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- Oct 31 - Thousands of gay men, hundreds in drag or other outrageous costumes,
bought traffic in central Bangkok to a standstill as the first ever Bangkok
Gay Festival Parade swept through the streets. The biggest ever event of
its kind in Asia, the parade featured colorful floats and hundreds of marchers
from gay bars and clubs, as well as contingents from Hong Kong and Taiwan
and the participation of a number of local 'straight' establishments. Notable
by their absence from the parade was one of Bangkok's most popular gay
pubs, Telephone.
Fukushima's book caused a stir with its detailed description of his sexual relationship with Mishima, because although one biographer estimated there are 100 of Mishima's male former lovers alive in Japan today, his legal widow was long able to suppress any works describing his homosexuality. When the book "Sword and Winter Red" was released in March 1998, it sold 90,000 copies in the first ten days. But on March 30, 1998 Mishima's children were able to obtain an order from the Tokyo District Court forcing Bungei Shunju to stop sales and to attempt to collect those books already sold (they could only get 10,000 of them).
In May 1998, while the lawsuit was in progress, Mishima's children did grant permission for the publication of more than 200 letters he wrote to Japanese literature and drama scholar Donald Keene, letters which are housed at Columbia University where Keene had been on the faculty. Only one of those letters had been published previously, more than 25 years before.
Mishima may be Japan's most famous novelist
both there and abroad. In literary circles, he's recognized for such works
as "The Sound of Waves" (1954), "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (1956),
"Madame de Sade" (1965), and "The Decay of the Angel" (1970). He caught
the attention of the rest of the world in 1970 with his suicide by ritual
disemboweling (seppuku) with his lover and student Masakatsu Morita. The
seppuku was both a protest and an expression of despair that his dreams
of nationalist rebirth and rearmament for Japan were not about to come
true, although many additional reasons for his suicide
have been posited.
Pattaya's Icon hotel are to open a show bar in Bangkok, in Silom Soi 4 opposite Sphinx pub. The successful dance/cabaret show will be presented for Bangkokians following Icon's successful participation in the Bangkok Gay Festival Events....rumors have it that Icon tried to buy Rome Club, but were put off by the outrageously high price demanded by the owners....Rome Club has been closed often recently and notably over busy weekends. Rome Club has never recovered from the gay boycott....Soi 4's recent bash flooded the street with partygoers as gay bars celebrated the Bangkok Gay Festival although there was a notable absence of the owners of a certain pub with recently renovated telephones....Thai guys magazine has hit the streets and can be found in Soi 4, Huahin, Pattaya, Phuket etc. Its well presented and produced even though they did get out web address wrong ! Pick up a free copy from most gay pubs and bars.
OCT 3 - Bangkok - Dragoncastle now has an "e-group" (Gay Thailand), where you can view photos and post messages. There is a listing of upcoming gay events too, including details of the Bangkok Gay Festival that has just got under way. To enter you need to subscribe, but its FREE and easy. Click HERE for more information.
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