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A Bright New Gay Dawn

Pattaya One Exclusive

By James Barnes

It's a brand new year and a bright new dawn for gay publishing here in Thailand. The inaugural issue of OUT in Thailand magazine will appear on 2 January in Pattaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and Phuket. OUT iT has already generated interest in Singapore and Hong Kong and will be free to readers in all these locations.

Despite the global economic meltdown, all the depression of recession and the political turbulence the Kingdom has endured, Thailand remains the world's most popular gay destination. More and more, hotels and even restaurants are declaring that they are 'gay friendly', honing in on the 'pink baht'. Pattaya and Bangkok continually vie for the title, Gay Capital, Planet Earth. OUT in Thailand will be the only English language magazine to serve this community of gay Thais, expats and tourists.

OUT iT's publisher/editor Rewat Kadmai is well aware of the responsibility the magazine must bear. “We have to be informative, intelligent, inspiring and gay!” he told Pattaya One in an exclusive interview. “Of course it is a 'lifestyle' publication but we aim to be more than just a guide. We have an internationally renowned designer who will give us the style expected of a 21st century magazine and an editorial team dedicated to promote gay businesses here in Thailand as well as giving full support to Thailand's burgeoning gay rights movement.”

Sexual politics feature highly on Khun Rewat's agenda. This handsome 28 year old executive is a 'new generation' Thai, modest and mild mannered but determined to have OUT iT reflect his social conscience. “Safer sex is a vital issue.” he says, “The rates of new HIV infection are horrifying and we have a special free gift for every reader of our first issue- there's a condom inside every copy!” With an initial print run of 10,000 copies, that's 10,000 condoms. “They were all kindly donated by those lovely people at Bodyguard Condoms, so our readers can see in the New Year with a bang- a safe bang!”

“We all know that the gay community comprises some extraordinarily talented and creative people,” he smiles. “And we hope to encourage and nurture budding writers and photographers who we urge to submit their work for consideration.” [more…]

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That's a Lot of Hunks: The Pattaya heat for The Mr. Gay Thailand contest was recently held at The Bondi on Jomtien Beach. The festivities commenced about an hour after the scheduled 10 pm start time (TIT). There were eleven hunky and sexy contestants who first paraded in their street clothes. During the second round, the boys strutted around their baskets in sexy bikinis. There was a five thousand baht prize for the winner, two thousand for the runner up and one thousand for the other contestants. The Pattaya final will be held on 15 January. The ultimate winner will go on to Manila to represent Thailand in the Mr. Gay World competition. First place went to Number 1, Mr. Kay, who was quite deserving of the accolades.

The TAKE CARE!! fundraiser at Café Royale in Boyz Town (Pattayaland Soi 3) was a success and raised about 40,000 baht for the volunteer group which distributes free safer sex packs to gay and gay friendly venues throughout Pattaya. Dr. Philippe Seur, of Heart 2000, was the honoree. After dinner, punters were treated to an underwear fashion show and auction, B-Boyz break dancers and the ever popular singers, El Duo. There were almost thirty lucky draw prizes and an art auction as well. Check out TAKE CARE!! at www.takecarepattaya.com. By the way, you can often catch the B-Boyz doing their routines on the street in front of Panorama, in Boyz Town, most nights after 10:30 pm.

It's Showtime: I stopped into X-Boys pole dancing palace (Pattayaland Soi 1) recently and caught their ten o'clock show. (They have three shows a night.) Following the obligatory 'big organ' show, two guys were making love under a sheet. Several boys held the sheet over them and raised and lowered it so audience members could sneak peeks at the action. There was also an interesting and entertaining act involving a katoey and some minimally attired young men. In addition, they had a hula hoop show; but alas, the performer wasn't naked as in the past. There was also, among the other shenanigans, the B-Boys dancers, who were probably the most entertaining act. Upstairs, at Dynamite, the usual mischief was going on during the 10:30 show, which climaxed with a love making performance. Two couples started out, but, unfortunately, one of them couldn't 'keep up,' so he and his partner had to exit the stage. [more…]

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-- Pattaya One 2011-01-13

[Jingthing]

Neither Bangkok or Pattaya are even in the running for "Gay Capital, Planet Earth" -- unless you define earth as only Thailand. Temper your hype, please, if you want to have any credibility.

However, Pattaya is a shoo-in for Kathoey Capital, Universe though!

Edited January 13, 2011 by Jingthing