Lani Misalucha's Reminisce

I just bought my copy of Lani Misalucha's new album "Reminisce".

And I knew, Ill be in a wonderful musical journey with this album in my ipod for the next few weeks. Misalucha has a hauntingly unique way of re-living old songs such as "Here, There and Everywhere", "Someone that I Used to Love", "Get Here" and the only OPM, Joey Albert original "Iisa Pa Lamang".

The album costs Php320. What's three hundred bucks for a woman of such pure talent?

JM Cobbarubias: Successfully Out

(JM Cobbarubias playing a cameo role as a reporter in "Antonio's Secret")


Former Probe Team reporter and TV Executive JM Cobbarubias made the Filipino gay community proud when he came out on national television through the very first TV show catered to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual (GLBT) community, aptly called "OUT" produced by GMA.



Before coming out, he was one of the charming segment hosts of Probe Team . He was the local travel feature host visiting the different destinations in our country. I remember watching him swim in his shorts in a segment in Bulacan and I was almost fixated to his half naked image onscreen.



A graduate of Development Communication from UP Los Banos, he started his career in Call Center in the early 2000. His first work for TV is acting in a re-enactment segment for Probe Team, where he happily played a male sex worker. After this interesting stint, JM applied and was accepted as a production assistant for Cheche Lazaro's much respected news team.



JM is now program manager in the News and Public Affairs Division of GMA. And he played a cameo role as the reporter at the end of our film "Ang Lihim ni Antonio/ Antonio's Secret"



For me, this man continues to be a positive image for gay men in the Philippines.

RAID!

I have always wanted to be a client in a gay bath house or blue bar when a police raids happen.

When these happens, many professional gay men are harrassed by authorities and become victims of extorsion due to the fact that they do not want to be exposed publicly with their sexual orientation.

And that's exactly why I want to be there. To face the TV camera and to proclaim to the whole world that there is nothing illegal with men having sex with other men (as long as it is between two adults, prostitution is not involved and it is not done in a public place)

We need to stand up against these abusive authorities and media personnel.

"I Love Harry"

( Harry Laurel, in a cellphone photo in one of our pictorials last year)

There's a silly rumor circulating in the internet. Many of "lexuality" readers have been leaving messages in the chatbox and in my blog pages confirming if Harry and I are having a sexual relationship.

I don't know how this story originated. And allow me to clarify once and for all, I have not had any sexual relationship with Harry Laurel. (period). I never had any tryst with him in Hongkong and not even in Macau.

And ever since he changed numbers, I am no longer in touch with him.

Here's one of the emails I got from a certain "John X", who is the one who professes his love for Harry.

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Hi Lex

What a BLOG Page! Thanks

I have just finished watching "Ang Lalake sa Parola (The Man in the Lighthouse)" and found it superb, the performance by Harry Laurel (Chua) was just moving.

Now I want to find out more about Harry and that is how I found You by Google, I see he has been covered on the front page of a July magazine, I have just got to find a copy.

To be able to find someone like Mateo (Harry) would be a dream come true, someone so genuine and down to earth.

Thanks for a great website Lex.

Regards John x

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Hi John,

Thanks for this email. Harry is in the latest issues of Frontman magazine as well as the latest Climax 2. Enjoy his full glory :)

Lex

A Gem of a Giselle

(This writer with Giselle Sanchez, at the back is Marco Alcaraz clowning around)

One of the most intelligent and fun celebrities I had the opportunity to work with is Giselle Sanchez. We worked together in a forgettable morning show I used to write for QTV a few years back. She was one of our hosts.

Before meeting her, I was never a fan of hers. I thought she was too loud as a person.



But when I started working with her, I realized I was working with one of the smartest celebrities in the industry. As you know, it is very rare to find celebrities with brains in Philippine entertainment. And she was one of them.



She knew her lines like a pro. But more importantly, she was one person you draw good insights on topics ranging from the human cock to politics. Her humor behind the camera is infectious and definitely sharper than her onscreen appearances.



To me, Giselle is a gem.

"Koverboyz" Video

If M2M Eyeball video, provided an honest characterization to its sex objects, "Koverboyz" on the other hand is a humorous attempt to visualize the gay man's sexual fantasies.

"Koverboyz" markets its sex objects as our "jologs" fantasies. In the Philippines, "jologs" is a colloquial term which refers for any quality associated with the lower socioeconomic status.

So, if you want your boys to be raw, hard and rough in the pinoy jologs mold, "Koverboyz" could make you really happy.

"Koverboyz" is available at leading video stores nationwide. If you want your private and uncut copy, you can call (632)9720474 or 63920-8619880 for inquiries.

M2M Eyeball Video

I was given a complimentary, pre-MTRCB version of Queeriosity Video Project's "M2M Eyeball", a sexy vignette of different forms of hook ups among urban gay men.

The pure intention of this video is to "excite" the senses of its targeted gay audience. But the actors were given characterizations to represent different Filipino gay men.

Watching this video as well as all the other films of its director, Crisaldo Pablo (the same filmmaker of gay cult films Duda and Bathhouse), I can infer that Pablo is drawn to illustrate characters who are vulnerable, emotionally needy and psychologically fractured. His characters are drawn to sex. And are seriously pursuing meaning in every sexual encounter.

And I must admit such characterizations are realistic. Gay sexual acts are certainly not accepted by the mainstream public (in the Philippines). And men who engage in such would usually carry a burden of guilt. Perhaps, craving for meaning within these sexual encounters may be a good way to ease such guilt.

And aside from this observation, I guiltily admit that some men in this video gave me a hot Saturday morning.

M2M Eyeball is available in leading video stores nationwide. But if you prefer the private copy (just like what I have), you may call (632) 9720474 or (63920) 8619880 and inquire how you can have one.