The title is very apt, lol..but yeah, Filipino internet celebrity, Bryanboy is quietly making our country proud, and the gay community, in his own flamboyant way. He covered the Australian Fashion Week as a fashion blogger and he got respect as if he was representing a major national daily as a correspondent. In the Philippines, you either should have the right surname or the right connections to gain entrance to major media events. Bloggers here no matter how many people follows or reads you rarely gains entrance to even presscons by Anna Dizon, lol..

If blogs are awash with this and that Filipino talent being a contestant in some singing/talent contest abroad, or Manny Pacquiao in boxing, allow me to pay tribute to BryanBoy for making this country proud in the field of Fashion, and not because of Fashion Designing but the “passion” for Fashion. He has been cited by The New York Post with, and i qoute, “9 Hottest Celebs on the Web: Style Site Turns Fab Filipino Into Fashion Muse” referring to BryanBoy. He is even chummy with fab fashion designer Marc Jacobs, THE Marc Jacobs saying, ” “I give you a 10 for effort… Love your passion for fashion, after all, where would designers be without enthusiasm like yours?”

O di ba, sosyal ang lola mo! and that only from blogging. He represented to the world that we also have style and ‘elan in the third world. Go girl conquer the world!

Alfred Vargas has been the subject lately of blind-items clearly pointing to him accusing him of being a ‘closet gay’. Kumukuha raw si Alfred Vargas ng mga maskuladong lalake na alaga ng mga gay talent manager para makatalik.

Alfred Vargas neither confirms nor denies the issue. He only answered it by saying, ” Mula naman nung nag-artista ako, alam naman ninyo na babae talaga ang gusto ko.”

Alfred Vargas thinks that the closet gay issue may have been prompted by his breakup with former girlfriend, LJ Reyes. He said, he is not involve with any girl now so he can concentrate on his career.

“Baka kasi maulit na naman ‘yung nangyari noon. Na may girlfriend nga ako, tapos wala naman akong time.

“At least ngayon, nakakapagpahinga ako kapag walang taping. Wala akong masyadong iniintindi.”

Alfred Vargas plays a merman who loves Marian Rivera in Dyesebel.

The Studs composed of Filipino young actors Coco Martin, Dion Ignacio, Edgar Allan Guzman, Felix Roco, JC Cuadrado, Mike Tan, Kevin Santos and Lance Onate appeared big bulges in underwear and all in the 2008 calendar of “X-Ray” magazine by ace photographer Ronnie Salvacion as their first major project. So you think you can blink, this year, from the original eight members with Kevin Santos and Lance Onate out, The Studs it is down to six members, The Studs released a new instructional exercise video entitled “Body Buddies: The Body Circuit Workout.”

“Body Bodies” is one of those videos that do not exploit the body although it shows the secrets of building it. The Studs video features Coco Martin, Dion Ignacio, Edgar Allan Guzman, Felix Roco, JC Cuadrado and Mike Tan, plus certified fitness trainers from Gold’s Gym show them how to have a great body, from low-impact exercises to using weights and machines following the Body Circuit Workout system.

The Studs has been conceptualized as a sexy boy band made up of up and coming talents of rivals ABS-CBN and GMA 7. Incidentally, the Studs creator Noel Ferrer also built up Ryan Agoncillo.

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, a cinderella story with a ladyboy, a film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson has won the prestigious Teddy awards for Best Feature Film in the Berlin Film Festival on February 2008. It stars Raquela Rios, a transsexual in the Philippines. The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, a cinderella story with a ladyboy, is about the life story of ladyboy Raquela Rios. Incidentally, previous Teddy Awards winners are Pedro Almodovar, Gus Van Sant and Lukas Moodyson.

In an interview, ladyboy Raquela Rios was asked,

How is it to be a transsexual? Can you explain for those who don’t know the term? Raquela Rios: “Tough, challenging and totally a survivor in this cruel world we live in….in case you dont know what is transsexual……transsexual is a transgender, a male to female transgender whether its a transvestite a pre-opt transsexual or a post opt transsexual ……transsexual is commonly termed to us asians transgender according to the sex tourist who visit Asia cause it’s not commonly used in the western part where they call them “shemales“.”

How is it to be a transsexual in the Philippines, tell us about your life? Raquela Rios: “Well it’s not really fun although i have my friends and we enjoy together we get along with each other with some fellow transsexuals. We blend in the gay society that sometimes people in the Philippines label us as gays were in fact homosexuality is different from transsexuality and filipino people has got to know that…..We as a transsexual myself in the Philippines sometimes i get conscious walking around when we see some male species and hmmm anyone cause they will stare at us and mock on us make us as a laughing stock……..its not an easy life we got here but well we just go with the flow we strive hard to be accepted and be different as we are prove ourselves that we are brave, the only one.”