The Gilt

Tubog sa Ginto English Dipped in Gold is a 1971 Filipino drama film directed by Lino Brocka, based on the comic serials created by Mars Ravelo for Tagalog Klasiks. This is the first film to tackle the thencontroversial theme of homosexuality at that time when it was still a very sensitive issue.

The story, written around 1969 to 1970, tackled the issue of the third sex which was still a taboo subject matter during the day. Ravelo was quite critical of that notion that being effeminate as belief was a big disadvantage and scandal causing great embarrassment to the persons family or the entire race.

Source: Wikipedia