Transgender Action-Adventure Movie
The World's First Transgender Action Adventure
South China Sea
Transgender Action Adventure by ALAN NAFZGER
Transgender Action-Adventure Movie - Pecan Street Press
Lubbock ● Austin ● Fort Worth
Transgender Action-Adventure Movie is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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ISBN: 9781072087571
Transgender Action-Adventure Movie
Written by Alan Nafzger - South China Sea
Transgender Action-Adventure Movie FADE IN
BEGIN TITLES
INT. HOTEL BAR AND GRILL – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
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Outside there is a successful surfing school and up and down the beach we can see a small surfing industry – other hotels, eateries and surf shops. Students, instructors, and plenty of people in the surf.
Inside, RILEY (27) was born a male but now has all the outward attributes of a woman. She is a transgender woman and did not need surgery or makeup, nor is there a need to try and sound like a woman it is all natural for her. Riley looks and sounds NOTHING like a man. It isn’t labored it is very natural.
Riley is waiting on diners, cooking and serving the surfing crowd. Riley does everything with a smile and grace.
RILEY’S MOTHER (68) is the clerk at the hotel desk. She smiles at Riley.
EXT. Navotas Fish Port – MANILA, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Nobleza (58) is the owner of 20 commercial fishing boats. He is out on the dock supervising the loading and unloading. He returns to his modest office.
INT. Navotas Fish Port – MANILA, PHILIPPINES - DAY
South China Sea
Nobleza sits at his computer; each vessel has GPS tracking equipment. He can see the location of his fleet. He pays some bills. He goes to the window and watches one of the boats leaving port. He walks out to the dock and examines food (milk, fruit, eggs and chicken) being put on a boat.
EXT. Scarborough Shoal – SOUTH CHINA SEA - DAY
A Filipino fishing boat is busy harvesting their catch. Everyone is working even the captain. They stop their work and look around. Ten Chinese fishing boats surround them. The Chinese crews on the boats are not working at fishing. The Filipino fishermen freeze, when they see the Chinese have moved near their boat and have automatic rifles pointed at them.
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Suddenly without provocation the Chinese fisherman open fire. The Filipino fishing boat is riddled with bullets.
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Filipino fishermen dive for cover and all manage to escape being shot. The boat however is riddled with bullets, some below the water line.
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The Filipino captain fires an emergency flare.
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END TITLES
The captain runs up to the wheelhouse and reaches for his radio microphone. With one in each hand, he addresses the situation.
Filipino CAPTAIN
This is the captain of the Princes Di. We are being attacked. International waters. Chinese fishing boats armed with automatic rifles. 15.2191° N, 117.7403° E. Request assistance.
The captain reaches for the PA microphone.
Filipino CAPTAIN
The International tribunal ruled that both China and the Philippines have the rights to fish here.
CHINESE CAPTAIN
Look, there is a Chinese flag.
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The Filipino captain looks at a rock sticking out of the water. There is a Chinese flag over the shoal.
Filipino CAPTAIN
It’s wasn’t there last week.
CHINESE CAPTAIN
And here you are in our territorial waters, without arms.
Filipino CAPTAIN
For generations, this has been a fertile fishing ground that has provided a livelihood for fishermen from China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines.
CHINESE CAPTAIN
Things change.
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Filipino CAPTAIN
We can’t find new fishing grounds. Sometimes we can go for days without catching anything.
CHINESE CAPTAIN
That sounds like a personal problem.
A crewmember arrives in the wheelhouse.
Filipino CREW
We should have come with a smaller boat so we can sneak in under the radar.
Filipino CAPTAIN
I hate this cat-and-mouse game.
The Chinese begin to open fire again. It’s just target practice for them.
Suddenly in the distance, we hear a military ship’s alarm. The Filipino Captain looks out and there is a Chinese destroyer steaming toward them at flank speed.
The Chinese fishing ships disburse; they stow the weapons. They suddenly appear to be fishing.
The Chinese navy only laughs at the frantic efforts of the fishermen to save their boat.
INT. HOTEL BAR AND GRILL – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Riley is working at the grill, cooking and serving an Australian surf magazine PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER. His photography gear and press credentials are on the counter of the bar. The writer thinks he is speaking with a woman.
WRITER
So you grew up here?
RILEY
I did. My father was a fisherman; when he died we sold the boat and bought this hotel.
WRITER
I’m sorry about your dad.
RILEY
Thanks.
WRITER
You were close?
RILEY
You might say that. We floated around for three days when his first boat sank.
WRITER
What?
(half beat)
Three days?
(half beat)
The open water?
RILEY
Sharks, thirst, eventually hunger.
WRITER
I don’t know how you managed that.
RILEY
He slept and then I slept, in turns.
WRITER
How old were you?
RILEY
Ten. I was ten.
WRITER
Can I interview you?
RILEY
What for?
WRITER
The magazine.
RILEY
I really don’t talk about it.
WRITER
I can understand that. Brings back bad memories?
RILEY
It wasn’t fun, no. But my dad and I…
WRITER
Yea.
RILEY
Let’s just say he gave me a break after that.
WRITER
Oh, yea. You guys were closer cause you went through that.
RILEY
Good thing.
WRITER
I see.
Long beat.
WRITER
This hotel was a smart move.
RILEY
Yes. I think so.
WRITER
Just you and your mom?
RILEY
Brother and sister, but they’re in Manila.
WRITER
Older than you?
RILEY
I’m the baby.
WRITER
Can I take your photo?
RILEY
Of course.
WRITER
Move over there in front of the menu.
The writer snaps a photo of Riley and the menu, maybe for his magazine.
WRITER
So you’re attractive. You seeing anyone?
RILEY
Here in this town?
Riley chuckles.
WRITER
What’s wrong with this town? Too small?
RILEY
I’m not seeing anyone.
WRITER
So what is there to do around here?
RILEY
You can take me up to the Twist and Shout.
WRITER
That club at the other end of the beach?
RILEY
That’s about the only place, if you want to go out at night.
WRITER
Sure. Let’s.
RILEY
But I want to ask you a question. What if you find out that a lady is not a real lady? I mean what would your reaction be?
WRITER
A lady, what do you mean? Like naughty?
RILEY
No, I mean what if they turned out to be a man?
WRITER
What lady is a man, around here?
RILEY
Yes, a lady is a man...
WRITER
You aren't a man so what do I care?
RILEY
I mean mean "queens" they are male but dress like women.
WRITER
In my circle, professional surfer, I just don’t run across many.
RILEY
Never?
WRITER
I saw a lot in Thailand, but… That’s their problem.
RILEY
So…
WRITER
I don't get upset. I guess maybe if they tried to trick me... I would not like it.
(beat)
Why do you ask?
RILEY
Because I’m what you think...
WRITER
I'm not sure what you are saying.
RILEY
Because I’m not a real woman...
WRITER
What?
RILEY
I’m a ladyboy.
WRITER
Get out of here.
RILEY
I’m so sorry; I’m just being honest...
INT. Scarborough Shoal – SOUTH CHINA SEA - DAY
The Chinese destroyer arrives and the Filipino crew all come out from their hiding places. They are blasted by a fire hose. Several are stuck directly with the stream of water and rolled over the deck. Many are injured with knees, elbows and head slamming into the deck.
The Chinese sailors laugh.
INT. HOTEL BAR AND GRILL – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
WRITER
No!
RILEY
Yes. Really.
WRITER
It’s an interesting phenomenon.
Riley picks up the magazine off the counter and flips through the pages.
RILEY
By the way, I’m impressed with your photography... you’re smart.
WRITER
Now, let me ask you some questions about that…
RILEY
Yes. I don’t want to hurt anyone.
WRITER
Frankly, I'm somewhat ignorant about such things.
RILEY
I don’t want to play or trick you.
WRITER
But it’s so hard to believe.
RILEY
Because honesty it makes me free...
(half beat)
I can’t please everybody but it’s nice if you can be true to yourself.
WRITER
Good. I agree. Thanks.
(beat)
In Thailand, the ladyboys…
RILEY
Just ladies.
WRITER
Okay.
(half beat)
You are naturally this way without any chemicals or surgery to pass for a woman?
RILEY
There’s no surgery done with me… It’s all natural... not like others do... No thank you to doctors. My mother would kill me...
WRITER
She hopes you will revert to being a man again?
RILEY
Maybe. She hopes.
WRITER
People, well… I didn’t think you were a man.
RILEY
Well, I’m a woman trapped in man’s body...
WRITER
No worries. I'm not judging. We probably will NOT be married you and I but of course we can be friends. That sounds reasonable I think.
RILEY
You have been all over the world. You understand maybe?
WRITER
I thought you were a real woman.
RILEY
Yes, a real woman by heart...that’s why I’m trapped.
WRITER
Oh, well I understand.
(half beat)
How does this happen?
RILEY
I have no idea.
WRITER
Biologically? Generically? I mean mind over matter, but cause you don’t look like a man.
RILEY
Thanks.
WRITER
Some gay men are clearly men and dress up.
RILEY
But they fail.
WRITER
You however...
RILEY
Well, thank you. I appreciate you saying that.
WRITER
It’s in your mind you think?
RILEY
What?
WRITER
Your mind has the power to change your voice and your body? Or is it genetics?
Riley doesn’t know the answer and just shrugs.
WRITER
I mean, if you had to could be become a man?
RILEY
Never really tried.
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WRITER
What did people tell you happened to make you look sound and look like a woman.
RILEY
An feel…
WRITER
Help me out here.
RILEY
I don’t worry about it too much.
INT. Scarborough Shoal – SOUTH CHINA SEA - DAY
The captain starts the boat and turns back toward the Philippines. All the while under the Chinese fire hose.
INT. HOTEL BAR AND GRILL – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
RILEY
I don’t care what people say about me... this is me... I’m happy of being me.
WRITER
Okay, that’s good. Most people don't know you are a man?
RILEY
They buy coffee or a hamburger and think I’m a woman.
WRITER
Men flirt with you?
RILEY
You did.
WRITER
(chuckling)
I did, didn’t I.
RILEY
Some they know. But I don’t really care if they know or not.
WRITER
You’re free.
RILEY
What matters the most I didn’t hurt anyone.
WRITER
Now about Thailand…
RILEY
Philippines is a completely different country from Thailand.
(half beat)
First, it is a Roman Catholic country and their religion does not accept us.
WRITER
So that gets in the way you think?
RILEY
Never been a hindrance for me.
(half beat)
And being unrecognized from our religion doesn’t even stop us from believing in the religion.
(half beat)
For instance, I go to church every Sunday.
WRITER
Here?
RILEY
No, I go in the neighboring city.
(half beat)
There are three other ladies who meet there and we sit on the back row.
WRITER
This is incredible.
RILEY
That we go to church?
WRITER
You don’t feel oppressed?
RILEY
It’s not that we are prohibited or it’s against the law; it’s just that there’s not so many of us.
WRITER
So tell me a story of some experience you had.
RILEY
You going to put me in your magazine?
WRITER
Probably not you, but the hotel and your café here.
RILEY
You will be shocked and you won’t believe things that have happened.
EXT. Navotas Fish Port – MANILA, PHILIPPINES - DAY
The captain with the bullet riddled boat docks and almost runs into Nobleza’s office. The fishermen exit the boat and they look a bit shell shocked.
INT. Navotas Fish Port – MANILA, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Nobleza sits at his desk and listens calmly to the story. The captain’s gestures show he is still agitated.
INT. HOTEL DESK – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Riley walks past his mother.
MOTHER
Riley, where are you going?
RILEY
To put those towels out by the pool.
MOTHER
It can wait.
(long beat)
Your brother and sister can’t bring themselves to tolerate your feelings.
RILEY
I know. But you can’t force them.
MOTHER
Well, they were already in college when you were born. They don’t know your kind heart.
RILEY
Thanks mom.
MOTHER
Your father knew what a strong person your are.
(half beat)
I want to tell you something.
RILEY
Okay.
MOTHER
I’m getting old.
RILEY
No, mom. You’re still young.
MOTHER
Well, listen. I’m leaving the hotel to you.
RILEY
Mom.
MOTHER
Your brother and sister have money and property in Manila.
RILEY
They will be even more removed.
MOTHER
And you are so happy here.
(half beat)
The will is here.
Mother points to the open safe and she touches an envelope inside.
RILEY
Gee, mom. I don’t know what to say.
MOTHER
Don’t say anything, just be happy.
RILEY
This is a good building.
MOTHER
Enjoy it.
RILEY
You will outlive me, so go on.
MOTHER
It is a nice beach. Keep everything clean and you will never want for food or shelter.
RILEY
Thanks mom.
EXT. Seafood Market – MANILA - DAY
The Riley’s BROTHER owns a large fish market, he is in a suit and tie watching workers load and unload tubs of fish. A fish falls out of a tub and is mashed by the wheels of a cart. It is only worth a few pesos but Riley’s brother notices.
BROTHER
I’m taking that out of your pay.
The worker turns to look at the pancaked fish. He looks at Riley’s brother and knows the boss is serious.
BROTHER
Well, what are you looking at? I don’t pay you to stand around. There are a hundred wanting your job.
The worker returns to work.
The Riley’s brother’s cell phone rings.
BROTHER
Hello, mom. Oh, it’s you.
Long beat.
Riley’s brother listens but then doesn’t respond. He ends the phone call. He looks very stonefaced, without emotion.
He leaves the fish market for his black Mercedes Benz car. We see the luxury car zoom out of the parking lot.
INT. Grand Palace RESTAURANT - DAY
Riley’s SISTER is married to a wealthy restaurateur/banker. There is a food critic in the restaurant who wants to speak with Riley’s sister.
SISTER
I know who you are. You’re the food critic for the newspaper.
critic
You don’t mind if I ask you some questions?
SISTER
Of course not.
critic
This is a historic building, how have you been here?
SISTER
It’s the restaurant of my husband’s family.
critic
And your husband can I speak with him?
SISTER
He doesn’t work here. He is the president of the Metro Manila bank.
critic
Okay, I see.
SISTER
Can I see your kitchen?
critic
This way.
An employee brings Riley’s sister a phone.
SISTER
Ma? Oh.
(long beat)
No.
Riley’s sister is also stone faced and without emotion. She ignores the restaurant critic.
Riley’s sister goes into an office, pulls a document out of her safe. She writes a few things on the paper, she puts it in an envelope. She takes the envelope and leaves the resurant. She gets into her luxury car.
INT. HOTEL BATHROOM – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Riley has been on the phone and ends the call. Riley’s mom is dead and naked sitting in the bathtub. Eyes open.
It is a sudden and unexplained death. Riley is destroyed. Tears. Riley sits on the toilet but doesn’t close his mothers eyes. Riley just stares at his mother.
INT. HOTEL DESK – SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES - DAY
Riley is distraught and downstairs at the desk, when the coroner’s office wheels his mother’s body out of the building.
Riley’s brother and sister enter unemotional and watch their mother carted away.
The sister approaches Riley. Clearly there is tension.
Riley’s sister takes her jewelry off.
SISTER
Can you put these in the safe?
Riley turns and opens the safe. He gestures to his sister that the safe is open.
Riley puts two room keys on the counter and walks out to the pool. She sits and watches the sun set.
Riley’s sister puts the jewelry in the safe and then glances to make sure Riley is not watching. Riley’s brother positions himself where he will be able to see if Riley returns.
She goes through the various papers in the safe. She finds the will and removes it from the envelope. She reads it.
She nods to her brother, confirming their suspicion. She folds the original will up and replaces it with a will she has forged.
She nods to her brother and shuts the safe. Riley’s brother and sister take the keys off the counter and go to their rooms.
Upstairs in her room, Riley’s sister shreds the original will and flushes it down the toilet.
INT. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE – DAY
The attorney charged with handling the estate, hands Riley’s brother and sister copies of the will.
RILEY
Aren’t you going to read it?
LAWYER
The reading of a will is a familiar scene in movies and mystery novels. Although it makes a handy and rather dramatic plot device, lawyers don’t normally read wills anymore.
SISTER
Here I will read it. This is my favourite part, “Riley you are a vile and depraved deviant of God’s law and you are undeserving of my support. You will need to get a job and stop acting like a girl.”
RILEY
Mother didn’t write that.
SISTER
Didn’t she?
The lawyer, the brother and sister all look at Riley like he’s insane or delusional.
Long beat.
LAWYER
(to Riley)
Rather than do this, let me get you a copy of the will. That might expedite any contest of the will since you probably feel you were disinherited.
The lawyer leaves the room to use the copying machine.
Long beat.
SISTER
You need to be out by tomorrow. We are selling the hotel and you can’t be there polluting the sale.
The lawyer returns.
LAWYER
(to Riley)
Okay, here is your copy.
(to brother and sister)
If anyone has any questions please let me know.
The brother and sister rise, shake hands and leave the room.
Riley sits in shock.
INT. VARIOUS WORK LOCATIONS – DAY
BEGIN FEMALE WORK MONTAGE
Riley, as a woman, works at a fish tackle shop and is then fired.
Riley works selling at a fish market and then is fired.
Riley works at a fast food eatery and again is fired.
Riley’s physical condition, nutrition and health deteriorate at each stage. Riley’s appearance of a well groomed female declines without the nice clothes and makeup. Riley looses some of the charm and femininity.
END FEMALE WORK MONTAGE
INT. Hair SALON – DAY
Riley takes her last few pesos and has her hair cut as a man.
INT. VARIOUS WORK LOCATIONS – DAY
BEGIN MALE WORK MONTAGE
Riley applies for a job at a convenience store, but the owner shakes his head there aren’t any jobs.
Riley applies for work at a construction site and the foreman shakes his head there aren’t any jobs.
Riley takes a job as a referee for a youth soccer league. But he is so run down and undernourished and faints on the field and has to be carted off. His boss gives him an energy bar and a drink, but we can tell from his expression there won’t be anymore work.
END MALE WORK MONTAGE
EXT. STREETS OF MANILA - DAY
BEGIN THE BEGGING MONTAGE
Riley simply gives up and walks the streets.
Riley walks into his brother-in-law’s bank. He is promptly escorted out of the building by security.
Riley approaches his brother at the fish market. All the workers are strong and physically developed from all the lifting. Riley appears to be asking for a job. The brother also looks at his small physique and even grabs his skinny “girl” arms. The brother shakes his head, ‘no’.
Riley walks to his sister’s restaurant and wants a meal. We can see from his gestures that he is hungry. He points to a meal left on a table not yet cleared. Riley sits down and finishes the meal. The sister leaves for her office. She picks up the phone.
END THE BEGGING MONTAGE
The police enter the restaurant, just as Riley is finishing the last fork full of food.
POLICE
Excuse me, they said you didn’t pay.
RILEY
The people at this table before me paid. They have cameras.
Riley gestures to the security cameras.
The cops are befuddled.
RILEY
I’m just finishing what they left.
The cops are still befuddled.
RILEY
They ordered and ate. She left rather a lot. They paid. I’m just finishing what they left.
The police look around for a manager or the complainant.
POLICE
So…
RILEY
My sister is the owner. She invited me to sit down.
POLICE
Someone called us and said you couldn’t pay.
RILEY
That’s my sister. And she calls me a drama queen.
POLICE
Okay, we will go talk to her.
The policemen enter kitchen and then the office.
POLICE
He says he is your brother.
SISTER
I don’t know that person. Last week he was a woman, so who are you going to believe? Look at him, is he a man or a woman?
The police think it is an odd story. But they return to Riley.
POLICE
You aren’t under arrest, but you’re going to have to leave, so come on.
RILEY
Okay, tell her thanks for the meal.
The police escort Riley out of the restaurant. Riley leaves proudly and walks out as a woman, however his appearance is that of a man.
People are staring and seem repulsed by having to witness the event.
Riley
Enjoy your meal.
Riley sits on a bench and looks improved with a meal in his stomach.
Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth.[1][2][3] Some transgender people who desire medical assistance to transition from one sex to another identify as transsexual.[4][5] Transgender, often shortened as trans, is also an umbrella term; in addition to including people whose gender identity is the opposite of their assigned sex (trans men and trans women), it may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer.[2][6][7] Other definitions of transgender also include people who belong to a third gender, or else conceptualize transgender people as a third gender.[8][9] The term transgender may be defined very broadly to include cross-dressers.[10]
Being transgender is distinct from sexual orientation.[11] Transgender people may identify as heterosexual (straight), homosexual (gay or lesbian), bisexual, asexual, or otherwise, or may decline to label their sexual orientation. The opposite of transgender is cisgender, which describes persons whose gender identity matches their assigned sex.[12]
The degree to which individuals feel genuine, authentic, and comfortable within their external appearance and accept their genuine identity has been called transgender congruence.[13] Many transgender people experience gender dysphoria, and some seek medical treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, sex reassignment surgery, or psychotherapy.[14] Not all transgender people desire these treatments, and some cannot undergo them for financial or medical reasons.[14][15]
Many transgender people face discrimination in the workplace[16] and in accessing public accommodations[17] and healthcare.[18] In many places, they are not legally protected from discrimination.[19]
Psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University coined the term transgender in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology,[24] writing that the term which had previously been used, transsexualism, "is misleading; actually, 'transgenderism' is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism."[25][26] The term transgender was then popularized with varying definitions by various transgender, transsexual, and transvestite people, including Virginia Prince,[4] who used it in the December 1969 issue of Transvestia, a national magazine for cross dressers she founded.[27] By the mid-1970s both trans-gender and trans people were in use as umbrella terms,[note 1] while transgenderist and transgenderal were used to refer to people who wanted to live cross-gender without sex reassignment surgery (SRS).[28] By 1976, transgenderist was abbreviated as TG in educational materials.[29]
By 1984, the concept of a "transgender community" had developed, in which transgender was used as an umbrella term.[30] In 1985, Richard Elkins established the "Trans-Gender Archive" at the University of Ulster.[27] By 1992, the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy defined transgender as an expansive umbrella term including "transsexuals, transgenderists, cross dressers", and anyone transitioning.[31] Leslie Feinberg's pamphlet, "Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time has Come", circulated in 1992, identified transgender as a term to unify all forms of gender nonconformity; in this way transgender has become synonymous with queer.[32] In 1994, gender theorist Susan Stryker defined transgender as encompassing "all identities or practices that cross over, cut across, move between, or otherwise queer socially constructed sex/gender boundaries", including, but not limited to, "transsexuality, heterosexual transvestism, gay drag, butch lesbianism, and such non-European identities as the Native American berdache or the Indian Hijra".[33]
Between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, the primary terms used under the transgender umbrella were "female to male" (FtM) for men who transitioned from female to male, and "male to female" (MtF) for women who transitioned from male to female. These terms have now been superseded by "trans man" and "trans woman", respectively.[34] This shift in preference from terms highlighting biological sex ("transsexual", "FtM") to terms highlighting gender identity and expression ("transgender", "trans woman") reflects a broader shift in the understanding of transgender people's sense of self and the increasing recognition of those who decline medical reassignment as part of the transgender community.[34]
Transfeminine is a term for any person, binary or non-binary, who was assigned male at birth and has a predominantly feminine gender identity or presentation; transmasculine is the equivalent term for someone who was assigned female at birth and has a predominantly masculine gender identity or presentation.[35]
Transgendered is a common term in older literature; many within the transgender community now deprecate it on the basis that transgender is an adjective, not a verb.[36] Organizations such as GLAAD and The Guardian also state that transgender should never be used as a noun (e.g., "Max is transgender" or "Max is a transgender man", not "Max is a transgender").[6][37] However, transgender is also used as a noun equivalent to the broader topic of transgenderism, i.e. transgender identity and experience.[38]
Health-practitioner manuals, professional journalistic style guides, and LGBT advocacy groups advise the adoption by others of the name and pronouns identified by the person in question, including present references to the transgender person's past.[39][40]
In contrast, people whose sense of personal identity corresponds to the sex and gender assigned to them at birth – that is, those who are neither transgender nor non-binary or genderqueer – are called cisgender.[41]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km2 (1,400,000 sq mi). It communicates with the East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait, the Philippine Sea via the Luzon Strait, the Sulu Sea via the straits around Palawan (e.g. the Mindoro and Balabac Strait), the Strait of Malacca via the Strait of Singapore, and the Java Sea via the Karimata and Bangka Strait. The Gulf of Thailand and the Gulf of Tonkin are also part of the South China Sea. The shallow waters south of the Riau Islands are also known as the Natuna Sea.
The South China Sea is a region of tremendous economic and geostrategic importance. One-third of the world's maritime shipping passes through it, carrying over US$3 trillion in trade each year.[1] Huge oil and natural gas reserves are believed to lie beneath its seabed.[2] It also contains lucrative fisheries, which are crucial for the food security of millions in Southeast Asia.
The South China Sea Islands, collectively comprising several archipelago clusters of mostly small uninhabited islands, islets (cays and shoals), reefs/atolls and seamounts numbering in the hundreds, are subject to competing claims of sovereignty by several countries. These claims are also reflected in the variety of names used for the islands and the sea.
South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent. This name is a result of early European interest in the sea as a route from Europe and South Asia to the trading opportunities of China. In the sixteenth century Portuguese sailors called it the China Sea (Mare da China); later needs to differentiate it from nearby bodies of water led to calling it the South China Sea.[4] The International Hydrographic Organization refers to the sea as "South China Sea (Nan Hai)".[5]
West Philippine Sea
West Philippine Sea is the official designation by the Philippine government of eastern parts of the South China Sea which are included in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. The term is also sometimes incorrectly used to refer to the South China Sea as a whole.
West Philippine Sea - Background
The first use of the term "West Philippine Sea" by the Philippine national government was as early as 2011, during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.[1] The naming was intended for purposes of the national mapping system[2] and to symbolize disagreement with China's sovereignty claim over the whole South China Sea.[3]
In the House of Representatives, Akbayan representative Walden Bello filed a resolution in June 2011 urging the government to look into the process of changing the name of the South China Sea to "Western Philippine Sea".[4] The proposal to have a different naming for the sea has received support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which has been using West Philippine Sea since the mid-2000s[5] That was codified by administrative order in September 2012, and its application clarified as limited to waters within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which mandated use of that term by departments, subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities of the Philippine government.[2] The Philippine government then announced that it would start using the name to refer to waters west of the Philippines as "West Philippine Sea" in government maps, other forms of communication and documents.[1]
In September 2012, the Philippine government announced that it would start using the name to refer to waters west of the Philippines as "West Philippine Sea" in government maps, other forms of communication and documents.[1]
2016 PCA ruling
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of the Philippines in a case not involving naming. It clarified that "[T]he Tribunal has not been asked to, and does not purport to, delimit any maritime boundary between the Parties or involving any other State bordering on the South China Sea".[6][7][8] The tribunal also ruled that China has "no historical rights" based on the "nine-dash line" map.[7][8]
Legal scope
There is no exact demarcation of boundaries for the area in the South China Sea which forms the West Philippine Sea.[3] The Administrative order which officially named the area defined it as follows:
The maritime areas on the western side of the Philippine archipelago are hereby named as the West Philippine Sea. These areas include the Luzon Sea as well as the waters around within the adjacent to the Kalayaan Island Group and Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough Shoal.
— Sec. 1, Administrative Order No. 29 (2012)[2]
In Philippine law, the West Philippine Sea refers only to the portions of the South China Sea which the Philippine government claims to be part of the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The naming of the area became official through Administrative Order No. 29 issued by then-President Benigno Aquino III on September 5, 2012. The order also cites Presidential Decree No. 1599 which was issued in 1978 during the tenure of then President Ferdinand Marcos which established the Philippine EEZ as well as the Republic Act No. 9522 or the Baselines Law which was enacted into law in 2009 during the administration of then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo which delineated the baselines of the Philippine archipelago.[9]
The administrative order asserts the Philippine claim over its EEZ in the South China Sea which conveys the Philippine government's position that it has sovereign rights under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over the West Philippine Sea area and "inherent power and right to designate its maritime areas with appropriate nomenclature for purposes of the national mapping system".[9]
Usage
Under the Administrative Order No. 29, the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority is mandated to use the designation West Philippine Sea in maps produced and published by the government agency. Other government agencies are also required to use the term to popularize the use of the name domestically and internationally.[9]
Prior to the issuance of the order, the Philippines' weather bureau, PAGASA, adopted the name in 2011 to refer to waters west of the country while remained using "Philippine Sea" to refer waters east of the archipelago.[10]
The term "West Philippine Sea" has sometimes been incorrectly used to refer to whole South China Sea.[11]
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