Why We Say 'Filipinx'

4/14/2018

Why We Say 'Filipinx'

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No, it’s not a typo—we intentionally use the term 'Filipinx' over other terms like Filipino or Filipin@. We do so because it aligns with FIERCE's values of empowerment and community. Read on to understand what the 'x' means and why we use it.

Gender Inclusivity

To understand why we use the ‘x,’ we have to understand a concept called gender inclusivity. Inclusivity means being open to everyone, especially those who might traditionally be left out or looked down upon. Gender inclusivity, then, means being open and accepting of people of all genders.

We say all genders because we acknowledge that there are more than two genders. We’re raised to believe that the only two genders are male and female, and that these are assigned at birth. This idea is called the gender binary.

However, some people find that they don’t fit into these two strict categories, and they may choose to instead identify as gender non-binary, or genderqueer. Others who identify as genderfluid may change their gender over time. Some people find that they don't belong to any gender and may identify as agender.

In summary, we acknowledge that gender is a non-binary spectrum: it isn’t limited to two genders, and it encompasses a wide range of identities that are just as valid and real as male and female. We also acknowledge that identity is self-assigned—it is determined by oneself, and it can change over time.

Filipino, Filipinx, Filipin@

With that said, why do we use the term ‘Filipinx’?

The term ‘Filipino’ is masculine because it ends with -o; its feminine counterpart is ‘Filipina,' which ends with -a. These gendered terms were brought about by Spanish colonization.

Although unintended, the use of the term ‘Filipino’ can be harmful to genderqueer-identified people because it assumes that there are only two genders. Using the term ‘Filipino’ also uses a masculine term to encompass a diverse array of gender identities who may be excluded and overlooked.

Therefore, some people in the US prefer the term Filipinx, replacing the final letter (which traditionally determines gender) with an ‘x.’ The ‘x’ is meant to include people of all genders—male, female, gender non-binary/genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, and all other identities that are traditionally excluded.

Some people use another term, Filipin@, which combines the terms Filipino and Filipina. However, we believe that this term is not as inclusive because it only represents males and females—it reaffirms the gender binary.

So, in our efforts to empower all young Filipinx Americans, FIERCE uses the gender-inclusive term ‘Filipinx.’ We also strive to replace other gendered terms with gender-inclusive ones—for example, using “y’all” instead of “you guys.” We believe that it’s important to make sure all members of our community feel equally included and represented, and we strive to build a safe and comfortable learning environment for a diverse range of students. That is, after all, the essence of FIERCE.

It may seem trivial; after all, it’s just one letter. But oppression and exclusion are embedded in our everyday language, and by changing our everyday language—even something as simple as changing an ‘o’ to an ‘x’—is an active step in reversing years of marginalization.

(Final note: Your identity is your identity. Whether you identify with the term Filipino, Filipina, Filipinx, or other another term, you have the power to choose what you call yourself. We simply use the term Filipinx to refer to the Filipinx American community at large to be inclusive of as many people at possible—but that doesn’t stop you from calling yourself Filipino or Filipina!)

77 Comments

kayumanggiangbalatko

4/29/2019 07:11:11 pm

“filipino” was never a gendered term in the philippines; it has always been used to refer to everyone of any gender we are all filipinos. i understand that being in the diaspora and having a different cultural context has brought up different interpretations and so using “filipinx” has also contributed to the safe space for genderqueer people so that’s cool and valid. i think it’s important to know as well that citizens in the philippine islands do not see it as gendered simply because it ends with an -o. using “filipina” or even “pinay” has always been optional and so “filipino” and “pinoy” is perceived as gender neutral in the philippine islands.

2/17/2021 01:00:45 pm

Them Fil-ams that were born and raised in the states are no longer filipinos. They're 'muricans who have a pseudo-filipino identity.

immigrantfromphilippines

6/5/2019 05:45:26 pm

yes I agree with kayumanggiangbalatko. As a Filipino immigrant, there needs to be an understanding of the history of the word. Filipino is not a gendered term. Fil-Ams need to see their inherent colonialism by pushing Filipinx to the mainstream. It's great that it's non-gendered and accepting to our queer friends but by promoting this agenda, you are assuming that your way is what's right without regard on the cultural status of the word Filipino. Maybe it would be better to use Filipinx-American but leave people who want to use Filipino alone especially those from the native country.

1stgenimmigrant

10/28/2019 05:38:24 pm

Agreed. Filipino has always been gender inclusive. It was never masculine in the first place. Which is why it confuses me how these Fil-Ams keep pushing it as if it's not gender exclusive.

The term Filipino has always included all genders. and filipina was something out of pop culture that popped up as an option. something people used to iterate female exclusivity.
We do have masculine and feminine nouns (usually from borrowed foreign words) but there are nuances to the language that seems to be lost on the Fil-Ams.

I agree with immigrantfromphilippines, the term Filipinx can be quite problematic considering that had these Fil-Ams actively sought a deeper understanding of Philippine history and language, it would save them from their assumptions on the word Filipino.

Mel

5/20/2020 06:58:54 pm

Wow, so essentially the same bs that was done to Latino. It stop messing up our language amd culture. It's not gonna happen.

pambihira

6/21/2020 10:59:22 pm

We've been colonized more than enough. Stop trying to change our cultural identity.

Isla

6/22/2020 08:48:30 am

I’m Filipino, born in the Philippines, raised all over the world. Only when I came to the US did I feel alienated by other Filipinos calling themselves Filipinx. Feels like you are hijacking the Filipino identity to suit your own ideals without even considering the history and pride the Filipino people have in their homeland. Tigilan nyo yan kagaguhan!

TiredOfBeingColonized

6/23/2020 05:25:47 am

I'm not surprised that a person who grew up WHITE wants to have their WHITE standards pushed on others. But hey the default for us Filipinos had always been colonized.

Manny

6/24/2020 05:41:14 am

How do you translate that to tagalog? Pilipineks?

Carl

1/9/2022 12:37:50 am

Filipinx = Filipenis pagpronounce sa tagalog it suits them.

Michael

6/26/2020 09:46:51 am

this is stupid. Filipino is a gender neutral word. I stop trying to push your "fixes" to problems that doesn't even exist in others. We all call each other Filipino, regardless of gender.

7/5/2020 09:17:23 am

Well I mean if you use 'X' in terms of chromosomes it still acknowledges XX for female XY for Male which concludes that it's still just two genders. Just a thought.

Felix

7/19/2020 07:26:04 am

Wow, this is just the dumbest shit I ever read. Like are you aware about the Abakada alphabet? Since "x" doesn't exist in Tagalog. Also Pilipino has been and always been a gender neutral phase, it's like the word "guys" since it evolved from manly men to a group of different types of people. Another example, the word "gay" meaning happy and "queer" for odd, but also it evolved to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.

You Fil-Ams don't know jackshit about your homeland in terms of language and culture, you people barely scratched the surface and you're giving us fellow Kababayan a bad rep with this dumb shit and this is coming from an actual gay Pilipino and where I grown up for my entire lifetime. If you would come to the country and talking about this, they'll laugh at you for being way too attached to Western culture and ideas. It's imperialism as well, you're enforcing this BS "values" to us. So please stop.

Tippie

8/1/2021 01:40:32 pm

Felix, good for you!!!

Eri

7/25/2020 12:02:59 am

Just saying but using filipinx to refer to yourself as inclusive is pretty stupid. We don't even have a word for gendered pronouns.

Don't make a new identity of your own to suit the ideals of the west you know why? Because we fought for the identity, culture, and language of our land.

Have I also told you that we don't have x?

Maria Clara

7/29/2020 04:47:46 am

Maybe if you actually delved deeper into Philippine culture and history, you would know that "Filipino" is a gender-neutral term.

FILIPINO PA DIN MGA ULOL

9/5/2020 03:29:31 pm

FILIPINO IS A GENDER NEUTRAL. FIL AM SHOULD STOP BEING SO SELF ENTITLED. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE LETTER "X" IN FILIPINO ALPHABET. For Christ sake. If Americans wants to be Karen, let them, but don't let white supremacy get into your attitude. PILIPINO PA DIN KAYO MGA ULOL!

4/25/2021 08:08:12 am

They ain't FILIPINO's, but 'Muricans with Pseudo-Filipino values.

FilipinoPARin

8/7/2021 02:47:03 pm

Agree 100%,I wonder why it's a big deal to create such fuss. Calling us FilipinX is total BS. Filipino is a general term for anyone raised in the Phil, have Phil bloodline and also to those who wants to be identified a Filipino (sounds too lefty and idc). A Filipino woman is called a Filipino regardless, or she might wanted to be called a Filipina, but a Filipino male? Uhhm, if they change gender identity per their so called construct just maybe a FilipinX or KuyaX.

Dami na kasing mga social construct! Nakakalito na itong mga WOKE!

AmerikanoAmerikanaAmerikanx

9/5/2020 08:24:42 pm

we have a tagalog words for Amerikano (Male Americans) and Amerikana (Female Americans)

Can we call them AMERIKANX as well

PLease dont

9/6/2020 04:34:11 am

The word Filipino, in general, means a person who has Filipino blood or parents from the Philippines, it doesn't mean a MALE person who is from the Philippines. Be it man, woman, or whatever gender a Filipino identifies, they are called Filipinos. Male and female pronouns only started when the Spanish colonialization happened. And frankly speaking, using the term "Filipinx" or 'Pinxy" is an insult to hundreds of the Philippine languages, and can be seen as an act of colonialism.

Therese G.

9/7/2020 12:05:33 am

The term Filipinx is a joke, and makes a mockery of the language. The letter 'x' doesn't even exist natively in the language, it's been adapted due to colonization, hence the presence of the term 'Ekis' for 'X'.

Filipino is already a gender neutral term, and you just want to push absurd western ideals on the rest of the Philippines. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot that can be done for Pinoy LGBT at home and abroad, but butchering the language only erodes what's left of our national identity on a global level further.

Eileen

9/7/2020 09:03:54 am

There's this trending (for the wrong reasons) FB page that suggested that Tito/Tita be called "Titx" following this Filipinx thing. That will get you a slap in the face in the Philippines. For you Fil-Ams who don't know the language, "Titx" sounds like "Tite" which is penis. NO.

By all means call yourselves whatever you want. But please don't say that the Filipino language is patriarchal and that is the reason for this Filipinx business. I am a woman and I am a Filipino. Please explore the thousands of gender-neutral beautiful Filipino words such as Apo, Pamangkin, Pinsan, Manugang, Biyenan, Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kapitbahay or even Kalaguyo. Even the negative words such as Syota, Kabit or Kaaway are gender-neutral. Those words do NOT care where you are in the gender spectrum.

We LOVE our language and do not take it lightly that we are told that is something that it is not. Hence the reaction of the people from the motherland on "Filipinx."

Oh and please don't call our country "P.I." If you do, P.I. mo rin.

Wat

9/7/2020 03:19:24 pm

The Philippines was named after King Philip II of Spain. If you really want it to be gender neutral, you’d have to take out the “Filip,” not the “no.”

There is nothing weirder than a bunch of second-generation Fil-Ams trying to larp as Latinxs.

Natori

9/10/2020 03:28:27 am

If you're not a Filipino, you don't have a right to call use filipinx. And you know, filipinx sounds more like an offending term for us Filipinos

sup

9/10/2020 10:34:11 am

Hello. Filipino here. Born and raised.

Anyway, please STOP. Everything that was said here is just wrong. Filipino in itself is already gender neutral. If you Filipino-Americans want to call yourselves as such, keep it to yourself. Stop trying to impose it on us back in the Philippines. There’s nothing cringier and dumber than Fil-Ams trying to act like they know more than Filipinos from the homeland. Pati rin ba yung identity ko bilang FILIPINO papakialaman ninyo? Di na ata tama yan. Tinapon niyo lang yung pinaglaban ng mga ninuno natin para matawag natin ang sarili bilang FILIPINO.

P.S.
Stop calling the country PI. It may be an abbreviation for Philippine Islands there but here it’s an abbreviation for putang ina. It’s the Republic of the Philippines, not the Republic of the Philippine Islands ffs.

AAG

9/25/2020 10:51:48 am

Since this is all about culture and language, go back to the original source, the Philippines. In 1987, the Philippine Constitution made Filipino the national language. In this usage, it is gender-neutral. I believe it therefore follows that its usage in any reference to national identity is proper. If your usage is for personal self-identification then Filipinx is a choice you’re entitled to make. However, to refer to all of us Filipinos collectively as Filipinx tramples on our choice since Filipino is already officially recognized as gender-neutral. I, for one, don’t like using a letter that isn’t even in our native language, so the association with Philippine culture is diluted and indicates ignorance or minimization of our culture.

Paeng

11/24/2020 09:59:53 am

The brown americans clearly doesnt know what their talking about. Just wants to different. Di nyo nga alam na gender inclusive na ng filipino. This western mentally alienating our language should stop

abrownamerican

11/25/2020 10:27:33 pm

I understand that it has always been gender neutral. But just because I am born and raised outside of the Philippines should not mean that I do not have the right to own my own preference of using Filipinx. A lot of your arguments make it seem that because I was not born in the PI means that I do not have a right to own the way I choose to represent myself? Are you saying I cannot claim what I find valid in my own beliefs? How can you say "brown americans" clearly do not know what they are talking about. They are just trying to figure out and accepting their place embracing their own cultural-gender identity.

I have a right to say I am Filipinx. I can claim that. My heritage is that. As you have the right to claim it is originally, Filipino. But just because I am born from a different country does not make me less of a Filipinx. All we are trying to argue is that some people across the diaspora and beyond should feel included in the right to claim their cultural heritage and choose their own gender pronouns. This "western" mentality is not meant to dismantle what is there, it is just to make our people, no matter where or what they present themselves feel like they are included. We are not alienating your language, it is ours too.

There many people who want to "change" our language completely. But the point is to have an option for those who choose and feel comfortable owning their Filipino/a/x identity.

kayumangging pilipino

11/29/2020 06:41:24 pm

First of all, please don't refer to the Philippines as PI. No one says that here unless they're trying to swear because it means "putangina". The fact that you've used "PI" implies that you really don't have much knowledge about the Philippines, much less its culture and history. Yes, you have a right to say that you're a Filipinx in the same way that I have a right to call myself a potato or a dolphin, but you're missing the point on how term "Filipino" is already gender neutral. Your argument is making it seem like "brown americans" as you have called them actually do not know what they are talking about because they're figuring things out and concluding things without even having first hand experience in the Philippines nor studying it in depth. If anything, the use of "Filipnx" just distances you more from the Philippines and it's as if you're creating your own little Phillipinx there in America which isn't wrong per se, but counterproductive to the inclusivity you try to claim.

4/25/2021 08:11:50 am

Dude, you ain't FILIPINO. You just happened to be a 'Murican having Filipino parents.

NogNog FUT

8/7/2021 02:57:57 pm

You sounded like an Ex Filipin-No or KuyaX. sound like an X rated movie, or something like of an X, if you know the culture and the street lingo, you might as well dig the drift of an X or eX.

Stop creating classifications dude! or Dudette or dudeX. You movement is alienating the people.

FilipinX sound really denigrating to me, call yourself one but for me you are an X.

Alibata

11/27/2020 01:21:41 am

The problem is that it's quite horrible and almost impossible to say in Tagalog or Filipino since it would end up sounding like "Felepieks" and that's why people are really negative about it and X doesn't exist in Abakada. I mean, people in the Philippines are already confused on the difference between Filipino and Pilipino, so adding this might add fuel to the fire.

But here's some alternative to this F/Pilipinx business around that already exist. For example like Pilipine, which is a term for Pilipinos used around East Asia espically Japan and parts of Africa as well, and it's just like Latine as well. There's also Filo, which is a popular term down under Australia.

And Filipini, which similar to Filipine but on parts of the Middle East. Even though some of these places don't have a good track record when in comes to women and/or LGBTQ+ rights espically in the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa. I believe that we could use these terms and push that narrative of them being gender neutral. That's my two centavos on this.

Emma

6/5/2021 01:46:51 am

But Filipino is already a gender neutral term. Everybody has agreed that everyone is called Filipino. Alternatives aren't required anymore. Sure, call people Filo or whatever, but Filipino is already a gender neutral term that everybody accepts (apparently except Fil-Ams because they're misinformed).

This want to change to "a more gender neutral term" is in ill-faith about the term, thinking it's bad even after being told it isn't by local voices.

12/22/2020 03:25:15 pm

The word "Filipino" did not exist before the Spanish. Therefore, to claim that "Filipinx" makes an already colonial word "more colonial" is laughable. It already is.
To say "x" doesn't exist in Abakada-- well, who introduced Abakada? Before the Spanish, we used to use Baybayin. (Granted, the "x" sound does not exist in Baybayin, either.) Abakada is based on the Latin script (aka, a writing system introduced by the Spaniards, aka the colonizers), that was only created in the 1930s (and is contextualized by an entire other debate about the Philippine government's forced primacy of Tagalog and that ethnic hegemony.)
When the term "Filipino" first originated, it only denoted those born in the Philippines of Spanish heritage, not all people in the Philippines. For example, the individuals Westerners would now call "Indigenous" (aka Malayans) were often called “indio” or “indigenta" to differentiate them from "Filipinos" and reinforce a colonial sense of superiority.
So again-- "Filipino" is already a colonial term. It makes me laugh to see so many people defending it on the argument that "Filipinx" further perpetuates colonialism. That's not to say "Filipinx" is the solution-- but to argue over which is more oppressive is silly. They both are.

Filipino

2/21/2021 10:43:15 pm

Stop trying to make Fetch happen. Filipinx has got to be the dumbest thing I’ve heard today.

6/5/2021 01:42:46 am

Filipinos already reclaimed the term 'Filipino' and use it on anyone regardless of gender. They're still wrong about Filipinx. It was a colonial term, now it's ALSO a local term. It does not matter who started it. Modern Filipinos are called Filipino regardless of gender, and that's the entire point. Filipino is no longer oppressive because Filipinos already owned it and reclaimed it.

My dumbass senses are tingling

3/16/2021 09:39:26 am

Why man. The word filipino has always been inclusive. Dammit we have been colonized so much already stop you fucking dumbass. I have never felt more offended at this. Filipinx. Look at this shit. Most disgusting shit I have seen.

Casey

5/9/2021 11:11:50 am

Thank you for sharing this. It seems if you’re American people in the Philippines think we’re not part of their culture so it doesn’t even seem that surprising to me about all of the hateful comments that are posted here about it. If they do not even like the term why are they even reading your blog? Just as how they are racist against FilipinX and Americans they still want their respect? They will not agree to disagree because they think and will probably say they are right so hopefully there is a way you can delete their negative and hateful comments because they are not going to stop or change even if we try to say we should agree to disagree. You do you!

6/5/2021 01:39:22 am

"If they do not even like the term why are they even reading your blog?"

Because there is a CLEAR misunderstanding of the term "Filipino". We're all for inclusivity, but the idea that Filipino is only MASCULINE is wrong. There is no "agree to disagree". That idea itself is just wrong. Filipinos did not reclaim that term only for more western ideals to reverse that. That's another form of colonialism.

It is not hateful comments. You're speaking over a whole race who know more about their culture, and correcting this absurd misconception. And because you think Filipinx is inclusive because according to ENGLISH, it is? These people here know more about the Filipino language than the regular Filipino-Americans born and raised in the States.

These Filipinos saying Filipino is already gender neutral isn't just because they think it's right. They are POLITICALLY CORRECT. If you're offended about locals living in the Philippine Islands correcting you, you don't want authentic culture. You're just going with whatever English is saying and colonializing terms that aren't even English. Like Latino.

Casey Barnaby

6/5/2021 10:57:02 am

Well there is a difference between attacking a person and saying who is right simply because of where someone lives . Everyone has a different opinion and viewpoint culturally. You can say the idea itself is just wrong and that is fine without attacking a person for being either American or being in the Philippines.

And for you to target those who are FilipinX Americans is not offensive either when you are saying the FilipinX term is wrong and say that I just go based on what the English are saying? So much for trying to see both sides and being non-judgemental, which is ironic considering the way you feel the term is being used when you are just as hypocritical in your comments. So I guess according to your viewpoints you are you are better because you were raised in the Philippines?

So I guess Filipino Americans in your eyes are just as bad as the Spaniards who colonized the Philippines?

And no I am not going against the Philippine Islands and authentic culture because people like you want to go to sites like this and again complain and attack people because you yourself said you are in the right so therefore nobody else can agree to disagree because the whole terminology is wrong.

That is fine and you are entitled to think what you want. You will probably respond just as aggressively as you just did and make more aggressive comments about why you are right and say I was wrong and why I am wrong.

Yet you still go on these sites when you can also easily ignore them,but you will not because according to your mindset we are wrong and you are right. The terminology itself is not going to go away just like your viewpoints yet I am open to have that open discussion.

You clearly do not understand the message at all for you to say that and will probably say I do not understand you at all. That is fine too because you just sound as ignorant with your comments about FILIPINX and FilipinX Americans so if you want to continue those comments I have no issue with that because you are not going to change nor is your ignorance and racism against people who live outside the Philippines. Cannot wait till we continue this argument

Eric

10/5/2021 07:31:59 pm

Casey, inclusivity is not the point. It's colonialism. We don't want another foreign ideology being pushed to our cultural identity.

It's a political problem as well. Americans are perceived to be more powerful, which is why were colonized in the first place. Again, the use of force to mix the Filipinos' identity with the Americans' ideas is not what we want.
Pointing out how Filipinos living in America are the ones pushing this agenda just shows how they are disconnect from what our reality truly is.

X was never in our vocabulary. It was forced unto us by the Spaniards. Our use of Spanish words is not out of choice, but compliance. The Spanish words we use have now become too convenient to change, however, those words are small reminders of us Filipinos were once less powerful and had less rights than someone from another country.

Anyone can't just be entitled and be right because of what they think and feel. This is for our ancestors who were tortured and died, who were proudly Filipinos -- not Filipinx.

Canadian Immigrant

7/11/2021 08:48:22 pm

Can we all just agree to call them Americanx or Kanx (Pronounced as Kanks)? Like, with this agenda, they ain't even feel remotely Filipino. Their nationality isn't Filipino, it's Filipinx and I don't know where the hell country is that from.

10/17/2021 12:31:56 pm

Hope this shit has been cancelled already. Filipino-Americans are fucking up our culture with this nonsense!

11/1/2021 05:05:40 pm

Whatever everyone’s entitled to their personal viewpoints neither side is going to agree which is fine you do you

Americxn so funni

11/11/2021 07:54:32 am

i want to say that
PUTANGINA NINYO MGA FILIPINO-AMERICANS NA WALANG ALAM SA KULTURA NAMIN.
Kaya marami ayaw sa inyo eh, iniisip niyo lang kasi ang mga sarili niyo.
Magaral kasi muna ng kultura. Magsasabi kayo na cultural appropriation sa ibang bagay ngunit kayo rin gumagawa nun.
So yeah, with warm regards.
Gago, gaga, at kayo ang mga gagx.

11/17/2021 02:31:45 pm

Aw, mga bully at racist na paraan para kumatawan sa kultura. Wala rin namang may gusto sa kanila pero ipagpatuloy mo lang ang pagpapakatanga sa sarili namin.

11/17/2021 02:41:48 pm

I can continue arguing with your foolishness so I cannot wait for your racist and arrogant response and just to show you how much I do not care what you think FILIPINX FOREVER! :D

Filipina

1/6/2022 07:24:05 pm

The word Filipino originally referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines. The natives were called indios. Our heroes died for this identity, to be acknowledged as Filipinos with the same rights as the Spaniards born in las Islas Filipinas. You Americans with Filipino ancestry can use the term Filipinx however you want but don't impose it to us here in the Philippines.

1/13/2022 07:38:36 pm

This is false activism.

You're trying to solve a problem that is the least of our worries, in fact we don't even think it is a problem at all because the Filipino language itself has no gendered personal pronouns and instead of anglicizing this "problem" why not actually learn the language and also learn about the issues that people inside the Philippines are facing like corruption and getting invaded by china and such?

You guys are out of touch

Samantax

6/5/2022 10:38:32 pm

SUPER YUCK ANG MEGA STUPID NAMING!!! EW EW EW

chris juricich

6/27/2022 12:56:56 am

This 'x' business is primarily a conceit of American cultural issues revolving around gender and sexual ideologies. Most people from the Philippines who still live in the Philippines are quite content, I would imagine, with current usages and terms. Filipino. Filipina. Pinoy. Pinay. I accept that there are some who are pretty desperate for their own identity and I wish them well.

8/11/2022 11:18:46 am

Oh whatever. Insulting people also makes you stupid so you can think what you want and still be ignorant

Catman

6/27/2022 01:07:28 am

Casey, you’re clearly reaching for something stupid. We don’t care the you think the letter “O” is not inclusive when we’ve never had this problem within ourselves. Get your messed up and entitled ideologies outta here. Changing a cultural identity for a minority that get offended with a letter is just dumb.

name

7/18/2022 01:10:46 am

i know everyone is saying that only filipino americans call themselves “filipinx,” but i’m an american who’s half filipino and even i think “filipinx” is stupid. i’ve never even heard any filipinos in real life call themselves “filipinx” except on the internet. i’ve always seen “filipino” as a gender-neutral term and “filipina” as optional for women. “filipino” is not only masculine. women use it too.

Rick

7/26/2022 03:15:14 am

this term is more hurtful than helpful. not only is “filipino” already a non gendered term, we dont even have “x” in our national language. You’re forcing your western ideologies in a place where it does not belong. You’re disrespecting the very home land of the heritage you’re apparently so proud of. Quite literally, its neocolonialism. I’m a proud filipinO who does not recognize anyone who uses filipnx as a true filipino. Get out of here with your whitewashed terms.

actual filipino link

7/27/2022 01:44:56 am

As an actual filipino, if you have ever said or typed 'fiipinx' and you were not being ironic - I hope you die. I hope you die and your family dies and your genetic line is wiped out.

kill your family and then yourself. thanks

8/11/2022 11:18:25 am

Right back at you

Use your brain please

7/28/2022 03:40:04 pm

Question: "Why we say Filipinx"?

Answer: "Because we're beholden to white twitter blue check marks and go with whatever term they give us so they could satiate their white savior-itis. Who cares what the majority of Filipinos think right?"

01 Aug 2022

7/31/2022 10:18:10 am

If you find comfort in the term Filipinx or find it more comforting, you probably were not born/did not grow up in/are not currently living in the Philippines, and thus you're feelings are valid because your experiences of life as a Filipino differ from those who were born, raised, and are currently living in the Philippines. You also unfortunately do not understand the Filipino language, history, and culture very well.

- The term 'Filipino' comes from the Spanish language, which is gendered. It seems like you guys took one look at it ending in 'o', saw it as masculine because I'm sure you're more exposed to Spanish and their way of gendering words, and decided it isn't inclusive. However, you fail to take into account how most languages in the Philippines (aka the languages often used to actually say the term Filipino) are genderless (some loanwords aside). In Tagalog/Filipino we don't have she/her or he/him, we have they/their. To establish 'Filipinx' as *the* gender neutral term for Philippine citizens is like taking away the gender neutrality of 'Filipino'.

- Some might still argue that Filipino is still not neutral enough. Even then, Filipinx is in no way suitable to take that place. As multiple people have already pointed out: loanwords aside, the letter x is rarely used in Filo languages. Filipinx is NOT inclusive. If you want a term that covers all Filipinos worldwide, why pick a term that those living in the country can't even intuitively say/write/use? You might say that we can just write it as '-eks' as we do with a few loanwords containing x. The word filipinx/filipineks sounds like a joke in Tagalog. Not kidding. It sounds like lingo or slang, not an actual respectable term to refer to the millions of Filipinos around the world. Like Fil-Am Dr. Kevin Nadal said, why Filipinx and not Filipini or Filipiné or Filipinu, or Filipinao? Of course, this part of discussion still matters little if you, like me, see Filipino as gender neutral in and by itself.

- This movement was inspired by the Latinx movement, right? Although the term Latinx itself has its criticisms, a major difference between the 2 movements is that the language/s spoken in Latin America are predominantly gendered, which is not the case in the Philippines. And to those saying Filipino in itself is a problematic term because it was given to us by our colonizers, sit down. Filipinos have gone through A LOT to claim the term Filipino for our own. Doesn't erase its roots, yes, but it's an irrelevant issue to this discussion.

I thought long and hard about this. I think I'm quite openminded and so when I was first made aware of this controversy I tried really hard to be fair and not be too conservative. If you really want to use Filipinx, I think it'd be fine to use it specifically to refer to Fil-Ams since it seems to sincerely resonate with you all, but I beg you to please do not use it to refer to the rest of us, especially native Filipinos, under the guise of inclusivity.

This goes beyond personal viewpoints/identity. This isn't an issue, I think, where it's fine to agree to disagree. In case you think this comment is just an old traditional Filo averse to change, I am a teen girl who loves my country and culture and fellow Filipinos from all over the globe with my whole heart saying to you now: the term Filipinx makes me feel divided and othered by my kababayans in the west.

I came across this blog researching the issue a few weeks ago and came back today to organize my thoughts on the matter (for those comments who were like "if you don't like Filipinx, why are you reading this blog?"). It's also currently 1am where I am so I'm sorry if this text might feel a bit rambly!

I genuinely hope anyone who reads this think about my points. I also apologize for my countrymen who were not courteous and have been very disrespectful in the comment section. Please understand that to non-Western Filipinos, Filipinx weirdly and honestly almost feels like a slur. If you're interested in discussing more, I am very open to discourse. Mabuhay!

12/19/2022 07:48:25 pm

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FILIPINX IS A POLITICALLY INCORRECT AND OFFENSIVE WORD SO STOP PEDDLING IT US ACTUAL FILIPINOS

11/29/2022 11:03:38 pm

So let me get this straight, in your language words that start with A is feminine and O is masculine so it works the same way with other languages too, right? Especially if it's been colonized before, right?

Putangina nyo, lubayan nyo kami at itigil nyo yang kaabnuan nyo. We here in the Philippines are dealing with enough shit as it is. Stop giving us problems that we won't need to fucking deal with. Do you know what my mom imediately asked after she heard this from me? "Pakakainin ba tayo ng salita na yan?" Translation if you fucking WHITE-raised r***rds can't understand it, "Will that workd feed us?"

So, stop it. We have no use for a word from the West dictating us how we need to identify ourselves. Deal with your own boredom in your western lives. We need to fix our own issues here. I know your brains are too filled with soy latte salted caramel frappucino and are so bored with your menial lives, pero lubayan nyo kami.

If you didn't grow up in the Philippines or at least stayed here for a significant time in your life, you don't get to speak about anything Filipino. You can appreciate it, you can enjoy it with your family or friends, but never ever dictate what we need to change in our own identity when you're not a part of it. Right now, I can hear you talking, "Hmph, these Filipinos aren't so inclusive. They're not changing their language to be more inclusive." Fuck you.

The word Filipino itself has a historical significance that we will not let go because it directly led to where we are now as a free country. Ignore all other factors and just consider the historal reason alone as to why it is "Filipino", then you should have already known that changing it to Filipinx is extremely and incredibly offensive.

I'm assuming you're working or studying under a university, right? You have all the resource and all the time in the world to do this basic research and yet here we fucking are. You claiming to use a word for an entire nation that DOES NOT want it and is actually offended by it, and me compaining on how much of a stupid r***rded idea this is.

So, TLDR, leave other cultures and countries alone. Your western life doesn't need to extend outside of your own fucking neighborhood.

11/29/2022 11:08:37 pm

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2/12/2023 03:05:13 pm

I have never heard the term Filipinx until recently. Being born in the states and learning more about my Filipina culture through college, this is very new to me. After some research I don't really like the word or think it is necessary. Whether you are bi, straight, gay, or trans. you will identify yourself of whatever gender you choose. Having a to say Filipinx also sounds really bad. Also the fact that they will try to enforced this rule really makes me feel that the Philippines is still being controlled or colonialization is still going on.

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3/2/2023 07:15:06 am

By changing -o to -x it assumes that "Filipino" is gendered. This is considered offensive by Filipinos who live in the Philippines because the word is largely accepted to have no gender. While "Filipina" exists, it is considered the EXCEPTION, not the RULE.

Furthermore, it is a rejection of the historical importance of the word (of which is part of why I consider it to be gender-neutral).

In the latter half of the 19th century, illustrados, an educated class of mestizos (both Spanish mestizos and Sangley Chinese mestizos, especially Chinese mestizos) and indios arose whose writings are credited with building Philippine nationalism. These writings are also credited with transforming the term Filipino to one which refers to everyone born in the Philippines, especially during the Philippine Revolution and American Colonial Era and the term shifting from a geographic designation to a national one as a citizenship nationality by law.

In other words, to use "Filipinx" is to abandon the struggle for independence against the Spanish (who ruled the Philippines for ~300 years), the Americans (due to the Treaty of Paris of 1898), and the Japanese (World War II).

The Filipinos declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898 - only to find themselves under the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which was signed between Spain and America on December 10, 1898 to end the Spanish-American War. Then, on July 4, 1946, was the Philippines granted independence under the Tydings–McDuffie Act.

"Filipinx" spits upon the sacrifice and oppression suffered to create the independent nation that now is bastardized with the American "x". ALL people of Filipino ancestry fit under the banner of "Filipino" - men, women, and non-binary.

In fact, the letter "x" is HEAVILY used for loanwords. As in words that are not native to the Philippines. Traditional Filipino words do not use "x".

Sergeant Patrick Mason, an African-American of the 24th infantry commenting on how the white soldiers treated the Filipinos (prior to World War II) in his letter to the editor of the Cleveland Gazette: “I feel sorry for these people and all that come under the control of the United States. I don’t believe that they will be justly dealt by. The first thing in the morning is the ‘Nigger’ and the last thing at night is the ‘Nigger.’ You have no idea the way these people are treated by the Americans here."

3/2/2023 07:26:56 am

TL;DR "Filipinx" is wrong because it uses a letter that is only used for non-native Filipino words because the letter "x" was never native to the traditional Filipino alphabet. To identify yourself as "Filipinx" is to inherently identify yourself as not being from the Philippines (I am part of the first generation not born in the Philippines in my family).