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Contents:
- ASIAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI 1980'S TO 2021
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- ‘FIRE ISLAND’: MEET THE POWER TR BEHD THE SUMMER’S SWEETT, FUNNIT GAY ROM-COM
- BOYS’ LOVE: THE GAY ROMANCE TV GENRE TAKG OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA
- 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
- THE GAY ASIAN ACTIVIST WHOSE THEORI ON SEXUALY WERE DES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
ASIAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI 1980'S TO 2021
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * archive tv gay asian *
)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.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Take a look at the bt gay films om Cha, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philipp and Thailand. * archive tv gay asian *
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. Taiwan is supposedly makg a reboot, which ma the fans go ballistic, (pecially sce Taiwan are allowed to show actual gay ntent and therefore n clu at least some of the VERY graphic ntent om the novels) but turned out that the story is a ee adaptatn and do not clu the guys.
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. Be Me Thai Drama - 2021, 11 episos As far as I unrstand; no BL, but wh one of the MCs beg gay.
‘FIRE ISLAND’: MEET THE POWER TR BEHD THE SUMMER’S SWEETT, FUNNIT GAY ROM-COM
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.
Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.
That all chang this year, wh the release of two mastream edy movi om gay wrers who also star their projects.
BOYS’ LOVE: THE GAY ROMANCE TV GENRE TAKG OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA
Set at New York’s famed gay vatn statn, “Fire Island” is a heartfelt and hilar “Pri and Prejudice” riff, set to the tune of a queer iend group navigatg the toxic landm of gay male social hierarchy.
But the film is undoubtedly Booster’s baby, and wh Yang’s star power and Ahn’s creative guidance, “Fire Island” marks a new era not only for Asian Amerin film but also mastream gay edi. “If you want to get technil about , started 2016 as a threat, ” Booster said of the day the gay “Pri and Prejudice” ia vised him.
Like all cultured gay children, Booster grew up watchg the BBC miseri wh his mother, the perfect target mographic for a Col Firth/Jennifer Ehle perd romance.
10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
Revisg Lizzie Bent’s story for the first time as an adult, surround by a sea of gay New Yorkers peackg down the beach, he imaged Aten as a prcient chronicler of ntemporary gay culture. … That’s what Joel is tryg to map onto — what happens when gay men turn on each other, how do those thgs stratify? He wrote an say for Pengu Random Hoe, recently republished honor of the film, subtled “What Jane Aten Knew About Beg a Gay Man The 21st Century.
” Not only is very funny, provis a lightful blueprt for a host of gay Jane Aten adaptatns. In between their Ketame jok and shirtls flexg, the characters have real nversatns about the dumpster fire of sirabily polics gay cisg culture, cludg body image, genr performance, and flagrant racism. “We never wanted to shy away om the judgmental whe mcle gays, ” said Ahn.
THE GAY ASIAN ACTIVIST WHOSE THEORI ON SEXUALY WERE DES AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
It was important to me to reflect the realy of what is to be a gay man of lor the movie. “The perspective of this film is Joel’s perspective as a gay Asian Amerin man on this island, ” add Ahn.