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• Pageant Bakla: Memoir of a Filipina beauconera 9 months ago I found this story on a Philippines website, from a publication that is now defunct. The name of the author is not known. It gives insight into the gay pageant scene in the country and across south-east Asia, and also reinforces the observation that the ‘gay’ and transgender scenes are closely...
• Wood in Traditional Building 2: Poplar and Pine 9 months ago Originally posted 2014-03-12 13:35:43. Everyone will be familiar with the beautiful poplar trees that make valleys in Burgundy and elsewhere so charming to the eye. Poplar produces straight-grained timber of prodigious length. The wood is soft and easy to cut, and it holds nails very well. It...
• Wood in Traditional Building 1: Oak 9 months ago Originally posted 2014-02-18 12:54:42. Wood is, along with stone and earth, one of the principal materials used in the construction of buildings, and particularly older buildings. The principal varieties used are oak, poplar and beech, known as hardwood in UK.  Spruces and pines(softwood in UK)...
• Is the New Gay Man a failed transsexual? 9 months ago Originally posted 2017-12-17 08:55:02. For many years now, the New Gay Man’s promoters, speaking through activists from Jim Fouratt to Peter Tatchell, have claimed that HomoSexual TransSexuals (HSTS) are a form of ‘failed gay man’. But is this true or even a reasonable position to take? In a...
• Tele-series, ladyboys and love 9 months ago Originally posted 2017-09-11 19:54:09. March 2016. Jelly I are sharing a studio condo in Maybunga, in Pasig City, Metro Manila. Previously we were in a larger condo and things were much easier. Now the place is like a pressure-cooker. As ever the television goes on after our morning sex session....

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