Archive for September, 2024

Twilight Dancers, coming soon

Wednesday, September 6th, 2024

Another “macho dancer” movie coming soon! It is Twilight Dancers, megged by Mel Chionglo. “Actually, the film is not a gay movie.” says Chionglo. “Films on macho dancers were never gay movies in the sense that the issues tackled were not always on gays…this film about macho dancers is situated in a political […]

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Pinoys lead search for “Gay Sex”

Wednesday, September 6th, 2024

See what the world is searching for, use Google Trends.
And do you know which country searches the term “gay sex” the most?
Yes, Pedros and Marias, it’s none other than our own — the Pearl of the Orient, the Land of Carabaos and bukids, and bangkas, salagubangs, etcetera — The Philippines!
See screenshot below. Notice we’re […]

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The Tiburcio Series

Wednesday, September 6th, 2024

Tibs is a reader of this blog, and at first he caught my attention by sending me a reaaaalllly loooooong email. We’ve corresponded some, and it was a good exchange of sometimes wacky, sometimes serious, sometimes witty, sometimes insightful ideas. So I asked him if I can share it here in this […]

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Zsazsa Zaturnnah

Tuesday, September 5th, 2024

Zsazsa Zaturnnah creator Carlo Vergara has a blog, and that’s where I snatched this illustration:

I failed to watch the musical, but I heard there’s going to be another run in December. And of course, the movie version by Regal Films is currently shooting to be shown for the Metro Manila Filmfest, also this December.
For […]

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Bassilica Bar and Café in Malate

Tuesday, September 5th, 2024

I was, again, in Bassilica in Malate last weekend — if you don’t know where it is, or what it is, read on!
How to Get There
Bassilica Bar and Café is located a little bit off the usual bar clusters of Malate, although from the Orosa cluster of gay hangout places it is just a 5-minute […]

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Shrine to Channing Tatum

Monday, September 4th, 2024

Channing first entered my consciosness when I saw him in the movie trailer of Step Up. While I almost always prefer the Pinoy/Chinoy look, I must admit this Channing Tatum is one huge and exciting exception.
Channing Bryan Isaac Tatum Anderson (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor and former male fashion model. He […]

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Shock Value at U.P. Diliman

Sunday, September 3rd, 2024

I watched the play Shock Value at the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. It is a satire on “Talk TV” in the Philippines. And what can I say? It’s super entertaining (I was laughing a good number of times throughout the play), and the actors were fantastic (makes me wonder why […]

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It’s Better to Be Gay Here!

Sunday, September 3rd, 2024

Hello Philippines, and Hello World! It’s the weekend, and as usual on a lazy Sunday afternoon I like to read. Here’s an article I happen to find in the internet, and would like to share with you. It’s a good perspective about how we gay men here in Manila, despite everything, still […]

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