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There are 18 contestants to vote from for the Mr. Gay Thailand 2026 contest. I believe that the winner will be announced on Saturday July 11, 2026. You can cast your vote up to Friday July 10, 2026 at 10pm Thailand time. It costs 20 baht to cast your vote** (see below what these funds are used for). https://www.bangkokrainbow.net/en/category/mrgt2026 Who would you vote for? For me, I like #7 - Khun Arthur https://www.facebook.com/mrgaythailand **

with the guy in the above photo I would add: anycure to your above list 🤪

me too - life before the invention of Grindr was truly fun and interesting with a more local grassroots orientation and feeling.

While you are waiting for Grindr to do their "purge", you could try the new hookup app created by the gay.it entity. It's name is AMA. https://ama.gay.it/ Also, have you tried the escort site, HUNQZ that was created by PlanetRomeo? https://www.hunqz.com/escorts

Outch. I did not realize that Apple blocks these kinds of pleasurable things, as I have always lived in the Android world. I am glad that you found a work around.

Hi @joizy, I am so sorry that you are having all of these problems with Grindr. I am not a big fan of Grindr - as it has the most friction out of all the apps that I use and consequently I use it the least. It is also the most expensive app when compared to the other apps that I use. When I lived in Italy for 13 years - May 1999 - Jan 2009 and then again from 2012 - 2016, my primary app to use to meet and connect with the local guys was PlanetRomeo. On my phone, I installed the Romeo Uncut version which gives you expanded access to include the MB escorts. I also used the popular me2.it site - as that was a home grown Italian created cruising / meetup site. Unfortunately it died around year 2017. But its successor Gay.it, https://www.gay.it/ , a gay forum, seems to still be popular. Also, during the years that I lived in Rome, I organized many hookup events via the http://circolodelleseghe.it/ CDS site which is unfortunately no longer operational. I used to organize some of the CDS events at the Il Diavolo Dentro Club in Rome - because the CDS parties that I organized became too big for my Rome apartment. https://www.ildiavolodentroclub.com/ I see that this club is still operational in Rome and is still organizing its theme events: https://www.ildiavolodentroclub.com/serate-ed-eventi Back when I lived in Rome they gave me Monday nights (a slow night for them) to organize my CDS (circle jerk) events. Also, back in those years, https://gaydar.com/ was still semi popular. I also lived in Budapest, and similar to Italy, PlanetRomeo was my primary app that I used to hook up with the local Hungarians. Similar to Italy, Hungary has its own locally created sites for in-country hookups, such as RosszLanyok at: https://m.rosszlanyok.hu/ RosszLanyok is primarily an escort hookup site for heterosexuals, but it also has a smaller gay/bi escort hookup functionality. If you use this site, enter into the section with the label = Fiúk - as that is the word in Hungarian for men. @joizy, I took this opportunity to ask Grok what are the most popular apps to meet other guys and it produced the below list. Unfortunately, it seems that since I left Italy in 2016 that Italy has shifted to Grindr - as Grok is saying that it is now the number 1 app used to meet other guys. I hope that this additional information will help you get the most of your remaining time in Italy.

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Hello @donJ, I wrote the below thread more than 1 year ago about my long stay in Da Nang, Vietnam - a beautiful coastal city. It is very Da Nang centric - and perhaps it will give you a small glimpse on gay life in Da Nang. During your trip to Vietnam please update us here as it would be nice to see Vietnam through the eyes of 2 guys who are in their 30s. Thanks

Would you say that Baguio is the Chaing Mai of the Philippines? If yes, does Baguio suffer from a smokey bad quality air period like Chiang Mai does?

Interesting rankings and results. Spoiler alert: I was quite surprised that Manila did not make the top-5 - as most of our members on our Gayguides forum give their preference to Manila. So, happy to see some of the other places mentioned in the Philippines for this gay retirement report.

Does an internet installation guy count? When I was living in Rome, Italy - I decided to rent a condo in a brand new condo complex - consequently I had to request new internet service from the telecom provider. In those years, I was a big fan and organizer of "circle jerk parties" in the CDS - Circolo delle Seghe internet club. So, I always had this site open in my laptop. The telecom guy came and installed my new internet service and he asked me to test it with my laptop. He was very sexy. He was standing next to me and I opened my laptop and immediately the CDS circle jerk web page (as I had forgot that it was already open) was displayed in all of its erotic glory. I was really embarrassed, as this installation guy was very straight. He said to me, "non ti vergognare - tutti fanno le seghe" - don't be ashamed everybody jerks off. He then said to me - wow this CDS web page is cool. He then asked me = dai, ci mettiamo a prova - come on, let's do it. Next thing I know we both pulled down our pants and we are jerking each other off. It was really hot, but ended quite quickly, as we were both over excited. After our orgasms, I had to sign a document that the internet installation was a success - as we had just proved that it works. I then asked him, let's meetup and do it again and he replied, sorry I can't I am married with kids. What the fuck!! archived landing page www.circolodelleseghe.it - now off line and abandoned successor page seems to now be: https://clubdelleseghe.forumcommunity.net/

Thank you so much for giving us a review of the Bliss Massage shop. You are correct, there is nearly zero information in our forum about this fairly new massage shop in Pattaya - in the east side - which we locally refer to as the "dark side". It is one of the few gay massage shops here in Pattaya that has a proper LINE account that is used for marketing and bookings - like which are common practice in Bangkok. Their LINE account link is: https://t.co/v777mD01W8 Here is their X (Twitter) address: Bliss Pattaya Twitter X account I have the hots for their masseur = Prem - but I still haven't yet made the trip to go to the "dark side". Their outcall fee is 950 baht, so I should make the effort to go and visit them - but I will book Prem in advance so I know that he will be at the shop when I arrive.

For those who will be in Pattaya - there will be a Gay Pride parade on Saturday 27 June. https://www.facebook.com/Prpattayacity/posts/พัทยาเดินหน้า-pattaya-international-pride-2026-จัดยิ่งใหญ่ริมชายหาด-2628-มิยนี้-/1400999792051925/

Years back - I wandered into the home toys when I bought a Fleshlight, jack-pack, jack sleeve, electro-stim, etc. What I found is that in the first 1 to 2 months I was really into them and then their excitement and newness would eventually fade away and I found myself eventually throwing them away or "donating" them to somebody that I knew. What I realized is that there is nothing that can replace the excitement of a new human encounter and the mystery that comes with that.... However, with the eventual advances in humanoid AI technologies - perhaps in our future we might be enticed to buy/rent/lease a sex toy humanoid that is programmed to deliver a new experience each time ? https://landing.candynetwork.ai/lp1?var_text=21&gender=male&uid=903&oid=27&affid=546

You are still too young to talk about elder care: I agree with you about physical fitness - which I still do. But, going to the gym won't help our mental fitness for those of us who may encounter Alzheimer and/or dementia later in life - we may get lost in the gym or on the way to the gym 🤪🤔😟

Part of my pension income comes from the UN pension system, which does not have an EIN (Federal Tax ID number) - as the UN is exempt from this requirement for all nationalities except us Americans. Consequently, the page(s) of the IRS 1040 filing that require the EIN to identify the source of that passive income is NULL - thus blocking my ability to file electronically - as an EIN is a requirement to be able to file electronically. Therefore, that page of my 1040 needs to be printed manually and then a footnote entered onto the tax return, which states that this passive income originates from within the USA but without an EIN due to the treaty signed with the UN Common System. In the many countries (outside of the USA), most governments exempt UN pension payments from taxation. Yes. When I need to try to login to the ssa.gov website I need to use the VPN as if I am from within the USA and to use the FireFox browser - as all of my other browsers (Explorer and Chrome) never work. However, the above strategy only works occasionally - thus needing to do it several times in a day and/or spread out over many days. I am not sure if there is an issue with the time difference between Thailand and the USA? I seem to have better luck when I try to enter in the night time here in Thailand when it is early morning in the USA.

I am not aware of any. But, whenever I need to go somewhere new I use the #hashtag feature in Twitter (X) to find what I am looking for. In the below example, I used the hashtag = #altermanila and many returns were reported. In the Philippines they tend to use the #alter tag to identify the gay world. Just add the city, province, zone after the word alter and you will be provided a query result of all the alters in that area. Below is an example when I inserted the hashtag = #altermakati sometimes the users on X like to name the area with alter afterwards - as in the below example they used the hashtag = #makatialter A lot of what is written is in Tagalog - so you will need to use a translator to decipher what it is they are looking for or offering. good luck.

@brall3 and this my friend is probably the eventual death knell of Boyztown. Truly sad, because back in the day, I LOVED the 9pm sexy red carpet parade march of the nude torso BoyzBoyzBoyz models out on the street, where if you did not already get an outside bar seat by 8:30pm you were not going to have an up close and personal view of the sexy guys. The phenomena currently occuring to Boyztown is similar to when the anchor store leaves a once popular shopping mall. Without a good anchor (attraction) the foot traffic decreases and the remaining stores (bars) struggle to stay profitable. Furthermore, for the annual Pattaya gay pride events - Boyztown's support and participation is often absent. This is sad considering the long history of Boyztown.

This was exactly true when I lived in Budapest for 8 years. One of my main massage guys was a military bi army guy and his wife was ok with it - as long as his customers were male. After many years of getting to know him, I also got to know his wife - as he would often call her to say that he was at my place and I would often speak to her. Unfortunately, that bastard was using me as an alibi to go with other women - because unbeknownst to me he was telling his beautiful wife that he was going to massage me but was instead f$%king other women. So, one evening she called me frantically looking for him and I told him that he was not at my place and that is when everything was exposed. She was angry at him for going with other women and I was mad at him for using me as an alibi to go with other women. On Thursday evenings, at the Action Bar (now closed) in Budapest was a reoccurring event = "Get to know your escort night" and the owner of the bar would invite the many escorts to sit and drink with the customers. I had the hots for one of their regulars who performed in the Oral Academy show on the weekends and he was at the Thursday night event with his wife. I bought both of them a drink and I asked him if I could have a private session with him at my place and he told me to talk to his business partner (his wife) to negotiate the deal. After agreeing on the deal terms I said to her, aren't you jealous? She replied no - I get to manage and approve who he goes with and it brings in extra income into our household. Amazing.

@10tazione - if you will head over to Cebu - note that they have created a fairly new (less than 1 year old) Telegram group = anonymous cebu It has more than 35 channels within the main channel. I highlighted some of the more interesting channels (see below screenshot). As of recently, they exceeded 3,500 members. https://t.co/mm6PgGHxPI --> Use your phone's auto AI language translation feature and activate it - as the postings tend to be 90% or more in Tagalog. This also works in the Thailand LINE/Telegram massage forums. This approach is similar to the recent move of the Thailand LINE massage groups over to Telegram, as LINE has been cracking down on some of the more fun aspects in the Thailand Massage_Insider related groups. Enjoy!

perhaps more like a synchronized edging session 🤪🍆💦 = "The masseurs gave each other click signals with the tongue to keep in sync with the "progression" of the massage" Is it difficult to stay in sync with the click signals? Is the sound of the multiple finales audible ?

Thanks @t0oL1. This video is very timely - as this is the year that I turn 65 and I had to recently make my USA SSA Medicare election - remotely from here in Thailand - which is not an easy feat - as their ssa.gov site is not always available from Thailand - so it requires many attempts and that can be anxiety producing. Anyway, I made my Medicare election for Part A = YES and Part B = NO - as I don't see myself ever returning to live/retire in the USA. The estimate of $9,500 USD per month for assisted elder care is very accurate, as that is the amount (more or less) that my mother had to pay during the last 3 years of her life for assisted elder care in Long Island, New York. It was during that period that I knew that I could never afford to have assisted elder care in the USA - as that greatly exceeds my monthly income sources. Last year, I had the opportunity to "live" in Cebu, Philippines for 2 months and 4.5 months in Da Nang, Vietnam and those 2 opportunities helped me to understand where I might want to finish the last years of my life - during the assisted elder care phase - hopefully not for another 6 to 12 years out. Da Nang had been my first choice, but after being there for 4.5 months I realized that it just would not be sustainable - because, contrary to what he said in this video, there is no 1 year visa - there is only the 90 day tourist visa, where you need to either take the Da Nang to Laos bus (an all day 12 to 14 hour affair) or fly out to a nearby country and then return some days later. Having to do this 4 times per year in an assisted elder care phase of life is just not practical. For me, Cebu was too urban for my liking - even over at the beach side at Mactan Newtown. Consequently, I plan to research other areas (Boracay and Palawan) in the next years and I will apply for the "for life" SRRV retirement visa next year. Since I retired from a type of employer that is included in the SRRV Courtesy option, I can obtain the SRRV Courtesy visa where the requirement to lock up funds in a bank account is only $1,500 USD instead of the normal requirement of $15,000 USD. Consequently, I have decided to obtain this SRRV Courtesy visa even if I will not live in the Philippines full time. https://www.srrvguide.com/ Regarding Thailand, in the video, he did not discuss the other long term visa options that are available, which are the 1.) Elite Privilege and 2.) BOI LTR Wealthy Pensioner visas. In the video he considers as a negative the need to renew the 1 year Vietnamese visa (which is false as it does not exist) but does not mention this same negative when he spoke about the Thailand traditional non-immigrant O retirement visa - which is a 1 year visa that needs to be extended each year. For the Bronze Elite Privilege it is valid for 5 years and the BOI LTR Wealthy Pensioner visa is valid for 10 years but needs to be extended at the end of the first 5 years. Below is a well written article regarding affordable senior care for the Philippines vs. Thailand. https://medium.com/@dennis_13378/philippines-vs-thailand-which-country-is-better-for-affordable-senior-care-5c01325ff845 In Thailand, there is a high concentration of excellent elder care facilities being located in the Chiang Mai area. Unfortunately, my desire is to finish my last years near the seaside. Very near to where I live here in Pattaya - there is an elder care facility - which is very close to the beach - but the building is a low level structure and there are no sea views and it is already full. They are expanding in other areas of Pattaya but these new facilities are farther away from the beach. Below is their website: https://www.pattayanursinghome.com/?lang=en If anyone knows of any other elder care facilities that are near a beach anywhere in Thailand - please let me know so that I can go and check them out. @t0oL1 I am already here in Thailand and I have successfully filed 4 different tax years of USA 1040 tax filings. I have never had any issues accessing my USA tax information from Thailand. I use the fantastic DHL office here in Jomtien to have my 1040 delivered to the IRS - and it has a great package tracking service. My most stressful issue so far is being able to successfully log into mySSA account for Social Security and Medicare related issues - as the web site, ssa.gov is quite finnicky and can take several attempts over many days to finally enter into mySSA account. Also, the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) that assists us USA citizens is located in Manila - as there is no FBU unit here in Thailand. The Manila FBU team tends to be very responsive - but sometimes when I have issues with the ssa.gov site they send me to a 1-800 number that is back in the USA - and that experience tends to be not so pleasant.

Time to update this thread. Newest Jomtien Supertown Complex map was published 2 days prior on the gaysupertown facebook feeds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/supertowngay https://www.facebook.com/groups/gaysupertown It was published as a result of the nameless bar that is next to the Candy Bar being finally assigned a name = Jungle Boy. https://www.facebook.com/people/Jungle-Boy-Bar/ There are some other updates that are not yet reflected on the map: 1.) The Gus Bar (formerly the Club Lounge) has now been renamed = GREAT BAR The Gus Bar was previously associated with the nearby Sunee Intimate Bar. I tried to ask the guys what happened, but as is customary with the Thais my question was avoided and the topic changed. Gus Bar was one of the 2 known pillow bars in the complex. I visited the GREAT BAR the other night and I can confirm that the pillow activities are still happening - but it has less pillows (used for discretion) than the other pillow bar = M Bar has on offer. I could not find a new Facebook page for the Great Bar and the Gus Bar Facebook was still active, but the last update was last month. 2.) My Favorite Diner looks like it is about to open - soft opening activities seem to be already happening. Previously, it was reported here in our forum that the external bar that is attached to this entity (on the patio) had the name = "Bar in a Box". Perhaps that was a temporary name until the construction work on the My Favorite Diner could be completed? As the "Bar in a Box" was opened around the Songkran festivities period. https://www.facebook.com/stories/101551265603293/UzpfSVNDOjE1MjQ1MzY5MTI3OTIxNjI=/?view_single=1 3.) The Sutiyada massage shop (next to the Agate hotel - when walking towards Soda Massage) has now been taken over by Khun Best, from The Best Bar. The name of this new massage shop is = The Best Massage. 4.) Just prior to reaching the Boy GaGa bar, there are 3 new places: Narak Pets Cafe - enjoy food and drink while you relax with their pets. https://share.google/lqp7LuuynsFNO1lpO https://www.instagram.com/narakpetscafe/?e=192a07ff-4524-45de-9508-2aab3320658f&g=5 Schatzi's - still no new updates since the previous posting in this forum - however, I did see a "work in progress" web page being designed and tested for this establishment, which, if this web page is valid - it will be a restaurant, bar and also "hotel" - as there were some rooms listed in the draft web page that I was able to see from a random Google search. Indian Thali (Anny Company) restaurant. I could not find any related social media information for this new establishment - situated between the new Schatzi's and Boy GaGa bar. If you know of any other updates please post them as the Jomtien Supertown Complex is constantly changing and growing.

As promised, I contacted SWING Pattaya**, and they informed me that "due to budget limitations they are unable to organize the customary Pattaya Community Pride event" in Jomtien for this year 2026. The only outstanding feedback to obtain is if the Jomtien Supertown Complex will organize something for this year's gay pride. I will keep checking out the 2 related Facebook feeds for the complex to see if they will post a gay pride plan or update. https://www.facebook.com/groups/gaysupertown https://www.facebook.com/groups/supertowngay/ Stay tuned. ** https://www.instagram.com/swingpattaya/

Hi Kiwi306, I have attended both the Pattaya City and also Jomtien Complex (Supertown) Gay Pride events in year 2024. There were 2 distinct events on 2 different weekends in 2024. On Saturday 8 June 2024 there was a parade held in Jomtien on Thappraya Road, ending at the Dongtan gay beach area. It's name was Pattaya Community Pride 2024 and it was sponsored by SWING and the Jomtien Supertown Complex. After the parade there were festivities and dancing held within the Jomtien Complex later in the evening. The area at the Dongtan Beach was used for speeches and awards and prizes. On Saturday 22 June 2024 there was a parade held over in Pattaya City on Beach Road, ending at the Central Festival mall. It's name was Pattaya International Pride Festival 2024 and it was sponsored by PATTANA (the Thai conglomerate that owns the Central shopping malls throughout Thailand). The parade started at the Central Marina shopping mall over on Second Road (near Terminal 21) and then at the Dolphin Circle it turns left towards Beach Road and terminates at Central Festival. I enjoyed both events, but I preferred the Jomtien parade and related festivities because they were more grass roots organized, whereas, the Pattaya City parade is much more commercial, as it is sponsored by PATTANA. Also, I was disheartened that Boyztown was absent in the Pattaya City parade activities - which disappointed me, as Boyztown has been an integral part of the Pattaya City gay community since forever. It seems that the parade route for the Pattaya City 2026 pride parade will be the same as it was in year 2024: The above image was extracted from the Pattaya City Mayor's office meeting and was posted crocked by them as shown above. Below is the image that has been created for this year's Pattaya City Gay Pride event - with the parade to be held on Saturday 27 June: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLnCBdNSBbf/ There is still no news if SWING and/or the Jomtien Supertown Complex will organize any pride events for this year. Today I wrote an email to SWING Pattaya (Service Worker in Group Foundation) to see if they have any plans for this year. If they respond then I will post them here. Some photos/video from the 2024 Jomtien / Pattaya pride events: Jomtien Dongtan Beach - end of parade stage setup for announcements and awards ceremonies 20240608_171008.mp4 Jomtien 2024 Gay Pride parade video snippet (Thappraya road at the Dongtan Beach entrance) Pattaya City 2024 Gay Pride parade - at the beginning at the Central Marina mall on 2nd Road Pattaya City 2024 Gay Pride parade on Beach Road Note that also in June, Pattaya will be the host of the Circuit Festival Asia from 19 - 21 June https://www.instagram.com/circuitfestivalasia/ https://www.facebook.com/CircuitFestivalAsia/ In closing, note that on 6 May 2026, Thailand officially petitioned to host the year 2030 World Pride and is in competition with Barcelona. I believe that the final decision will be made in January 2027. https://www.sdperspectives.com/activities/road-to-bangkok-worldpride-2030-global-pride-hub-thailand/ https://www.interpride.org/worldpride/