‘Golden Gays’ sing for their supper in Manila

Fabulous and proud of it: Enriquez introducing himself to the crowd during the beauty pageant in Manila. — AFP

Manila: Al Enriquez sheds his threadbare street vendor clothes like dead skin and develops a voguish, winking air once he slips into a gauzy gown and wig of blond curls.

The 82-year-old is one of the stars in a beauty pageant for elderly and poor gay men in a banquet hall on a rundown Manila street.