From Kapoor and Sons, Geeli Puchhi, Badhaai Do, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Margara wh a Straw, Sheer Qorma to Aligarh, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, LOEV, Eveng Shadows and My Son Is Gay, here are the Bollywood films that got the portrayal of the LGBTQ+ muny right.
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BOLLYWOOD AND THE MISREPRENTATN OF GAY MEN
Origatg 1960s Japan, where was known as “yaoi, ” BL typilly picts two men a homoerotic relatnship. Some LGBTQ activists have acced BL stori of fetishizg and appropriatg gay culture.
Wily regnized as South Korea’s first openly gay K-pop artist, the sger and actor Go Tae-seob, who the stage name Holland, starred a BL drama last year and believ that the growg visibily of BL books, TV seri and movi is a posive step. Bdette, who also intifi as gay and is a longstandg BL fan, said the genre will shake up nservative views on genr and sexualy South Korea. “Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said.