Are Thailand’s gay TV dramas the next K-pop?

Contents:

• THAI BL/GAY - BL AND GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM THAILAND
• GAY M/M THAILAND - (DRAMAS)
• THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
• THAILAND’S BOYS’ LOVE DRAMAS ARE CHANGG THE WAY MANY PEOPLE VIEW GAY ROMANCE
• ARE THAILAND’S GAY TV DRAMAS THE NEXT K-POP?
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• 6 FILM GAY THAILAND REKOMENDASI 2023

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

)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.

GAY M/M THAILAND - (DRAMAS)

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've clud the on that supposedly have BL/Gay storyl acrdg to tags on MDL. 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.

Drama featurg different upl, of which one is a gay one, a circle of iends. 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. (I'm fely not the only one--but my life-long BL/Gay fixatn seems, to a signifint gree, have impaired my abily to get to any romance if 's not between guys...

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

This isn't BL, this is Gay themed.

It's fely one of the bt Gay themed thgs Thailand has produced, and I remend to anyone except Fangirls/boys who exclively want BL fantasi. Homosexualy wasn’t accepted back then, but Intouch kept fightg for their relatnship while Korn uldn’t al wh the sufferg and gave up.

Although he’s iendly, he hat gay people bee a man molted him as a child.

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

Tharn is a handsome and passnate mic major who is openly gay. Diary of Tootsi LGBTQ+ Content: BL, GL The story of three gay men who got their hearts broken on the same day, and their lbian iend forts them even though her heart has never been broken. 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. 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.

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

”Soontaree, who is gay, said she supports the BL seri, addg that the dramas are a powerful tool for Thailand: “I n see clearly. ” Read More: How ‘Queer as Folk’ Beme a Defg Gay TV Show BL’s succs isn’t a given, however. The untry’s ary-backed regime—known for s e of reprsive laws to crack down on polilly progrsive forc—is also unlikely to be enthiastic about the untry’s burgeong reputatn as an exporter of lc gay TV.

The velopment of Boys’ Love dramas BL has s begngs 1970s Japan, when women created homoerotic manga lled yaoi for other women.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Read More: Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value In June 2021, Thailand’s vtment promotn arm helped secure 360 ln baht ($10. When marriage equaly activist Tattep Ruangprapaikseree kissed his boyiend on the steps of parliament December 2019, sparked a huge homophobic backlash. Acrdg to Poow, beg gay ns agast the versn of natnal inty upheld by the Thai ernment but BL’s potential as a revenue earner means that is beg tolerated—for now.

Crics of BL wh the Thai queer muny say the genre prents a soft-foc versn of what means to be gay and fails to reflect the systemic discrimatn faced by LGBT people the kgdom. ”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.

6 FILM GAY THAILAND REKOMENDASI 2023

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. Bunn as gay, and that will reflect back to the outsi world.