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• SGAPORE’S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA “GETAWAY” FEATUR AN OPENLY QUEER CAST, IS BASED ON AN ORIGAL STORY
• I MA SGAPORE’S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA SERI. HERE’S HOW I DID IT.
• SGAPORE GAY BL ‘GETAWAY’ NOMATED AT MEDIARP’S PWHEELS AWARD 2023
• “GETAWAY” SGAPORE’S GAY BL SERI
• SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SGAPORE DRAMA ‘SILENT WALLS’ PH HARMFUL STEREOTYPE: GAY CHARACTER IS A GROOMER WH AIDS
• FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA
• 'GETAWAY', SGAPORE'S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA SERI!! G THIS MAY ON @DEAR STRAIGHT PEOPLE
• GAY SGAPORE

SGAPORE’S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA “GETAWAY” FEATUR AN OPENLY QUEER CAST, IS BASED ON AN ORIGAL STORY

Sgapore Gay BL Web Drama “GETAWAY”.

Apart om Pri Month happeng June, Sgapore’s LGBTQ+ muny has one more thg to look forward to ‒ our Ltle Red Dot’s first gay BL web drama GETAWAY. While BL dramas tend to ter to a heterosexual female dience, GETAWAY differs om others by tailorg to a gay dience. Unr the directn of gay director Ark Saroj, the team took 6 months to produce the web drama.

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

Sgapore’s First Gay BL Web Drama Is Somethg The LGBTQ+ Communy Will Look Forward To. 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. But that was the night which solidified my sire to produce Sgapore’s first gay BL web drama seri.

BL, short for Boys Love, has bee an umbrella term for any Asian drama centerg on a gay love story. In many parts of Asia where LGBTQ+ rights are lackg, BL dramas have emerged as the primary form of gay media reprentatn.

In 2020 alone, Thailand and Taiwan produced over 80 gay BL dramas. That same year, South Korea jumped on the bandwagon by producg s first gay BL drama seri, which was subsequently picked up by Netflix. In fact, one of the most popular gay BL dramas of all time actually me om Cha; Addicted aka 上瘾.

SGAPORE GAY BL ‘GETAWAY’ NOMATED AT MEDIARP’S PWHEELS AWARD 2023

Sgapore unfortunately, still do not have a gay BL drama seri to ll our own. One of the most viral stori I’ve ever told was on Faliqh and Kaal, a gay Malay uple Sgapore. As impactful as they have been, they don’t tug at the heartstrgs the same way that a gay BL drama seri do.

Producg a gay drama seri has been on my bucket list for the longt time. As extensive as Jam’ portfol was, he had never worked on a gay drama before. The Siam was unr the helm of General Manager Nick Downg, whom I had cintally told about my sire to make a gay drama seri over a sual lunch one year ago.

“GETAWAY” SGAPORE’S GAY BL SERI

Neher of uld have predicted that we would be workg together on a gay BL drama seri one year later. Another anisatn that I managed to get on board as a supportg partner was, a programme wh AFA (Actn For AIDs) that provis sexual health-related servic to the gay and MSM muny Sgapore. Was actually the anisatn that produced ‘People Like Us’, Sgapore’s first gay web drama seri.

Jog the e were 2Eros, Supawear, Ette Tea and FabuloMe, pennt bs that are all owned by gay entreprenrs. The entreprenrs all unrstood the importance of gay media reprentatn Asia. Wh the fundraisg procs plete, I was now a posn to actually produce a gay BL drama seri.

As popular as gay BL dramas have bee, they have also e unr heavy cricism recent years. The loust cricism agast BL dramas is that they ph a harmful gay stereotype. BL dramas typilly nta homophobic unrton, and gay men are often portrayed as predators.

SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Scen of the gay protagonist takg advantage of his dnk or unnsc love tert have bee monplace wh the genre. Another mon cricism of gay BL dramas is that while they pos to reprent the gay muny, they do ltle to reprent the gay experience.

‘Getaway’ featur scen gay spac such as a gay club. No longer nfed to a school yard settg, creators are creasgly phg the envelope of what qualifi as a gay BL drama. ‘Getaway’ sets self apart om other gay dramas by featurg an openly queer st.

Siarly, ‘GETAWAY’ sets self apart om other BL dramas by tailorg towards a gay dience. Based on an origal story om myself, ‘GETAWAY’ featur an openly gay director alongsi an openly queer st om Sgapore and Thailand.

SGAPORE DRAMA ‘SILENT WALLS’ PH HARMFUL STEREOTYPE: GAY CHARACTER IS A GROOMER WH AIDS

After his g out to his nservative father go horribly wrong, Sam jets off to Bangkok search of his exiled gay uncle for guidance, who was siarly disowned for beg gay many years ago.

‘GETAWAY’ may be Sgapore’s first gay BL web drama seri. Is a programme wh AFA (Actn For AIDs) that provis sexual health-related servic to the gay and MSM muny Sgapore. ‘Getaway’ is a five-episo web drama seri produced by Dear Straight People and based on an origal story om a gay creator and featur a gay director along wh openly queer actors om Sgapore and Thailand.

FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA

Sean Foo is the creator of Getaway, billed as Sgapore’s “first gay BL drama seri”.

Creator of Sgaporean gay drama Getaway wants to raise acceptance of LGBT muny the cy state. Sean Foo’s web seri Getaway is billed as Sgapore’s first gay BL (boy love) drama seri and lnch on May 23. Set Bangkok, the drama is signed to be ‘an thentic gay voice for a gay dience’ and featur an openly queer st om Sgapore and Thailand.

Published: 12:15pm, 19 May, 2022 Updated: 12:15pm, 19 May, 2022 Sean Foo is the creator of Getaway, billed as Sgapore’s “first gay BL drama seri”.

'GETAWAY', SGAPORE'S FIRST GAY BL WEB DRAMA SERI!! G THIS MAY ON @DEAR STRAIGHT PEOPLE

Sgapore’s first gay BL seri was lnched on 23 May 2022 featurg gay director and openly queer st ed que a stir! When the founr of Dear Straight People, Sean Foo, approached me to play his gay uncle a new web seri, I was exced and utly optimistic. Sean roped Steven Lim, a veteran gay actor to play both the protagonist’s nservative dad and ach the rt of the st.

Sam flew to Bangkok to seek advice om his gay uncle Alex (played by myself). Every episo touched on topic that every gay fac society (fdg onelf, fear of rejectn and lovg onelf).

As a gay Amerin, I’m a retired ary vet and active mistry to at-risk young adults. Sgapore pris self on beg a wealthy, morn, multicultural place, the cy of the future—an unofficial nickname those behd the HBO show Wtworld took que many, often sid ways, ’s actually still very much steeped the past, wh one of the most problematic exampl of s stubborn mment to tradn beg the prevailg discrimatn agast the LGBTQ this day, Sgapore upholds a lonial-era law that bans gay sex.

GAY SGAPORE

In June, a petn seekg to ban Pk Dot, Sgapore’s annual Pri celebratn, said would “showse ntent promotg homosexualy. ” While the event ntued, the petn llected over 30, 000 the realm of lol media, Sgapore’s natnal public broadster, Mediarp, was cricized for a show that, among other thgs, portrayed a homosexual character as crimal viant. Comparg the matury ratgs of 10 shows across Asia, VICE News found that Sgapore, by far, was the strictt when to LGBTQ example, the show Queer Eye, where five gay men give people makeovers, is “R21 (rtricted 21), ” the hight ratg, ditg that is only “suable for adults aged 21 and above.

Work s Morn Fay, which featur a married gay uple raisg a child, was also slapped wh an R21 ratg.