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.png "The Rise and Fall of Gay Malate Manila")
When we talk about PRIDE in the Philippines, we cannot ignore Malate - the cradle of gay safe space in Manila until its eventual demise in the early 2000s. The younger generation will never know how cool it was to spend Friday nights in this small alley of the Orosa-Nakpil intersection, where the entire gay population of Manila flocked.
Read more about my encounters in Che'Lu
https://www.pinoyinthecity.com/2009/10/last-night-i-lost-my-cellphone-at-chelu.html
