For Bety and Country: Gay Filipo men the world of pageants

Contents:

• MEET SON LOR, THE GAY FILIPO MAN WHO CATWALKED HIS WAY TO FAME
• FOR BETY AND COUNTRY: GAY FILIPO MEN THE WORLD OF PAGEANTS
• 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
• MEET SON LOR, THE GAY FILIPO MAN WHO CATWALKED HIS WAY TO FAME

MEET SON LOR, THE GAY FILIPO MAN WHO CATWALKED HIS WAY TO FAME

His mother had thrown his high school diploma the garbage after learng her son was gay. Dpe Filipo print Rodrigo Duterte's apparent turnaround on his mpaign promis to nsir legalizg gay marriage the Philipp, Lor says life for gay people his home untry has improved immensely sce his childhood. I went back to the Philipp after that and got a lot of TV-appearance opportuni, and has really been takg off om is like general for gay men the Philipp 2017?

I n still see people's fac, and I n tell they don't like me bee I'm gay, but they don't talk about .

On social media sometim people bash me, but real life people don't 's a ltle surprisg you say that bee of all of the verage surroundg Print Duterte's polici toward the LGBT muny the the moment, I thk 's mostly good for gay people.

FOR BETY AND COUNTRY: GAY FILIPO MEN THE WORLD OF PAGEANTS

A lot of people do ask me about beg gay the Philipp, and I tell them that what they've heard about is wrong. As long as you don't hurt anybody, you are totally gay marriage is not legal the Philipp, right? When I was back the Philipp growg up, I was bigger and people even the gay muny the Philipp ma fun of me for my looks.

I want gay people to know that we have the eedom to do whatever we want as long as we don't hurt anybody.

Intifi as: Gay. The only difference now is I n proudly say that I’m gay! Kapo actrs Klea Peda out as gay.

10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Sabi nga nila, kung saan ka magigg maligaya, doon ka. "Kah hdi ka nagme-makp, kah hdi ka tumili, nasa po yung pagigg gay.

MEET SON LOR, THE GAY FILIPO MAN WHO CATWALKED HIS WAY TO FAME

And I had no choice kasi na-realize ko na I'm gay. "Sasabi ko sa iyo ngayon, at sasabi ko sa lahat ng tao, kasi hdi ako masamang tao...

A nng joke among pageant fanatics is that what the World Cup or NBA Fals are to straight men, the Miss Universe ntt is to the gay Poy men play a ccial role the world of bety pageants here the Philipp, both as fans and as dtry sirs who work tirelsly behd-the-scen to tra, drs, and promote pageant nttants to ndidat pable of wng the workg the pageants, they ga lifelong iends who bee like fay. Growg up as a gay boy a small town, he ed to spend endls hours watchg bety pageants on televisn. ’”Cabachete’s fervor for bety pageants is somethg he shar wh thoands of gay Filipo men, a small number of whom play a huge part the velopment and succs of ndidat.

Profil of Beti and Essays on Pageants, gay men have long been drawn to behd-the-scen work the pageant his rearch for the book, Capili spoke to a well-known gay Filipo fashn signer who had been disverg and drsg up bety pageant hopefuls sce the 1980s, Renee Salud. Th, when a Filipo woman walks on stage reprentg the untry, she rri on stage the hop and dreams of everyone — gay men clud. They don’t receive much the way of public regnn for their efforts, but wh the dtry, the men — many of whom are gay — are creded for elevatg the standards for pageant nttants reprentg the queen-makerOne of the traers at Kagandahang Flor, tras Mar Poli (left) for the Q and A.