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- TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM
- ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?
- THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
TOM HOLLAND GO VIRAL FOR PERFORMG TENSE GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM
Filmg is long done, but the reason for the actor's exhstn is beg Hom Holland cisg a gay bar the crowd roomHom holland cisg a gay bar and takg bbc the crowd roomMARCA ENGLISHIn the show, Holland plays a young man arrted on spicn of mtg a chillg crime. Homosexualy wasn’t accepted back then, but Intouch kept fightg for their relatnship while Korn uldn’t al wh the sufferg and gave up. Although he’s iendly, he hat gay people bee a man molted him as a child.
Tharn is a handsome and passnate mic major who is openly gay.
Diary of Tootsi LGBTQ+ Content: BL, GL The story of three gay men who got their hearts broken on the same day, and their lbian iend forts them even though her heart has never been broken. Asia | Gay watchg for straight womenA Thai take on manga storyl is big JapanListen to this story. An arnt fan of the TV seri, she is studyg Thai bee of soap operas about gay romance, generilly known as “Boys’ Love” (BL) or sometim “Y seri”, are stealg hearts across Asia.
ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?
Poow Bunyavejchew of Thammasat Universy Bangkok lls Thai BL a “meltg pot” that mix “the Japane gredient and Korean gredient” BL’s succs has also started to attract more gay viewers. A recent survey suggted that more than 20% of the TV shows’ fans Thailand are gay.
That may be part thanks to a growg number of storyl about the discrimatn they face, notwhstandg Bangkok’s reputatn as a gay mec.
While embracg the BL shows’ potential to burnish Thailand’s soft power, tends to play down their gay ntent when promotg them; is also opposed to same-sex marriage. In Thailand, Boys’ Love is , gay rights not so much.
THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
■This article appeared the Asia sectn of the prt edn unr the headle "Gay dramas for straight women"Asia March 11th 2023How Donald Tmp damaged Ameri’s terts AsiaAre Thailand’s gay TV dramas the next K-pop? I Told Sunset About You is part of a recent wave of Thai dramas known as “boys’ love” (BL) – also lled the “Y” seri Thailand– whose portrayal of gay romance has attracted a large followg across Asia. BL offers a happier, more posive portrayal of same-sex relatnships than elsewhere Thai media, where gay love tends to end tragedy, said Kangwan Fongkaew, a lecturer at Burapha Universy Chonburi provce, who has studied the reprentatn of LGBT muni Thai while this is some ways rehg, BL dramas do not offer te reprentatns of society.
They are generally foced on “puppy love” and om the reali faced by gay men Thailand, which still do not have basic rights such as equal marriage, said Kangwan. Viewers, add Kangwan, “might misunrstand that Thailand is a gay paradise, which is totally not te” leadg characters are also predomantly light-skned, middle class and ted, he said: “The boys’ love seri don’t reflect the real diversy of the LGBT muny Thai society, and that’s why the stigma and discrimatn agast LGBT are still gog on right now. ”Soontaree, who is gay, said she supports the BL seri, addg that the dramas are a powerful tool for Thailand: “I n see clearly.