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ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?
Asia | Gay watchg for straight womenA Thai take on manga storyl is big JapanTHE “2gether fe”, a pop-up rtrant on the send floor of the Tower Rerds Shibuya buildg Tokyo, is a hub for a new Asian craze. Enjoy more d and podsts on iOS or browser do not support the <d> 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. 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.