Gay Vietnam: Is the south-east Asian untry beg an ‚LGBT-Paradi‘? Answers, Tips, and Analysis about how LGBTQ+ iendly is Vietnam
Contents:
- 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG
- GAY VIETNAM: IS THE UNTRY TURNG TO AN ‘LGBTQ+ PARADISE’?
'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG
When Taiwan beme the first place Asia to allow same-sex marriage last year, universy profsor Lois was among thoands of gay people who cheered and waved rabow flags on the streets of the pal Taipei. * gay vietnamese wedding *
Capturg them, such as gay marriage, sexual orientatn and genr inty, juxtaposed agast societal rtrats, the LGBTQ+ movi have bee a powerful medium to spread awarens and pict the stggl of the muny to a larger dience. Eschewg the ual recipe of queer films that show young people, S S, also known as Twilight’s Kiss, picts the life and journey of two closeted gay men Hong Kong, who are their twilight years. One of the most heart-wrenchg Asian LGBTQ+ movi, is helmed by Ray Yng and is spired by the non-fictn book Oral History of Olr Gay Men Hong Kong (2014).
The film follows a closeted gay man, Inspector Shardul Thakur (Rajkummar Rao) and Sumi Sgh (Bhumi Pednekar), who has not revealed her sexual orientatn to her fay eher.
When I first me out as gay, I was aaid of the ways would further plite my multiple inti and two distct cultur and tradns.
GAY VIETNAM: IS THE UNTRY TURNG TO AN ‘LGBTQ+ PARADISE’?
Although the movie dangeroly close to beg one about gay men love who, their most private moments, look like the most they do is shake hands, Lichtenste ("Streamers") manag wh the subtlt means to nvey a sexual nnectn. The edy is there of urse, but so is much tenrns and pa as a marriage of nvenience between a gay man and a woman portee unravels.
At that time, seemed to have been breakg ground for tolerance om the straight world toward gays, Lee is one of the bt film directors workg the days. Those same parents produced that child; the mere ia they will turn their backs to a son who is livg openly as a gay man is a plex problem, at bt. Younger generatn(s), multi-racial upl, gay upl, gay Asian Amerins, immigrants, pri, fay valu and while I found the endg of this movie somewhat unrealistic (I'll let other viewers ci) I also found the film challengg and optimistic (which is where my realism tak over) should watch this movie if you are Asian gay Asian AND gay or simply want to learn somethg about another culture.
Props to Ang Lee for creatg a unique opportuny to look to two very distct and different cultur at the same time: Asian Amerin and gays the early 90s. The protagonist, Wai Tung, acts as the sence of the stggle between the expectatns of nservative tradn and the self-honty that his homosexualy and bi-cultural thkg mand.