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Here’s something that gay men should start following on the web!

IN THE MOMENT is an online web series that follows the lives of a group of gay guys living in the same apartment complex in West Hollywood, California. Like most of us, they’re faced with a huge range of decisions about sex, and the decisions they make impact their lives and the lives of people around them.

Although its target audience is gay men in Los Angeles, I think we could all learn a lot from the series. Personally, I can relate with most, if not all, of the characters in the story. At some point in my life, I have been in the same situation as every single one of the five main players. And yes, I have also met some guys like them and actually have friends who are exactly just like them.

There’s Adam who spends too much time on the Internet. I’m not totally sure what he does online but the first episode gives us clues that it’s mostly on gay dating/hookup sites.

Guys4men, mIRC, Manjam, Outpersonals, Downelink, Connexion, Gay.com, Fridae, Dlist, Gayromeo much?  then Adam is your kind of guy. Whatever he does beyond what we can see so far, is yet to be known.

There’s also Shawn who seems a tad bit coy and is not really that active with his sex life. or at least that’s what one of the characters has implied in the first episode. Shawn is worried about another character’s drinking problems. My guess is that he is in love with Edgar or they have a thing which they both couldn’t act upon, yet.

Edgar is the hot Latino of the bunch. He opens the series lying on the grass, completely passed out and couldn’t recall what transpired the night before and how he ended up lying on the grass. He may have a drinking problem, which worries Shawn.

Mike is the “dirty and dirty” guy of the group. And by that we mean, old. The other characters call him names that allude to old age like a senior citizen card and dirty and dirty.  Mike is bothered by his boyfriend’s non-use of condoms during intercourse. (He shows off a little tooshie in Episode 1)

Stephen is Mike’s boyfriend. During their coital scene, we notice that while Mike is getting condom from the night table drawer, he didn’t bother waiting for Mike to open the packet and instead went right in.

Episode 1 leaves us with so many questions and makes us open our eyes to the truths about sex and relationships. The good thing about this series is that viewers can discuss the issues in each episode.

Five young gay guys, living together in an apartment complex where they all face decisions about their sex lives, sounds like the description of a television soap-opera. But it also describes the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s groundbreaking new HIV prevention/education campaign.

IN THE MOMENT (produced by WeHoLife.org) is also about starting an open, honest conversation among gay guys in the Los Angeles area about these types of decisions. We hope you enjoy this first webisode, but we really hope you’ll stick around to comment on what you’ve seen. Enjoy!

We have to admit that information about HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and infections here in the Philippines is not quite enough yet. I don’t know what the reasons behind this lack of information but what I do know is that we all can start somewhere and we can start from here. The WeHoLife website has a lot of information about HIV and STDs and STIs as well as on drugs.

The fight for the enactment of the Anti-Discrimination bill in both houses of congress is a long one and we do hope all of us join forces in pushing for it to become law. The next elections may still be two years away, but as early as now, I call on everyone to vote for Danton Remoto for Senator (whichever party he may finally decide to run with) in 2010.

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