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Contents:

• GAY PHILIPP: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• IS THE PHILIPP REALLY ASIA’S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY?
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• BEG GAY PH: LIVG LIFE TO THE FULLT
• SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY
• MENCIRCLE HOMEMENCIRCLE IS THE LEADG POY GAY ONLE MUNY THE PHILIPP FEATURG POY GAY STORI AND HELPFUL GAY RELATED ARTICL PL A LIVE VIO CHAT ROOM EXCLIVE TO FILIPO GAY MEN, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENRS WORLDWI.MENCIRCLE AIMS TO PROVI A VENUE FOR NVERSATN AND EXCHANGE OF IAS AMONG S MEMBERS, PROVIDG A VENUE FOR IENDSHIP, A SENSE OF MUNY, AND A SOUNDG BOARD FOR OPNS AND NCERNS OF GAY MEN REGARDG THE CURRENT ISSU AND TRENDS FACG NOT JT THE LGBT PEOPLE, BUT SOCIETY GENERAL.SUPPORT
• GAY MANILA
• GAY PHILIPP
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

GAY PHILIPP: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

The Gay Philipp has always been dubbed as one of the most iendly untri towards the LGBTQ+ muny. Tourists who would wish to travel to the Philipp uld e this rmatn to get know the gay liftyle the Philipp, and where to socialize wh them. On this article, we are gog to elaborate the queer culture, the lol life, and what you should know about the gay Philipp.

The men, who were lled asog, were able to engage homosexual relatnships whout the society judgg them eely. The Amerins ed tn and mass media to regulate once sexualy, distguishg the gay Philipp om the heterosexuals.

IS THE PHILIPP REALLY ASIA’S MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRY?

In 1975, gay rights activist Jto Jto found the Home of the Goln Gays to serve elrly gay men whose fai st them out.

Huge LGBT personali and celebri have also ntributed to the queer culture, makg them hoehold nam the gay Philipp muny. Ined, the ntemporary culture of the gay Philipp mak seem as if the muny is wholeheartedly accepted.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Based on a 2013 survey, the Philipp is ranked as one of the most gay-iendly natns the world. In addn to this, 73 percent of adult Filipos agreed to the fact that homosexualy should be accepted by society. Consirg the rults of the survey and the fluence of queer culture to the Filipos, is safe to assume that is safe to be gay the Philipp?

One of the reasons why is their strong relig beliefs which immediately ncel out the sexual orientatn of the homosexuals. While is generally safe to be gay the Philipp due to tolerance, there needs to be changed the viewpot of people to make the untry tly gay-iendly.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

The hotspots are LGBT-iendly, so you are ensured that you are safe and sound: an honorary member of the gay Philipp. Loted Bonifac Global Cy, Metro Gay Manila, this high-end club boasts of s hip and ol ambiance which served as a backdrop for regular drag shows and even datg gam. Beg a predomantly Christian untry, the Philipp has grown to tolerate homosexualy but ndone homosexual activi like pulatn.

While dog rearch for an LGBT rights project, I was trigued when I me across a survey that found the Philipp was the most gay-iendly untry Asia. The vast majory of Filipos – 73 percent – clared that “society should accept homosexualy”, acrdg to fdgs om “The global divi on homosexualy” survey by the nonpartisan Pew Rearch Center. The survey, published 2013, vered seven untri om the Asia-Pacific regn: Philipp, South Korea, Cha, Malaysia, Indonia and Pakistan (listed orr om most to least gay-iendly).

What I found even more tertg was that although some 80 percent of Filipos were Catholic, they seemed to be exceptnally tolerant towards gay people - spe Pew’s ncln om the same survey that acceptance of homosexualy dimish plac where relign has a central place people’s liv. As I dug eper to data, however, the picture of the Philipp as Asia's most gay-iendly untry beme a b blurred. Compared to the other Asian untri the survey, Philipp ed stood out as an oasis of tolerance: Cha only 21 percent of people agreed that society should accept homosexualy, while jt 9 percent of Malaysians and 3 percent of Indonians shared this view.

BEG GAY PH: LIVG LIFE TO THE FULLT

A few years ago CNN even listed the Philipp - a untry “full of geo gay-iendly beach and welg gay bars” - as one of few Asia’s top travel spots for gays.

SWARDSPEAK: THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPO GAY COMMUNY

However, fdgs of another Pew survey published last month suggted that when qutns shifted om society to personal moral beliefs, Filipos appeared to be more homophobic. When asked whether homosexualy was morally acceptable, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Filipos surveyed said homosexualy was immoral, while only a quarter found morally acceptable and the remag 10 percent said had nothg to do wh morals.

MENCIRCLE HOMEMENCIRCLE IS THE LEADG POY GAY ONLE MUNY THE PHILIPP FEATURG POY GAY STORI AND HELPFUL GAY RELATED ARTICL PL A LIVE VIO CHAT ROOM EXCLIVE TO FILIPO GAY MEN, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENRS WORLDWI.MENCIRCLE AIMS TO PROVI A VENUE FOR NVERSATN AND EXCHANGE OF IAS AMONG S MEMBERS, PROVIDG A VENUE FOR IENDSHIP, A SENSE OF MUNY, AND A SOUNDG BOARD FOR OPNS AND NCERNS OF GAY MEN REGARDG THE CURRENT ISSU AND TRENDS FACG NOT JT THE LGBT PEOPLE, BUT SOCIETY GENERAL.SUPPORT

Intertgly, moral acceptance of homosexualy the Philipp, though fairly low at 25 percent, was still higher when pared to Cha (13 percent), Malaysia (4 percent) and Indonia (3 percent). It seemed that spe discrepanci between views on acceptance of homosexualy and s moraly, Philipp ed stood out as an exceptnally gay-iendly Asian untry.

“Society should accept homosexualy” was, after all, nothg more than wishful thkg: meant that a majory of Filipos thought the society should be tolerant, but didn’t necsarily mean that tolerance existed. In the first half of 2011, there were 28 LGBT-related killgs the Philipp – not necsarily a rerd a gay-iendly untry uld be proud of.

GAY MANILA

Although same-sex activy is not crimalised the Philipp, there are no laws place to protect gay people om discrimatn. That said, wi acceptance of homosexualy and existence of anti-discrimatn laws do not necsarily mean that gay people do not face hate crim based on their sexual orientatn. Bra - which legalised same-sex marriage and where a majory of people not only accept homosexualy but also see as morally acceptable or not a moral issue at all – has seen a staggerg annual average of 39, 000 sexual orientatn-related hate crim the last uple of years.

Ined, 78 percent of 18- to 29-year-old Filipos said that homosexualy should be accepted by society, pared to 68 percent of those over 50. Perhaps the very “should” the survey qutn is the key: If most people thk that the society should accept homosexualy, perhaps that posive mdset will eventually change attus.

GAY PHILIPP

Gaya Sa Pelikula me wh a BL-ready pedigree: (1) a wrer-creator, Juan Miguel Severo, who rose to fame as the unofficial spokperson for the lovick; (2) JP Habac, the director of “I’m Dnk, I Love You, ” which is a love story that’s “not a love story;” (3) a major outf, Globe Studs, producg ; and (4) two h fac who have the looks and chemistry m the showbiz baggage.

“Gaya sa Pelikula” clar s LGBTQ+ agenda om the get-go, and challeng the viewers more ways than one. At tim, the “takg back our story” threatens to muddle the narrative, which mak “Gaya sa Pelikula” ocsnally feelg more like an say.

If many Poy onle seri are phg the lims and refg the BL genre, then “Gaya sa Pelikula” is the proud cheerlear of the prott march. And many of them fd the seri’ lsons outdated: “homophobia kills” and “homosexuals are happy only heaven.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Wh s unapologetilly lo-fi athetic and light-hearted rom- formula, Sgh lls the shots creatg a world that fosters a great sense of affirmatn for trans women, effemate gays, and genrqueers. Unlike “Gameboys” where the panmic serv s purpose as an visible villa that magnifi the unrlyg dispari of a functng society and s humanizg effect on the two leads, “Quaranthgs” treats the panmic as a nvenient setup for the sheltered but openly gay Judah (Kyo Quijano) and the closeted, workg class lad Rocky (Royce Cabrera) to fd home each other’s arms, even as the bloomg relatnship is tted by their nflictg views on sexualy, polics, and personal nvictns.

Dpe s reputatn as a fairly liberal haven for gays and lbians, the Philipp has failed to guarantee legal protectns of LGBTs acrdance wh Uned Natns human rights nventns. But don't assume that the scene is mimal jt bee gay bars or other tablishments seem to be few number. In fact, Filipo gays are ually fully tegrated to their extend fai and live a society that is generally tolerant and clive of GLBT.

A membership anizatn of tors mted to sexual and reproductive health and rights tn and empowerment among vulnerable and margalized groups, particularly among muni of bakla, gay, bisexual and other MSM (men who have sex wh men). Pro-Gay (Progrsive Organizatn of Gays the Philipp) 35 Sut Delgado St, Barangay Lagg Handa, Quezon Cy+63 2-367-3109, FAX 371-2302, email.