Meet Mr. SEXO 2015 Marcous Marchese
Mr. SEXO 2015 Marcous Marchese with last year’s winner Syfr Gavriel, Elicia Gonzales and host Cyannie Famouz. Photo by Freedom G Photography
Last night, Philly queer Latin social justice organization GALAEI and PhillyGayCalendar hosted the 2015 Mr. SEXO competition at Woody’s. The contest, now in its second year, seeks to find men in Philly who use their sexuality in positive ways—like promoting body-positivity and safe-sex.
Mr. SEXO 2014 Marcous Marchese
There were 10 contestants taking part. They each had a moment to share their talent with the audience, and of course strip down to their skivvies. Last year’s winner, Syfr Gavriel, also did a dance number, and gave the hopefuls tips on how to represent the Mr. SEXO title.
In the end the winner was Marcous Marchese, who you may recognize as a bartender at The Raven. He was also one of PhillyGayCalendar’s 2014 Boys of Summer lifeguards. I tried reaching out to Marchese for a statement, but have yet to hear from him. I’m told that he is currently working on getting his PhD in social psychology in the hopes of becoming a professor. When asked why she thought he won, GALAEI Executive Director Elicia Gonzales told me that “he won over the crowd with his nice smile, and his commitment to spreading sex-positivity throughout the LGBT community and volunteering with GALAEI—and his dance moves certainly helped too.”
Second runner-up Javier Mata.
I’m guessing that chest didn’t hurt, either.
Twenty-five-year-own Claymont resident Javier Mata was runner-up. Gonzales said he scored well based on his “confidence, personality, twerk-ability, and dedication to making the Latino LGBT community better.”
I asked him how he plans to rep the Mr. SEXO title: “Well I love sex, and I don’t mind taking off my pants. I’m very confident with my body, and I know I have what it take to represent Mr. SEXO. I have the Latin heat.”
Some of you may be wondering—and rightfully so—why a white guy won a competition that was promoted as a contest looking for “gay/queer Latino who is the epitome of sexy.”
I asked Gonzales, and she told me that “GALAEI is a queer Latin@ social justice organization. Latinadad is not who we serve but how we serve, so we treat everyone like familia. And we feel the new Mr. SEXO embodies this.”
