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• THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
• 2022 GAY
• GAY M/M THAILAND - (DRAMAS)
• THAI BL/GAY - BL AND GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM THAILAND
• 6 FILM GAY THAILAND REKOMENDASI 2023

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

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.

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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. 2023 Gay 52 tl. 2021 Gay 21 tl.

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”Of urse, ’s rehg to receive support om idols like Jun, who was proud to reprent his queer fans the drama, but ’s not easy for an actor to play a gay role, acrdg to the openly gay K-pop idol, Holland. “A gay man playg a gay character is not special at all, but is unual Korea, ” he tells Teen Vogue via email.

The artist, who starred this year’s Ocean Lik Me, was attacked and lled a “dirty gay” Itaewon last month. “The fact that my sexualy as gay is public should never expose myself to this kd of vlence.

“Homosexuals are naturally livg together our liv, ” Holland says. “However, the keyword of ‘homosexualy’ is not easily alt wh Korean media. Max rells attendg an all boys school, where senrs bullied his iend for beg gay.

THAI BL/GAY - BL AND GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM THAILAND

Bunn as gay, and that will reflect back to the outsi world. ” It’s val to acknowledge this lens when we nsume this the thor of Regim of Dire: Young Gay Men, Media, and Masculy Tokyo, Bdette not that although BL origated Japan, had to spread to other untri and then return for to be succsful on screen, beloved shows like Cherry Magic, and the recent h, Mr.

Paolo Pangilan, star of Gaya Sa Pelikula (Like the Movi), is an openly gay man who wants BL to reflect the world around . ”All all, though Paolo adms there is a long way to go, he’s thankful for the love om Gaya Sa Pelikula fans: “To anyone who felt like they belong jt bee of BL, I jt want to say that the bt safe space you uld ever fd your liv is the one you have si your head. “At prent the entertament dtry Thailand, there is a perceptn of people who are LGBT, wh whether they mt be gay or trans, ” Copter tells Teen Vogue.

“We want more people to be able to see stori like this and to get a better ia of what life as a gay man is actually like. Feme gays are still jt an extra or funny character, ” he says. BL, short for Boys Love, has bee an umbrella term for any Asian drama centerg on a gay love story.

6 FILM GAY THAILAND REKOMENDASI 2023

An adaptatn of popular web novel TharnType Story, this story follows prejudiced universy stunt and his homosexual roommate whose tense relatnship gradually velops to affectn. Tharn moltg Type repeatedly triggers Type’s homophobic tennci and Type’s childhood trma are some of the issu that need proper reckong.

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