One Night and 3 Manila Gay Bars (Part 1)

Note: For purposes of this entry, gay bar will refer to a club/bar catering to gay men and straight women and this bar has what most people know as a macho dancer. For an easier reference point, let’s just say that a gay bar is the equivalent of our straight men’s girly bars cum nightclubs.

This may come as a shock to many, but prior to this entry, I have never been to a gay bar! I have been to quite a few girly bars (most of which were in Fields Ave., Clark Field Pampanga) with some old (straight) friends. Ah, those were the straight days!  I’ve seen women (which I formerly referred to as “chicks”) clad in skimpy outfits and in various states of undress.  I’ve seen them gyrate to numerous remixes of Careless Whisper.  I have “tabled” one or two of them.  I have…  Let’s leave that grossly uninteresting past and move on.

Yes, I have seen all that, but I have never been to a Gay Bar! When friends talk about gay bars and their experiences in them, my mind used the substitution technique so I could at least relate to the gay bar stories.  Instead of seeing those “chicks” I have seen before,  I replace them with hot, hunky men in various states of undress and gyrating to endless remixes of Careless Whisper. It worked for me and I just looked forward to that time when I’d be able to go to a gay bar.

Until one night in January…