Slythe

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 se...

Gay bars in Cebu are known to be mostly strip clubs with young men called go-go boys dancing provocatively to win the hearts of their audience.  Macho dancer is a more popular term for a go-go boy in the Philippines. They are mostly young with muscular or toned bodies and attractive. The handsome lads of the crop of macho dancers get the most wow from the audience while those who manage to impress have the bodies or the "asset". But there is irony in having these strip clubs known as gay bars in the Philippines, especially in Cebu. A gay bar should be a hangout place for gays, not for supposedly gay yet straight dancers who cater to gay and women clientele for a night or a "short-time". It is mostly seen as a male-whore club than a place for hook-ups.  With the relabeling of gay bars in Cebu into male entertainment clubs, the public would now have an idea what kind of club they want to go for hook-ups. Because really, desperate old gay men go to gay bar...