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Contents:

• GAY OK BANGKOK (2016)
• THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
• GAY OK BANGKOK 2 (2017)
• ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?
• I MA SGAPORE’S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA SERI. HERE’S HOW I DID IT.
• GAY OK BANGKOK (TV SERI)
• THAILAND’S BOYS’ LOVE DRAMAS ARE CHANGG THE WAY MANY PEOPLE VIEW GAY ROMANCE
• THAILAND’S BOYS’ LOVE DRAMAS ARE CHANGG THE WAY MANY PEOPLE VIEW GAY ROMANCE

GAY OK BANGKOK (2016)

6/10 om 218 ers # of Watchers: 1, 143 Ranked #8910 Populary #6636 Watchers 218 "Long Lee" is a sophomore stunt who has a one-sid love for "Ng. (Source: Bangkok Clic, YouTube) Ed Translatn English magyar / magyar nyelv dansk Norsk Native Tle: แบงคอก เดอะ ซีรีส์ Also Known As: Bangkok: The Seri, Bangkok the Seri, BANGKOK The Seri: Good Relatnship Genr: Romance, Life, Youth, Drama Tags: Stunt Male Lead, School Settg, Bt Friends' Relatnship, Young Adult Male Lead, Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance, Secret Csh, Universy, Rivalry, LGBTQ+ (Vote or add tags).

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.

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

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.

GAY OK BANGKOK 2 (2017)

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Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

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

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". The gay-owned 40-seat Supanniga Cise ship is one of the classit ways to take the sights and atmosphere and offers a daily choice of a cktail and champagne cise (wh an optnal "afternoon tea" style set) or a full six-urse sunset dner excursn that clus a glass of bubbly and thentic Thai dish.

The entire sixth floor of shoppg center Central Embassy is home to the credible gay-owned Open Hoe Bookshop by Hardver, a photogenic, betifully signed seri of shelv packed wh mostly art-themed tom and goods surroundg a fabulo variety of f and rtrant outlets as well. More than jt a gay bathhoe, Babylon is an ternatnally beloved, well mataed gay men's Bangkok stutn wh sna facili, a swimmg pool, gym, and full-service spa pamperg servic.

Although the upsle, chic Maggie Choo's disntued s weekly gay night early 2020, promoter Ken Kreangsak Lieng ntu to throw new, excg gay parti and events throughout Bangkok via his G-Spot Entertament.

I MA SGAPORE’S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA SERI. HERE’S HOW I DID IT.

Openly gay Thai rtrantr Thanaek Laoraowirodge, known as Khun Eh, is behd Somtum Der, a buzzy, cute, sual, and affordable Isan-style rtrant near the Silom nightlife—you might even spot a few LGBTQ Thai celebs here!

Also a gay-owned favore, 22-year-old Silom rtrant Eat Me is a nsistent prence on culary "Bt Of" lists, thanks to both to New York ex-pat chef Tim Butler's ventive, upsle fn cuise (there's a vegan menu as well! Gay Bangkok power uple life and work, Bill Bensley and Jirachai Rengthong, have signed some of Southeast Asia's most stunng rorts and private rinc, cludg Bangkok's own leafy, sumptuo urban oasis, The Siam, which is jt tucked away om the Chao Phraya River.

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GAY OK BANGKOK (TV SERI)

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.

THAILAND’S BOYS’ LOVE DRAMAS ARE CHANGG THE WAY MANY PEOPLE VIEW GAY ROMANCE

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The prence of Boys Love seri, a unique drama genre that picts homoerotic relatnships between male characters, has creased signifintly recent years.

It was probably the first time Thai entertament history that two boys wh homosexual clatns were featured the lead. Thai Boys Love is a lol appropriatn of yaoi, the Japan-origatg form of homoerotic fictn that revolv around the romantic narrativ between a mascule boy (lled “e”) and a more feme boy (lled “seme”).

THAILAND’S BOYS’ LOVE DRAMAS ARE CHANGG THE WAY MANY PEOPLE VIEW GAY ROMANCE

Uta Boonorana, a medil doctor who’s also an LGBTQ fictn thor known by his psdonyms, Patrick Rangsimant and Mor Tood (“Homo Doctor” Thai). He’s also the md behd GMMTV’s LGBTQ productns, many of which have been praised for their plex and thought-provokg narrativ, cludg Gay OK Bangkok. In the midst of an unrelated nversatn, I randomly asked Snooker, an alumni of the h gay drama seri ‘Gay Ok Bangkok’, if he miss actg.