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Contents:
- 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
- HAPPY ALONE? SAD YOUNG MEN EAST ASIAN GAY CEMA
- 'THIS IS HISTORIC': MALAYSIAN MAN WS APPEAL AGAST ISLAMIC GAY SEX CHARGE
10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
Take a look at the bt gay films om Cha, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philipp and Thailand. * east asian gay *
Recent stanc of censorship suggt Cha’s LGBTQ muny will face more explic official homophobia the future. A recent directive to broadsters banned pictns of “sissy” men, soon after a polemic state-n media nounced effemate men as a sign of rpt Wtern fluence the entertament LGBTQ activists and homophobic bloggers view creased censorship as a sign the polil wds are shiftg to an actively anti-LGBTQ policy, triggerg more utn among activists and more aggrsive harassment om their opponents. While Cha’s LGBTQ muny remas active and rilient, s already limed opportuni to create social and polil change have been sharply Korea: Harnsg Onle ActivismSouth Korea’s LGBTQ muny has faced heightened homophobia amid the panmic.
In May 2020, the ernment’s ntact tracg app texted the public that a COVID-19 patient had vised a gay club Itaewon. Asi om the privacy ncerns stemmg om the inty disclosure, the cint released a wave of homophobic sentiment.
South Korean media foced on the patient’s sexual orientatn, fuelg public stigma agast the LGBTQ muny as “disease-spreadg gays. A Korean LGBTQ activist group publicly nounced homophobic ments on LGBTQ people a statement sayg, “[A] person’s disease do not jtify hatred and discrimatn agast one’s sexual orientatn.
HAPPY ALONE? SAD YOUNG MEN EAST ASIAN GAY CEMA
This say choos as s texts three films reprentg ntemporary gay male subjects om each of the "three" Cha's: HK, Taiwan, and the Maland. Relotg the homoerotic image of the "sad young man," a trope popular om Hollywood rebelln films of the 1950s and 1960s, to ntemporary Cha … * east asian gay *
Sce nservative policians mostly secure vot om church-based muni, they are prsured to nform to tradnalist Christians’ re polil beliefs, cludg opposg pro-LGBTQ bills to halt “the spread” of homosexualy. In July, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je me unr fire for llg “gay groups” a “problem” COVID-19 preventn efforts, whout offerg evince or explanatn. His ments served to perpetuate stigmatizatn of the LGBTQ muny and historil prejudice seeg gay people as “diseased.
'THIS IS HISTORIC': MALAYSIAN MAN WS APPEAL AGAST ISLAMIC GAY SEX CHARGE
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But sce Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP took on the mantle of champns for same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights has trend toward beg a partisan polil issue, wh nservative pro-KMT and often relig elements spreadg homophobic disrmatn durg electns 2018 and 2020.
Take a look at the bt gay films om Cha, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philipp and Thailand. Gay rights, and reprentatn of gay men on screen, vary hugely om untry to untry, offerg a rich diversy of fascatg movi.
If east and south-east Asian films about gay men rarely make to DVD, films about lbians are rarer still. We hope that, wh classic lbian tl beg creasgly succsful, albe at a shamefully slow rate, a future list on gay female east Asian films will appear the future.