No More Bed

Bed Bar in Malate burned. The only remaining gay club has closed due to a fire. Manila has no gay scene at the moment.

Home Male Massage

I'm not sure how "legitimate" this is, but with the proliferation of home massage services, this had to eventually come along.

Green Spa Home and Hotel Male Massage Service

Manila's Male Massage Parlor Row

Update of the massage parlors along Kamuning-Kamias Streets.

1. Boys of Bora
2. Eaglenest Health Spa
3. Hunk's Touch Tel 433-2396
4. Lightness Spa
5. Earth Spa Tel 410-2182
6. Equanimity Spa

7. Nature's Green Spa

The links above are updated. I'm not sure if the websites are working or updated.

A new legitimate spa with masseurs also opened, Rustic Spa. Since it just opened, expect it to be clean and nice smelling.

Gay Indie

Part of Manila gay life is watching a movie from the genre called, "Gay Indie." Robinsons Galleria Cinema 8 is the designated independent cinema of Manila and is referred to as IndieSine, a play on word Independent Cinema and the tagalog for "not a movie." Given that many personalities in cinema in general are gay and that the programmer for the IndieSine happens to be gay, many gay films are screened here, albeit with censors required cuts. Robinsons Galleria also happens to be one of the cruisiest malls and cinemas in Manila.

If you can't catch the latest screening at Robinsons or other theaters, you can run to your nearest video store to purchase not just the movies that you missed but also the numerous direct to video gay soft porn. In a recent trip to the video store/record bar, there were as many as seven titles of gay films.

Bed Malate

There is only one gay club in Manila. Bed Malate Bar and Club. All other clubs have closed.

Legitimate Spas with Male Therapists

They are presented as legitimate spas where you can get a massage, body scrub or treatment. They cater to both men and women and have separate facilities for each. The receptionist is usually female. But they have male therapists and stories have gotten around that hanky panky may be going on. Even female guests have some stories to tell. Well, stories are stories but guys who prefer a legitimate male therapist over a female one will not be hard pressed to find a such a spa, particularly in the commercial area of Quezon City. Here is a sampling:

1. City Lifestyle Spa and Fitness Center - 80 Timog Avenue corner Tomas Morato +632 372 4722

2. Amistad Spa and Wellness Center - 1091 Quezon Avenue, +632 794 5943

3. Wensha Spa - Timog Avenue corner Quezon Avenue

4. New York Spa - Penthouse, CITM Square, 68 Timog Avenue corner Tomas Morato, +632 441 0651

5. Sanctuario - 30 Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, South Triangle, +632 920 9963

Again, these are legitimate spas so do not be offended if the therapist refuses your advances.

Social Networking for Gays

Filipino gays are hot into online hookups. Well, I guess most gays anywhere rely on the internet to meet gays for social and sexual relations. Unfortunately, the hottest social networking site for gays in Manila is no longer around. Nearly 9 out of 10 guys had a guys4men account. Not really. I don't have any statistic to prove that assertion. But guys4men was so hot that public events were even entitled, G4M, the initials and nickname for the site. People liked the no-nonsense layout and the ease of use. The white background, the absence of banner ads, the event announcements and the forums added to its wide appeal.

Guys4men could not sustain their site, as they claimed. The growing number of users and the competitive environment made it an unrealistic business model. Guys4men merged with planetromeo.com or gayromeo.com. (The site has dual urls to assist users in places where the word "gay" is filtered from access.) The abrupt disappearance of guys4men and the lack of appeal for planetromeo sent gays into withdrawal. No more source of information for events. No more sharing of resources through forums. Planetromeo did not fill that void perfectly but people had to make do with what was available.

Another site tried to substitute for guys4men, pinoyg4m.com, but that died too.