FAIRY TALES

Love in Time of HIV
By The Chronicles of E

What will you do if your date or your lover suddenly tells you that he or she is HIV positive? Would you hold their hand and tell them that it's ok? Or would you cry and walk away? Now reverse the situation. What if you're HIV positive and you have been dating this person for a long time, when would be the perfect time to break the news about your status? Is there such a thing as a perfect timing? What if you are already in a relationship and then you tested positive, how or will you break the news to your partner? These are the questions that have been eating all posies, according to The Chronicles of E.

Tagulaylay ni Purita Sanchez

Mark Angeles is dazzled by the lights of Metro Manila - and of life's deliveries (good and bad). Time to share the experience.

Lesbianism and Sports
Twenty-five year old freelance writer Calex contributes to Outrage Magazine with a closer look at the need to demystify lesbianism in sports: "I’ve realized that what these ‘lesbians’ have shown on court is just a mirror image of the signs of the times: a dynamic Philippine society where women, regardless of orientation, can be at par (or even better) than their male counterparts, in any field that they set their hearts and minds into. As society limits opportunities for the Filipina baller/sportswoman to shine beyond the college level, then this becomes the challenge to simply play their hearts out and show what they’re made of."

Kaya Kong Magbitiw ng Bitter Words
By Mark Angeles
A poetic closer look at words - and their delivery when love (or its lost) is encountered.

Tren
By Ron Nieto Mistica
Lust - or, arguably, love - can happen even in the most unexpected of all places. Like a train, traversing the stretched EDSA in Metro Manila, where close proximity to a possible lover possibly happens day to day to day. But, as is usual in life, things may not always be what they seem, so...

Pains of Conforming
By Michael David C. Tan
Acting out as a man, as expected by society - and in pain for doing so.

Love Me Not
When the love given is not wanted.

Coming Out Stories
Should you, or should you not stay inside the closet?

Bakla 101
By Kiki Tan
The misconceptions continue to exist - and that's even with the attempt to change them. Outrage Magazine offers (yet another) quick know-how on the basics of gays. Isn't it time to educate yourself?

Name Game
On the fascination of Filipinos for titles.

State of Origin
Does it matter where we originated?

GAY ART
At the Art of It All
Collection of art pieces from the community.

Loving Living Life
By Glenn Afalla

Courtesy of Brian Shane Gorrell himself are photographs of the HIV/AIDS advocate as he strips everything off in the name of increasing awareness for the cause, giving life to his intention of making the advocacy sexy. “I only want to help others now. I want HIV to be sexy. I want people to change their perception of it. And I am determined to do just that by showing people how healthy and happy I am every day. I want to smash those stereotypes into a million little pieces,” Gorrell says.

Fantastical Insights
By JustAverage
Lifeout.com

The Roving Eyes
By Ian Felix Alquiros