Nov 24 2020 04:24 PMMANILA — Actor and spoken word artist Juan Miguel Severo’s “Gaya Sa Pelikula’ has set the bar high for the boys’ love (BL) genre, which is enjoying a boom in the Philippines this year.The recently concluded PH BL series follows the story of Karl Almasen (Paolo Pangilinan), an architecture student who wants to shift to film, who stays in one household with Vlad Austria (Ian Pangilinan), a film major running away from his family.The digital series, directed by JP Habac, revolves around issues of the LGBT community in the Philippines and how those around them like Vlad’s sister Judit Austria (Adrienne Vergara), Karl's uncle Santi Almasen (Franco Ramos), and even friends like Anna (Yesh Burce), also struggle with them.Being.