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• THAILAND’S GAY-ROMANCE TV DRAMAS HELP REVIVE FLAGGG TOURISM DTRY
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• THAI BL/GAY - BL AND GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM THAILAND

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

Kao is secretly gay, and the fear of his mom fdg out weighs heavily on him and his relatnship.

Butr, an abandoned kid, was adopted by the gay uple om beg a newborn. A number of parents have growg ncerns about a child om a gay uple beg tght the same school as their kids.

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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. ”Soontaree, who is gay, said she supports the BL seri, addg that the dramas are a powerful tool for Thailand: “I n see clearly. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Thailand still face legal obstacl, but as the six mt-watch films show, the untry’s movie dtry has been givg the spotlight to the LGBTQ+ muny and helpg to challenge old ways of thkg Published: 11:00am, 18 Jun, 2020 Updated: 11:00am, 18 Jun, 2020 Love of Siam (above) is one of many Thai films that have nonted how LGBT characters are portrayed on screen and turn how they are perceived society.

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

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