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Society of Trans Women of the Philippines

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Society of Trans Women of the Philippines
AbbreviationSTRAP
FormationDecember 2002;23 years ago (2002-12)
Founded at Metro Manila
Formerly called
Society of Trans and Gender Rights Advocates of the Philippines (2002–2005)
Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (2005–20XX)

The Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP) is a transgender rights organization based in the Philippines led by trans women.

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History

Four transgender women established the Society of Trans and Gender Rights Advocates of the Philippines (STRAP) in December 2002 in Manila. [1] The group was active for a few years attracting membership from trans men, trans women, cross-dressers, and intersexed people before becoming dormant. [2]

Three of the STRAP co-founders met again on May 20, 2005 deciding to narrow the group's focus on trans women's issues agreeing that STRAP's initial scope was too broad. The name of the organization was changed to "Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines" to reflect this move. [2]

It changed its name again[ when? ] to the "Society of Trans Women of the Philippines". [3]

Advocacy

STRAP has advocated the gender-recognition of transgender people's gender identity as well as the ability for them to be able to legally change their first names and sex marker on their birth certificates without the need for surgical modification of one's body. [4] They also support the recognition of non-binary identities. [5]

They began promoting the usage of the terms transpinay to refer to Filipina trans women and transpinoy for Filipino trans men in 2008. [6] Transpinay is proposed as an alternative to bakla which is used to refer to assigned male at birth individuals who adopted traditionally feminine gender expression including trans women. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Sasot, Sass Rogando (November 21, 2012). "A Brief History of the Birth of the Transgender Movement in the Philippines". Outrage. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "STRAP: The Gender Advocates". Outrage. May 1, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "STRAP submission to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression on the Situation of Trans People in the Philippines". Global Action for Trans Equality. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Lawmakers to address concern of transgender on Clerical Error Law". Vera Files. March 6, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Call us by our names: Trans Filipinos demand legal gender recognition". Rappler. July 3, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. p. 8. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Transpinay". The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. 2021. doi:10.4135/9781544393858.n300 . Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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