Manila Gay Guy

Do you believe in romantic online relationships? Let’s listen to those who have actual experiences…
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Hello MGG readers! Here’s a letter from Marvin, a 26-year-old fellow reader from the Middle East. He’s in a predicament involving a 20-year-old guy based in the Philippines, thus the title “Kuya-Bunso Relationship.” Help me help Marvin by sharing your thoughts regarding his situation. Read on.
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Papatol ka ba sa mas matanda sa iyo ng 10+ years? Age gap, generation gap. Is this a barrier to a long, lasting, and loving relationship?

How about a substantial gap in social strata? Yun tipong, one partner is an executive earning a 6-digit monthly salary, while the other is a blue-collar, minimum wager? Again, is this a barrier to a long, lasting, and loving relationship?

Come, chikahan tayo! Listen to this riotous continuation to the Fabcasters’ podcast, originally entitled May-December Love Affairs. Starring CC, McVie, Tony, Gibbs, and yours truly. Special participation of a mysterious caller — a phone call for CC from London while we were recording the podcast. The fabcast after the jump!

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Ang nakaraan: [Narito ang kabuuan ng nakaraan.]

Ramdam ko ang init na galing sa balat niya, nanunuot sa kalamnan ko. Sa gitna ng katahimikan, tumawa siya, mahina. Parang alam ko na kung ano ang mangyayari. Kumakabog ang dibdib ko na para bang may tatlumpung puso ang tumitibok sabay-sabay. Sabi ko na lang, pabiro, “gawin mo na ang gusto mong gawin.”

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Kris Martinez, now seemingly silent and mostly absent in the current showbiz buzz, was once upon a time a Close Up To Fame boy. The last time he was on the news was when he was promoting his movie “Green Paradise,” in November of 2007. Apparently, he was asked if he’s open to same-sex relationships, to which he answered, “Siguro, depende sa sitwasyon, depende sa tao, depende kung gaano na kami katagal magkakilala. So, kung mas kilala ko na siya as a person talaga, so why not? Bakit hindi?”

Hmmm. I can just imagine! Naughty! Hehehe!

Well and good, Mister Naughty Boy Kris Martinez. On another note, thanks for these similarly naughty pics — they literally grab your attention! Mwahs!

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Dear Migs,

Let me start by saying how confused I am right now. Just call me Boy. I admit that I have learned to accept who I am years ago, so I thought. I’m a straight-acting bisexual, In fact, meron din akong circle of gay and bi friends and as far as I recall, minsan ginagawa akong escort ng mga gay friends ko, kunwari boyfriend nila ako, just for the sake of fun. I’ve had previous relationships with the same sex too, but as years passed by deep inside, I realize that that was not what I wanted or something like that. Then I guess that was the start of a struggle, an inner struggle, which I find most difficult to cope with. Suddenly may fear ako naramdaman, fear of discrimination, fear na mapahiya because sa mundo ginagalawan ko presently hindi declared my other side. Why I didn’t tell them in the first place? I really don’t know… (more…)

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A review of Bertubin’s Kurap (Blink):

“If you don’t want to be used, if you don’t want to be duped … don’t ever blink!” Ronaldo Bertubin’s feisty, street-beat melodrama is wise to all the risks in a dodgy district like Quiapo in Manila. Small-time crook Ambet and his sister Luchie live in an abandoned building. A high proportion of Ambet’s dubious earnings goes on treatment for Luchie’s glaucoma, and he tries to shield her from exposure to his varied sex-life (women and men) and his line of work. But when middle-class photojournalist Marlon comes calling with a proposition that Ambet should rat on his buddies in the criminal underworld–for the sake of TV news reports which will inevitably lead to police busts–the money doesn’t quite explain why Ambet agrees. (more…)

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I’ll be out for a while. Here’s a recent letter I received — unedited, verbatim. Read and help our Dubai boy while savoring the rock-hard midsection of this 21-year-old hunk from Cosmomen 2008, Ryan Garalde.

Dear Migs,

Greetings from Dubai!

I am a straight-acting gay guy. I became more discreet here because I was afraid that I might find difficulties to find friends if I show my other side. I don’t have relatives or even friends that know me that can help if in case they will not accept me. Everything was new to me and everything was so hard pretending to be like others.

After a year since I came, I woke up one morning on my colleague’s arms after a long drinking session. He was Richard, (I thought) a straight-acting like me. As far as I can remember he initiated everything. (more…)

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Val Mante is one truly revolutionary gay man — and this post was written in honor of him. More than 3 years ago, he was at the frontpage of the Inquirer, as one-half of the first married gay couple of the CPP-NPA. Read on.

Reds officiate first gay marriage in NPA

By Rolando B. Pinsoy
Inquirer News Service
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb, 7, 2005

DARE to struggle, dare to win … as married gays. After raiding a few Army camps, two communist guerrillas hid in a forest gorge and fell in love.

Deeply.

That was three years ago. On Friday, under a romantic drizzle in a muddy clearing in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, Ka Andres and Ka Jose exchanged vows in a heavily guarded ceremony before local villagers, friends from the city and their comrades in arms. (more…)

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In this nation of migrants, the fabric of the Filipino family has not been torn, it has been altered. It has been patched, with new designs and new colors added. It has verily become a fabric different but still the same. It has been said that the Filipinos are some of the warmest and most spontaneous people in the world. You only have to attend family reunions to see vivid examples of these.

But in these reunions, the gay uncle is quiet because he does not want to be asked when will he marry, and the lesbian aunt is busy puttering about the house, making sure everybody is fed.

These are stereotypes. Gays and lesbians in the millennium have changed, too. Some of us are into relationships with fellow gays, or with fellow lesbians. There are still those who sleep only with straight people, with dire consequences for their pockets and for their self-esteem.

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