro said in an interview.
De Castro recalled that several Filipino gays are also in jail in China on prostitution and theft charges. They were arrested following complaints from male expatriates that they were robbed by their Filipino gay partners in hotels or motels.
De Castro said he had asked the Philippine Embassy in China to make sure these OFWs would be extended legal assistance.
Ed Malaya, spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs, said the embassy was looking into the case and would give the Filipinos legal assistance.
Earlier, 67 Filipinos were arrested for reportedly hosting a “gay fashion show” at a private Philippine Independence Day party in Riyadh on June 13.
De Castro said that Vice Consul to Riyadh Roussel Reyes had told him it was not the first time Filipino homosexuals had had problems with Saudi laws as nearly 50 other Filipinos had been jailed for similar violations.
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