Gay Thailand | LGBTQ+ Travel Gui, Thailand Gay Rights & Safety Tips

Contents:

• DISVER THE BT 10 STATNS TO ENJOY GAY THAILAND
• THAI BL/GAY - BL AND GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM THAILAND
• GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
• GAY THAILAND RORTS YOU HAVE TO STAY AT
• GAY THAILAND TRAVEL GUI
• THE 10 BEST THAILAND GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS THAILAND
• BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021
• THAILAND GAY TRAVEL

DISVER THE BT 10 STATNS TO ENJOY GAY THAILAND

For queer travellers pecially, Thailand is the perfect retreat, populated by go-go boys, gay-iendly wellns retreats and alternative culture by the bload.

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

Gay marriage Thailand is still not formally regnised, but, spe this, many same-sex upl travel to the natn to have their unn blsed by Buddhist East tly meets Wt, Bangkok melds tradnal Buddhist ways of life wh outrageo hedonism, creatg a vibrant atmosphere ripe for exploratn1. Dpe beg one of Thailand’s more expensive ci wh s fair share of htlers, Bangkok is still among the most affordable ci the world, where t-ts tout for the price of a sandwich and hip boutique stor pete on verable pal of ‘Gay Asia’, Bangkok is the first ll for gay parti across the ntent, boastg an famo party scene to make even Ru Pl blh.

While some Bangkok gay bars and clubs are more rpectable than others, if ’s plh sophistitn you’re after, the cy n provi.

Disver the bt luxury offergs and our favoure Bangkok gay club our dited Bangkok travel gui. Koh SametOne such day trip om Bangkok is to the glor Koh Samet, known fondly as Thailand’s gayt island.

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Popular among Bangkok’s middle and upper class, as much as the ternatnal gay muny, Koh Samet serv laid-back parti a tropil paradise, wh crowds and pric peakg on the weekend. For one of the bt beach gay Thailand travel straight to Ao Phai, home of the Silver Sands Bar and open-air nightclub and neighbour to Ao Tubtim, Koh Samet’s unofficial gay beach. Ao Tubtim was put on the map by Tub Tim Rort, another of the island’s bt gay beach bars.

Straighter and more Thai-style than what’s on offer Phet or Pattaya, nightlife on Koh Samet is for tourists and Bangkok gays keen on beachsi karaoke and Thai pop Ragnar Vorel3. For gay-iendly beach days, try the popular Dongtan and Jomtien Beach, before headg to the Walkg Street entertament district for barets, clubs, bars and r karaoke ssns. The Boyztown district se the majory of gay bars, massage shops, rtrants and gay-oriented acmodatns, send only by Sunee Plaza for go-go clubs and more massage.

Ever popular among gays and the startg pot of Phet Pri, Patong Beach is regularly packed.

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For a more chilled optn, try Karon Beach to the south jt below Patong or Bangtao Beach, a short drive north, where the popular gay hangout spot known as Dream Beach Club Max Liew5. One of Thailand’s partyg pals, a short boat ri om the full-moon parti of Koh Phangan, Koh Samui offers extravagant, gay-iendly nightlife wh the add bon of cheaper drks and fewer crowds. Lamai Beach is another one to explore, known as the island’s bt gay beach wh watersi rtrants and street food optns.

Gay Chiang Mai ed to be centred on Santham and Chang Puek, but today the ht offergs lie along Gay Soi 6 (Soi 6 Charoen Prathet Road), wh a smatterg of gay karaoke bars, snas and massage shops remag Sas Tipchai8.

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Thanks to the island’s regular flux of gay visors, you’ll be good pany when the eveng beckons, particularly the area around Sairee Beach where most clubs and bars are Derek Owens10. Outsi of the full moon, Koh Phangan rts style, s beach – notably Bottle Beach, Haad Yao Beach and Salad Beach – terg to a strong gay crowd lookg for chilled out fun. The island’s small number of gay bars lie beachsi, wh more nightlife and gay-iendly offergs the ma town of Thong Sala.

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A few blocks away is Silom Soi 2 where the cy’s gay clubs like DJ Statn n be found. There are plenty of upmarket hotels on Sunrise Beach, as well as more budget-iendly optns and even a gay-owned guthoe.

Homosexualy was legalized 1956, well before the UK 1967 and the Uned Stat (on a natnal level) 2003.

Gays and lbians have been allowed to serve openly the ary sce 2005 and many piec of anti-discrimatn legislatn have been troduced sce 2015. Bangkok ed to have a pri event om 1999 until 2009, but was disntued bee of a mix of distert om lol Thai activists, lack of fundg and homophobia om the police and ernment. We are gay uple Stefan and Sebastien om London, who left our liv London 2014 to travel the world.

BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021

We wre about the different gay scen each statn we vis our gay travel blog lled Nomadic Boys.

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”).

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.

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)The whole crap wh the IRL homophobic behavur and ments om one of the lead actors as well as om people the productn, left one wh a very bad taste one's mouth, not to mentn that the homophobia severely affects the end rult terms of chemistry. If you don't scerely want to portray homosexual relatnships, but only thk "BL is trendg, let's release a BL tle" whout any sire to actually create a good piece, you won't be able to wre nor direct a way that actually creat a believable atmosphere or chemistry between the actors.

The major storyle beg straight, wh several si upl, of which one is gay--THE Thai (pretty much overall) BL uple, IMO.

The story is que different om other Gay themed on, and that's one reason to appreciate , even if the thg as a whole is far om qualative. I also dislike the way the movie handl a very ser topic--which I have never heard of, but assume is anchored realy; some kd of former school n "re-tn" for Thai gay kids. A Trans woman who intifi as a woman and lik guys; is not gay, she is straight, no matter what she has her pants.

I adm that I watched for the gay part and pecially the great BL-veteran Sgto yet another gay role, but the whole thg is cent, wh very good actg om most volved and a good assortment of stori about different relatnship troubl.