They do not use weapons, or engage in anything else that is peculiar to men, or communicate with them. They weave the mantas that are used here, which is the proper employment of women, and all their conversation is with women. Therefore, the purpose of life which they follow comes to be more extraordinary by its peculiarity and by its perils, considering both the nature of that country, and the little regard that they give to their dangers. So satisfied do they live, either from their own purpose or from their natural disposition, that they have never discredited their position with weaknesses. They were, so to speak, hermits of their religion, and were held in high esteem. And in fact the constancy of their life and modesty of their customs, obliged one to have respect for them. In a nation so barbarous and who knew not God, it appears a prodigy worthy of wonder that one of the special providences of His Divine Majesty, to place such examples of virtue in a country where vice had absolute control, so that the experience of the eyes causes them to esteem what God’s love did not obtain. I have known two of these men, and one of them I baptized, to my especial consolation, while visiting the coast of Siocon, which extends for twenty leguas from Samboangan toward Dapitan..."Labia" is the name they give to those of this profession. The name of this one was Tuto." Fr. Francisco Combes, History of Mindanao, Sulu and Adjacent Islands (1667)   "Retana (Pastells and Retana’s Combés, col. 786) derives “labia” from “labi” and “a” “he who advantages the others.” “Tuto” is said by Retana (ut supra, col. 790) to be equivalent to “tuud-tuud” meaning 'in real truth.'" Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands Vol. XL, (1906)   "Bayoguin- hombre cobarde que anda en trage de muger. Bayoguin ca cun di mo gauin ito!" (trans: "Bayoguin- a cowardly man who walks like a woman. (In Tagalog) 'You are cowardly if you do not do this!') Dictionary entry "bayoguin", Noceda and Sanlucar, Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala (1860)   Same-sex marriage is not recognised in the Philippines, preventing many mga baklâ from getting married.