the weird, the queer, and the gay

Conceived by years of frustration, birthed and inspired by my friend's blog...hope this blog could be an avenue for 'intelligent' discussions about everyday topics and occasional oddities of the human psyche which I know everyone is curious about...everyone is welcome to join...whether you're normal, weird, queer or gay...

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Queer as Filipino Folks...

I have just gotten hold of a complete DVD set of the five seasons of Queer as Folks, a series in the U.S. tha deals with gay issues, concerns and other homo topics. It's kinda like Sex in the City but sexier (in a gay sort of way). The setting was Pittsburg, it shows the many places people like me go to for fun, dancing, clubbing and specially finding 'tricks'. You would usually find the four friends in the gym, eating at their favorite bistro, clubbing at Babylon or just hanging out at Woody’s. I kinda wish that I was in Pittsburg.

One day when I was on my usual once a month ‘sick leave’, I got to talk to a person I met, well, on some shady place that I would not mention. We talked about life, love and places to go when you need to be ‘alone’. He told me about this place near the Quezon City area that a gay person would love to go to. So one day I set up an appointment with him and we went to this place. The place was full of surprises. At the entrance you would seem to enter a cheap derelict of a building, and when you enter, they would point you to a locker room where you have to strip to your birthday suit. Wearing only a towel (this part was pretty embarrassing for first timers), he gave me a tour of the place. First of was the gym, complete with every conceivable fitness device. It’s so nice to see gym fit people sweating it out on the threadmill or see them flexing their muscles on the heavy barbells. Next stop was the steam baths, then on to the jacuzi, and then on the bar. There is also a room where you could watch gay porn and there are private rooms on the second and third floors of the building where you and your ‘tricks’ could…

The people who frequent the place are so bootylicious (except for some not so pleasing to the eye), the ambience is great and you feel the you are amongst peers (gay peers to be exact). So people, my people, if you happen to read this and is interested to join the club (it was a members only kinda place), just give me a holler I am more than happy to point you to the right direction (after extensive screening of course). Nice to know I don’t have to migrate to Pittsburg after all.