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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.

ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?

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. 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.

THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY

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. ■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.

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