Eto na nga yun, Marites.
 
Samahan mo kaming pasukin ang mundo ni Glory. Usisain natin kung paano pinalaki ni Coring si Nonoy. Sino ang kasiping ni Manay Sharon pagkagat ng dilim sa Maynila? Samahan naten sa pagdadalaga si Maximo. Alamin natin ang Lihim ni Antonio.   Saksihan natin ang pag-iibigan nina Ramon at Fredo.

In short mga bes, maki-tsismis tayo sa iba’t ibang queer portrayals sa Filipino movies na maaring humubog sa konsepto ng 'bakla' sa lipunan. May growth ba sa gay representation in Filipino films?  Did art imitate life or is life imitating art?

What say you, Marites? Iwan mo muna yang Downton Abbey.

Ito ang GAYLIKULA. Mga pelikula natin!

Jack and Jill. 1954. Sampaguita Pictures. Mars S. Torres.
Jack n' Jill of the Third Kind. 1978. RVQ Productions. Frank Gray, Jr.
Ang Tatay Kong Nanay. 1978. Lotus Films. Lino Brocka.
Manila by Night (City After Dark).  1980. Regal Films. Ishmael Bernal.
Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. 2005. Cinemalaya & UFO Pictures. Aureus Solito.
Ang Lihim ni Antonio. 2008. Beyond The Box & Viva Digital. Joselito Altarejos.
Rainbow's Sunset. 2018. Heaven's Best Entertainment. Joel Lamangan.

Credits:
Inton, M. N. (2017). The bakla and the silver screen: Queer cinema in the Philippines (Doctor's thesis, Lingnan University, Hong Kong). Retrieved from http://commons.ln.edu.hk/cs_etd/30/
Russo, Vito. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Print.

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