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I am not sure. But at least, it seems like that to me. I found two English gay magazines(GT and Attitude) and two HK gay magazines(Good Guy and Achilles) at the same bookstore. Achilles is targetted to gym-goers. But if it's solely devoted to body building does it have to show so many men with so little clothes? I doubt it.

Several weeks ago, I came across a few gay literatures of Japan in English at one secondhand bookstore. One is Comrade Loves of the Samurai by Saikaku Ihara and the other is Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima. That is selective stories from Saikaku Ihara's " The great mirror of male love " and easier to read so I'm reading the book while commuting. I also bought two more books of Ihara, Scheming World and Life of an amorous man . What an unexpected suprise! Even when I visited Japan this summer, I couldn't find those books.

G-men1月号 No.178 One of the most influential Japanese gay magazines, G-Men reveals gay spots in Seoul, Korea. The details of the first "G-men" of 2011 follows: ■速報！ アジア中のガチムチ野郎注目の新イベント 「FANTASY」誕生！ ＆台湾ゲイパレード2010 10/29に台北で誕生したアジア最大の ガチムチ野郎イベント「FANTASY」と、 10/30の台湾ゲイパレード2010を総力取材。 アジア中のナイスなガチムチ野郎が集結した その天国のような空間をイチ早くお届け！ 表紙に登場するのは、FANTASY BOYS。 その模様と台北レポートは2月号で たっぷりと掲載します。 ■総力特集　 Gay Traveller ASIA SEOUL 男の旅 ～あなたの知らないソウル Seoul, Men's trip, ~ Seoul which you don't know そして今号の目玉はソウルの大特集。 もっとも近い海外、韓国・ソウルの 日本では知られていないゲイスポットを 完全取材。 And this month's edition's focus point is Seoul Special Report. We covered all the gay spots of Seoul, Korea (which is the closest overseas country) which are unknown for Japanese yet. もちろんソウル・カバーボーイズの 特写グラビアもたっぷり御用意しました。 Of course, we provide specially photographed gravures of Seoul, cover boys' with plenty.さらに、漢流イラストレーターが 熱筆を揮ったカラー男絵とコミックもご紹介！ ソウル・カバーボーイズ 特写グラビア5本立て ナイトタウン＠ソウル ・ナイスガイ・マスター登場 ・日本初紹介のバー＆居酒屋 　+高雄の日本語OKのバーも取材 ・最新人気ハッテン・スポッ...

Korean band " Monni " released their second album this year in five years after their first album in 2005. I heard their song for the first time, when I visited clubs around Hongik Univ areas. I liked them instantly. But recently I came across the fact that their promotion video for " Leaving Me " was banned for lesbianism. Now I like Monni even more. :)

Recently I bought iPod touch. I installed some apps for gays. Ie scruff and grindr. I got shocked how open and proud korean gays are. So many pics from those who are not afraid or shamed of who they are. So impressed I am.

Ihara Saikaku is a famous Japanese writer in 1600s. He wrote many modern novels including, Life of an Amorous Man and The Eternal Storehouse of Japan . Safe from Christianism through centuries, Japan has old traditions of homosexual relationships. So Saikaku also wrote on homosexual relationships which were common among samurais and monks in this book.

James Baldwin's 2 novels, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni's room were translated in Korean in 1980's. While searching for "Giovanni's room" in local libraries, I came to know the fact. After some more research I could purchase the book from one used books store(which was several months ago, maybe more than a year ago).