New York has East Village, London has Soho, Sydney has Oxford Street and Bangkok, of course, has Silom, the city’s most prominent go-to gayborhood. But is Silom really the only gay in the village? Honey, we doubt it. Bangkok is one sprawling metropolis and the Silom gaytto (including Langsuan...
HIV is making a comeback and no one’s talking. In 1993, with cases of over 800,000 people infected with HIV, higher than any other country in the world, Thailand went up in arms with massive anti-HIV campaigns. We succeeded with lowering the rate of infection, however, the hot issue of HIV...
I don’t say it’s good to be out of the closet. But it has one good side effect; it screens people who come to me. If they don’t like gays, they can stay away.
Be whatever you want to be as long as you know who you are and you are a good citizen.
People see me as a pompous gay man...
Let’s face it: one of the great things about being gay is that we have choices. Gay-friendly saunas are almost as common as 7-Elevens in the greater Bangkok area. We counted a whopping 32—that’s enough to allow you the luxury of visiting a different sauna every night of the week...
Writing is not something I enjoy doing, to be honest. But it’s definitely a compulsion. I think a lot of it comes from my desire to let people know what I think.
In my first book, I tried to be historical. I got buried in the details. It bored people.
The book I’m working on now comes...
Who said gay men only talk about sex? We gathered a panel of amazing-and-so-out gays at the lovely Ted’s Café & Bakery (Asoke Tower, Asoke, 02-260-0205/6) and got them to shoot the shit on politics, society, human rights and, OK, reality TV.
Our Panel
Ajarn Viroj Tangvarnich:...
How can we define you?
I’m a fully operated, legally married woman. If you’d told me when I had my sex change that I’d be performing as Cher again one day, I would have laughed then slapped you in the face. But I love to perform.
Why Thailand?
I wanted to promote the show in...
Wonder Woman
Who: Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka
What: Auditor-General of Thailand
Why we love her: We love the fact that a woman accountant made so many supposedly macho men dive for cover. After fighting corruption in the Office of the Auditor General of Thailand for years, she was promoted to top dog...
Fantasy
Hot Summer Fantasies
Dear Sexpert, I sometimes fantasize about other people while I’m having sex with my spouse. Am I being unfaithful? Should I confess?
Studies say that the healthier a person’s fantasy world is, the happier their sex lives. Fantasizing heightens the erotic...
To: Nathan
From: A2O
Subject: Life is suck
Hi there!
Lo-o-o-o-ng time no see. How r u? Hope everything is good with u. I’m OK…. Well, actually I’m not OK. I have a lot on my mind. Don’t laugh, but remember all those times I gave you a hard time and asked, “How the...
