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Gay bars featuring male dancing gigolos are dying in Cebu

I am a fan of Queer as Folks US and I like how the show portrays different gay lifestyles. There is no one uniform gay lifestyle. As the colors of rainbow are many, so are the types of gay and their lifestyles. And one of the differences in gay lifestyle is the different gay bars shown on QaF. There is the billiards and pub-like gay bar in which gay and even straight, though few, patrons can hang out and be themselves. And there is also thump-thumping, ray lights-abound gay bar where the gays go dance and, again, be themselves. I prefer both. Here in Cebu, the site for gays to be like owls and dance like wolves is now  in Mango Square area. Numero Doce and Alchology have now been perceived as gay bars but they are more prescribed as M2M bars. Why is that? I believe that the term gay bar is originally meant for a watering hole with male dancers in skimpy suits (and sometimes none). Actually, if I base it on QaF, these guys are go-go boys or strippers and are parading sexily

My Husband's Lover : a Depressing yet Beautiful Gay Love Story on TV

My Husband's Lover is a depressing teleserye. It has a story that spirals down from a relationship built on lies because of a perceived stability-- than to be none the wiser-- to a truth that brings more misery than relief. It is a story told from a wife's perspective, narrated in consequential manner with flashbacks that can correlate with the present situations. The title can be directly pointed to Erick, the husband's lover in which the wife, Lally, narrated the story in varying emotions from happiness to suffering and guilt. Reconciliation seems to be arduous in a situation tied down because of a marital vow yet redemption can be attained but seemingly difficult to conceive.  It's depressing, really but somehow the beauty in My Husband's Lover is its nearness to real situations though the narration and plots are fictionalized. It's a commendable teleserye, groundbreaking as they say.  I am not a fan of GMA teleseryes but this one is an exemption