NO other president than Rodrigo Duterte has ever done this: To refer to himself as “bakla.” Unashamed, he referred to himself as one not just once but several times. In March 2016, during a campaign sortie in Ilocos Norte, Duterte, while answering a question from transgender women, who he referred to in their preferred gender, claimed that he was also bakla. And more recently, addressing the LGBT community in Davao City, he once again referred to himself as bakla. IWAG Dabaw, the LGBT organization in Davao City, told me that their number one supporter was Mayor Duterte. And this will only be possible under the presidency of the first bakla president — Duterte!

Source: Manila Times December 20, 2017 17:03 UTC