Waltera Markova is an spiratn to the gays for beg a fort gay to the Japane Occupatn troops Manila durg World War II.
Contents:
- A GAY INSPIRATN: GET TO KNOW WALTERA MARKOVA, A COMFORT GAY OF THE 1940S
- MARKOVA: COMFORT GAY
- WALTERA MARKOVA: THE ‘COMFORT GAY’
A GAY INSPIRATN: GET TO KNOW WALTERA MARKOVA, A COMFORT GAY OF THE 1940S
Jacqui Sadashige; Markova: Comfort Gay. Produced by Ródolfo Quizon; directed by Gil Port; screenplay by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr. 2000; lor; 97 mut. Distr * markova comfort gay reaction paper *
Is the last livg man to have been a fort gay to the Japane Occupatn troops Manila durg World War II. Markova's story of wartime abe is jt part of a larger story about the Philippe gay subculture. As Neil Garcia pots out his Philippe Gay Culture, there is a distctn between the bakla or man who subjectively se himself as a woman and his macho partner, the "real man" whom he seeks out for sexual favors.
MARKOVA: COMFORT GAY
* markova comfort gay reaction paper *
Flirtg wh boys, dancg wh ctomers and even providg sexual servic to Amerin officers (who assumed he was a woman) are part of Walter's gay personaly before, durg and after the war. When we had a gay ronatn, I was the one who performed the floorshow. My brother didn't want me to be a gay.
But the Amerin ctomers didn't know that I was a gay. Bee, before my floorshow started, the owner of the club gathered all the employe the club and said, "Tonight our special dancer is a gay, but please don't tell the ctomers.
They didn't know that I was a gay, bee my stume I looked like a real woman. " But I jt felt myself as a gay and reee. Even the Amerin women didn't know that I was a gay.
WALTERA MARKOVA: THE ‘COMFORT GAY’
Markova: They didn't know that I'm a gay, bee my iends started teachg me how to put on some make-up.
They knew I was a gay bee I went like that [shows flirty way of bowg]. That's what you get for beg a gay. I went to this gay iend of ours.