Meet the Men of Hong Kong's First Gay Datg Show

Contents:

• HONG KONG’S BT GAY SNAS
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• SODA SNAHONG KONGMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETHOTEL DISUNTSON TODAYBARS & CLUBSLBIAN BARSSNASMASSAGEBEACHSHOPSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUIOFFERSGAY MAPSODA SNA
• HONG KONG GAY TRAVEL

HONG KONG’S BT GAY SNAS

Sogayhk01. Is Sogayhk01 safe and leg? It’s also creasgly an clive LGBTQI+ statn – and will host Asia’s very first Gay Gam  2022.

Hong Kong is an ial host cy, acrdg to Gay Gam 11 Hong Kong 2022 Founr and Chair Dennis Philipse. While there’s arguably still room to grow, there are plenty of ways beyond Hong Kong’s gay bars to experience the loud and proud LGBTQI+ scene and s hippt hangouts. Madame Quad is an clive space where straight, gay and queer women n be part of a muny.

T:me has been a staple among Hong Kong gay bars for almost a . Expect a packed crowd om midnight until the wee hours, wh go-go boys full gyratn mo, while gay men and their gal pals drk together om a party-size glass.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Between s ee-flow vodka Wedndays (10pm-midnight) and nightly drag performanc featurg emergg talents like Miss Mid Levels, Mocha Diva and Vlette Blanche, Pettiat Lane is one of the hottt spots Hong Kong’s gay bar scene.

From the same anisers of Hong Kong’s Gay Gam 2022, Out HK is an opportuny for members of the LGBTQI+ muny to bond through outdoor adventur whout the ctch of a vodka soda (at least not until happy hour). Hong Kong Pri Para: A Big Gay Party.

Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival: Queens Onscreen. The love for film ns ep Hong Kong, and the annual Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival – the longt-nng ft of s kd Asia – is a popular event on the lendar for both the LGBTQI+ muny and avid cephil. Enter Floatilla: a fleet of junk boats rryg gay men (along wh the ocsnal lbian ship) for a day of sun, swim and drks.

Some LGBTQ activists Hong Kong have lled for the Gay Gam to be ncelled.

Hong Kong is safe to vis, Gay Gam team tells foreigners worryg about natnal secury law.

SODA SNAHONG KONGMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETHOTEL DISUNTSON TODAYBARS & CLUBSLBIAN BARSSNASMASSAGEBEACHSHOPSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUIOFFERSGAY MAPSODA SNA

He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.

HONG KONG GAY TRAVEL

But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory.

But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay. In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends.

” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual. ), and of urse, and earrg the “gay ear”.

) Earrg Magic Ken turned Barbie’s boyiend to an out-and-proud homosexual raver.

Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck. As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns.

While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg! Before the 90s, homosexual acts were nmned as illegal Hong Kong, and is only 1991 when a bill was passed to crimalize nsensual male sex private plac by adult men who are of and over 21.

Due to the legal limatns, homosexual inti had to be ncealed Hong Kong, but LGBTQ+ and sex culture have been actively shiftg over the past centuri. Due to the nservative cultur of the past and the lack of formal social areas, public toilets had been secret gay meetg plac. There were unrground gay magaz and adverts by male sex workers on newspapers.

Wh the crimalizatn the 90s, gay bars and nightclubs began to flourish wh the rise of the service dtry, while smart phon and social media also popularized "onle sctns" om lol sex workers like David, there are also on g om Maland Cha.

That's when Zihao entered the dtry to serve gay and Hong Kong ctomers as a is que ank to adm that he had picked up the profsn for the sake of "earng money". But Zihao admted that 's evable to feel psychologil prsure when havg sex wh others after havg a gay culture Hong Kong is even more nservative than the an ternatnal metropolan like Hong Kong, Zihao has had clients om both east and wt. Havg lived on the Maland and Hong Kong, he feels that the gay culture Hong Kong is even more nservative than the Maland.