MAKATI CITY, Philippines—Not even the COVID-19 pandemic can stop gay men from celebrating diversity and highlighting the plight for gender equality. The annual Mister Gay World pageant may have taken the sidelines last year because of the global health crisis, but it is coming back with a bang this year.
After Janjep Carlos bagged the country’s second victory in the global contest for gay men in 2019, the Philippines set out for a back-to-back berth with advertising professional Lenard Kodie Macayan.
Crowned in February 2020, Macayan was all set for the international tilt in South Africa in May. But the COVID-19 pandemic put the world to a halt, and this dashed his dream of a…
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