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Transsexuals, for example, carry the stigma of 'not being good people'. In the textbooks studied in schools they appear as 'people from whom you should stay away and with whom you should not have any ties'. All of the above gives rise to physical or psychological abuse, to rape. The strict rules of the Thai educational system and the attitude of the teaching staff and school directors persecute students when they report the physical and psychological abuse received in classrooms and student campuses. Discrimination against the LGBT community in Thai society goes beyond the limits of the classroom to affect the workplace and the media. Associations in favor of the rights of the LGBT community and individuals have brought several petitions to the Thai Parliament to regulate same-sex marriage in the country. Until this precise moment none have come to prosper. Discrimination remains. Homosexuality remains illegal in Thailand.

Most Thai BLs occur in the school setting, whether secondary or university. The majority of Thai students identified as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) have at some time experienced physical and verbal harassment from their peers. This is demonstrated through studies carried out in the country on abuses in classrooms against this group.
Bullying has an impact on the personal development of the students who suffer it and in many cases violates their rights to receive an education.
23% of people who have suffered harassment for reasons of their sexual condition have been treated for depression, while almost 7% of victims have attempted suicide.
The Thai education system has strict rules that stipulate gender-specific haircuts and require wearing a uniform. This helps to highlight the "different people."
Those who do not follow the rules are quickly pointed out and punished accordingly. For example, transsexuals at university, even though they have changed their sex, must dress according to their sex at birth. Even the act of going to the toilet can be a problem for these people where they are exposed to "unwanted touches." That is the reason why activists demand the creation of services for the "third sex", currently unknown or illegal in the country.

Thai law only recognizes male and female gender identities. Thai law does not allow people of the same sex to start families, adopt or marry. There is manifest discrimination, to which is added the negative perceptions that still persist in Thai society. All of this relegates the LGBTIQ community to limited social roles and undermines their employment options. There are prejudices towards LGBTBIQ people and they think that they are not trustworthy and that they cannot do complex jobs. Discrimination against homosexuals in Thailand prevails when LGTBIQ people look for work, when they try to access education and health services, when they try to buy and rent property, or when they seek legal protection.

On the one hand, the Ministry of Tourism actively promotes the country's image as the homosexual paradise of Southeast Asia. It even uses its official website Go Thai Be Free (Go to Thailand, be free) for this purpose. Audiovisual products offer this image, however, activists and international organizations, such as the World Bank, denounce that institutionalized discrimination and exclusion of LGTB+ people in Thailand continues to exist.
Thailand is the country where the largest number of sex reassignment surgeries are performed in the world. However, transsexuality is considered a pathology according to the Ministry of Public Health. This does not prevent Thai national television from broadcasting live one of the most popular international transgender beauty pageants every year.
And in the midst of this chaos full of contradictions, the country that seems to be balancing its rope of political and institutional instability, governed by a military junta since 2014, marriage between people of the same sex, and both gays, lesbians and Other members of the LGBTQIA+ community continue to be discriminated against. For example, these people face daily discrimination in getting a job or changing their name on official documents after sex reassignment surgery.

Thank you for your comment. It has reflected my opinion in a concrete way. I fully agree with you. I really liked the two series mentioned: "Gaya Sa Pelikula" and Hanging Out". The first one more. Do you like Filipino audiovisuals? So do I. I sent you a friend request. Please accept it.

Shin convinces Peach to spend the night at his house. He wants them to sleep together and spend as much time as they can together, enjoying each other's company. But Oab needs to talk to Shin and he now convinces Peach to go home alone and not wait for him. You could understand: you don't want Peach to hear the personal conversation you'll be having with your friend and co-worker. Then Shin and Peach spend a happy day at the latter's house. Peach's grandmother shares sweet recipes and experiences of making delicious cakes. Shin confesses to the old woman that he and Peach are dating. A phone call from the Toyota Service Center interrupts the happiness. Shin can't stop answering the call just as he can't stop going quickly to get his car serviced. Subsequent scenes show Toyota operators, in their suits, with the company logo visible, changing the battery in Shin's car. It is followed by images in which you can see spare parts and parts from the Japanese car factory. At first I wondered: how does all this contribute to the story? What do these scenes contribute to the plot? Suddenly I understood: Thailand will continue producing BL without caring much about the quality or the ethical and aesthetic values ​​of its productions. And what is worse, without being interested in taking advantage of audiovisuals as tools to defend the human rights of members of the LGBTQIA community represented in the same audiovisual products: What a horror and mistake! Representing people who are members of a community in series, shorts, films, music videos and at the same time not respecting their rights or giving them significance in society. Thai BLs, with their protagonists, all young, all handsome, are the source of income for advertisers of any merchandise. Thai BL series are above all an advertising vehicle and a source of enrichment for a few.

Shin falls in love with Peach. Peach falls in love with Shin. We do not know their sexual identity until then. It has not been explained through any cinematographic resource. Maybe the series was rushed by telling this love story and the circumstances surrounding these two boys in only 6 episodes, or by not showing moments of intimacy before the cameras without having the need to reach explicit sex scenes, it doesn't suit me. clearly and coherently explained the personality of the characters, their psychological traits, their past, their dreams, their aspirations, their manias, their fears, their failures, their frustrations, their ways of expressing themselves, sensitivity, desires, insecurities, inherent fragility in human beings (much more so in homosexuals because they suffer centuries of stigma, hatred and rejection, especially in a society like Thailand where homosexuality is still illegal). The exploration of the sexual identity of either of the two protagonists, nor that of the secondary characters, is not expressed clearly and coherently to me, through the voice or their actions, despite knowing that two of them are in love with each of the protagonists and this generates moments of discomfort and tension. It is not palpable in its total depth and coherence how the actions of the characters modify the story.
Did the creators of the series conceive the breakup of Shin and Peach as a turning point for the passage into male adulthood of the two young people, especially the latter? We must know that reaching one's own sexual identity is not such a linear process. We must also know that it requires a lot of self-love… self-love above all else. The creators must know this and demand it from the actors so that they represent it on screen.

How short the romance and happiness lasted for Shin and Peach! It is true that every couple faces situations that test the relationship. When these challenges arise, lovers have to, among other things, discover what they have in each other and why they are together, if both are ready to work on themselves and their relationship. These bitter pills also force us to rethink the existing structures of the relationship. The couples starring in an audiovisual film have to, logically, face setbacks and challenges that confirm or not their love for each other and whether it is feasible to continue together. But I found the trials that Shin and Peach had to face very naive, superficial, rushed. Shin is not right to stop Peach from being friends with Guy. If she used the pretext of being jealous of Guy because she knew he was in love with Peach, I would understand. He would also understand Shin's position if Guy had betrayed him by stealing his dessert recipes and moved to another bakery where sweets are made using said recipes, but this is not the case. Guy has every right to leave Shin's bakery and go to another bakery where he is more comfortable or better paid or receiving more respect from his colleagues or for whatever reason he sees fit. On the other hand, Peach shouldn't have lied to Shin. Peach should have talked to Shin and expressed her disagreement with his prohibition or refusal to let her be his friend. The pretext of breaking up the relationship and throwing everything away because “going to the restaurant is my dream” is very naive. Peach herself can make a reservation at that place and invite Shin to go to dinner. Nothing prevents it. Was Shin following Peach? Was it a coincidence that they met outside the restaurant? What was Shin doing at the site? Did you go to reserve to later invite Peach? Late at night? Can't I make the reservation digitally? Shin's refusal to make their relationship public to the rest of his co-workers is absurd. There are two more companions: Oab and Atom. And they both know about the relationship. What are they going to hide from him then, when they kiss at all hours in the pastry areas, in front of anyone? Don't they arrive at work together when Peach spends the night at Shin's house? Isn't Shin the one who admitted to Peach's grandmother about the relationship the two have? But the fact of refusing to let others know about the relationship leads Guy to consider that he has the possibility of flirting with Peach, since he imagines him single. Peach was very naive when, in front of the market, Guy asked her if she was dating Shin and Shin didn't deny or acknowledge it, but said, “something like that.” He should have either responded negatively, because, although it bothers him that he cannot make the relationship public because of his boyfriend's demands, he has not confronted Shin to express his disagreement, or he should have been sincere and not responded in such an ambiguous manner. . Peach has a crush on Shin. Didn't you think that going to dinner with another man could upset your boyfriend and lead to misunderstandings and even a breakup? Why disrespect your boyfriend and date Guy, when your boyfriend has forbidden you from being friends with Guy? Shouldn't they first have talked about the issue and found a satisfactory solution for both of them? Why don't the creators of the series find a more logical, sensible and coherent reason to test Shin and Peach's relationship? Then we have Oab's kiss to Shin. Shin allowed himself to be kissed. Peach watched the scene until she was tired and decided to leave, after watching for a few seconds how they kissed. The kiss lasted a long time. If Shin did not want him to kiss him, he could prevent it by quickly moving the Oab away.

It is true that Day gets "nervous" on many occasions in the presence or words or simple contact of Mohk, but this could very well be due to a poor interpretation of his character or the director's direct instruction to act in that way. : If you are in love with your sports partner, it would not be correct for you to be fooling around with another person or others. He must define his true feelings in the next episodes. There is still half of the series left for this. Due to the progress of the next chapter, the development of those feelings should already begin. What I don't realize has been well established is when Mohk began to have feelings for him. In this last episode Mohk told Day that he took his girlfriends to the flower market. And according to the subtitles with which I viewed the episode, he said it in plural. That is, he was the boyfriend or lover of several girls, not just Phojai. Kue taking Day to the flower market can be understood as a sign of her love for Day: she is doing the same with him, in addition to buying him the sunflower even though Day told her not to buy it. She took him to the same place she has always taken her crush. But it can also indicate his heterosexuality until those moments. She's always been with girls, but now she loves a boy. It should be more and better defined how and when she began to fall in love with a boy. Everything seems to indicate that Mohk was going to confess and August interrupted him.

Hello. Thanks for your opinion. Allow me to call you. You think Mohk IS already in love with Day. Yes, it seems that way to me, but as an audience they have not clearly shown it to us yet. We can only infer it through some gestures, looks, etc. Day obviously isn't in love with Mohk yet. He has feelings for his friend and badminton partner. I agree with you about this. In next week's trailer we saw how Mhok blocks August's way when he tries to visit Day. Mohk has shown good wishes towards Day. Despite being in love and surely suspecting that Day likes August, he arranged for the two to meet. This speaks volumes in its favor. Yes, he surely realizes that August sees him only as a friend or discovers that his feelings for Mohk are deeper than those he has or had for August.
I also agree with you on Day and August's chemistry. The scenes between the two were nice too.

Are Mhok and Day in love already? Who fell in love first? I consider Mhok to be in love, but Day so far likes August. After the disappointment he has suffered, he must feel free from the feelings that bind him to August in order to fall in love again. What do you think?

I thought “destiny” would lead them to meet. I thought they wouldn't remember that they met and were dating 10 years ago. It would be much more logical if it happened this way and for fate to lead them to meet again without them knowing or suspecting it. Ongsa, for example, remembered hearing the name Suansoom, but he didn't know anyone by that name. Nan, the owner of the cafe, also didn't remember meeting anyone with that name. This made me believe that they did not remember the past they lived together. If they didn't remember anything, how can Ongsa suddenly remember the book Suansoom liked to read or the seats they like to occupy at the movie theater? How can they remember that it was in that cinema and or in another cinema or another place where they met and where it would be possible to meet again, especially because they remembered that after finishing the screening of the film the person who said “nice movie” would be Ongsa? Then, all this comes as a shock when, while speaking on the phone, Ongsa and Suansoom recognized each other upon hearing each other's voices. They knew it was them. This is confirmed when they walk along the boardwalk after leaving the cinema: they confess to each other that they remember everything. When Ongsa asked Nan, on several occasions, if he had ever heard the name Suansoon or knew anyone with that name, he asked as if he, too, wasn't sure he knew anyone with that name.
He asked it as if seeking approval of the existence or not of someone with that name. If Ongsa remembered it, Nam must remember it too, since they all shared moments together in the past. Didn't Suansoom live in the second floor room? Didn't he work in your cafeteria? In the room rented by Suansoom, while they talk about the DVDs to rent at the cafeteria, we can understand that Suansoon remembers Nam. He asks directly for her: “Nam really doesn't remember us?” So why didn't Suansoom ever go to the cafeteria, where he knew he could locate Ongsa? In episode 10, adult Ongsa went to the building where teenage Suansoon used to live in hopes of locating him. He remembered his place of residence. He had already moved house and they couldn't meet. He went to the cinema and took his usual seat waiting for Suansoom to take his. They did not coincide on that occasion. Why didn't either of them go to the movies or the DVD store often to try their luck? If I were one of the two, I would go to the movies whenever I could, if possible every day. Even if I don't come in, I would stay at the main entrance door waiting for the other person to arrive. Suansoom knows where Ongsa and his parents live. Why didn't he ever go to his house to check if he was still living there? How is it possible that they can be together now? Aren't they condemned to the fact that on the 10th anniversary one of them will die if they have a romantic relationship? Wouldn't the 10th anniversary take place from the moment that relationship begins, whether in 2008 or 2018? What has changed so that this tragedy does not occur?
How I enjoyed the scene in which Ongsa and Suansoom talk to and about the cat... and it doesn't appear. I couldn't stop laughing and waiting for the cat to appear. An audio in which a cat's meow is heard is the third “being” in that room. I wonder what presence brings? from the cat to the plot.

The plan devised by Cholo to make Migo fall in love is very childish, causing the rapprochement between him and Ram. Cholo pushed on several occasions for the two to communicate and get closer and then he entered the scene and confessed his love to Migo. This is total absurdity. Ram's sexuality was made explicit from the first moments. Migo's, no. Migo takes Ram to his favorite place. It is not clear to me what place this is, but I understand it is one that is related to the two boys. Could it be one of the places where the two went on their bike ride day? I don't need it. Migo confesses to Ram that it is his favorite place because in that place “I discovered who I really am… there will be a person who accepts me as I am… In the past I was too scared to face the real me…”. From these words we realize that Mingo is a gay without coming out of the closet and was not able to discover and accept himself until he met Ram. This clashes with the atmosphere surrounding Migo. Behind Migo, in his house, in front of his computer screen where he makes his live broadcasts on the Internet, everyone can see a gay pride flag and several posters of gay films, among these “Call Me by Your Name,” the 2017 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
On the other hand, it is absurd that Cholo is afraid to confess his feelings for him to his friend because he does not know with certainty Migo's sexuality, when this is practically shouted by what surrounds him, even though he has not expressed it. Cholo tells Ram that he has not confessed his feelings to Migo because “I am waiting for his reaction about this community (the LGBTQIA), to know his opinion.” If Mingo is not gay, I do not find that there are, for his part, reasons to hurt Cholo with his rejection and repudiation if he confesses his love for him or tells him that he is gay.
Likewise, Ram never accepted Cholo's deal. From the first moment when Cholo told him about his plan, Ram told him that he did not accept it and used the pretext that if he followed the plan "he could fall in love with Migo", as happened. However, when Cholo confronts him at the party for “not having followed the plan,” Ram apologizes and repeatedly tells him “I'm sorry.” Ram's correct behavior after this incident, even before, would be to talk to Migo and tell him about Cholo's plan and affirm that he is not participating in it, in addition to affirming that he has fallen in love with him. He should have taken the initiative and not given Cholo room to act as he did. Let's not forget that Migo and Ram met because Andrei, a friend of the former, discovered by chance a place on the beach where the friends could spend time, precisely the place where Migo was on vacation, and not because Ram was following Migo's plan. Cholo.
It is true that loving relationships go through trials on a daily basis, but like these, brought to fiction, they should be credible if they hope to be believed.
Too many love triangles (three) for my taste. Too many friendships put at risk for my liking. One of them, Josh and Andrei's, was destroyed, and in the end we don't know if Josh and Max's relationship turned out.

I was hoping for elements for a debate, but it seems that is not going to be possible.

We love BL, but above all we have to be thinking beings. That love cannot blind us.

We cannot remain numb by continually hearing the justification that “it is a fictional story” and, therefore, we have to accept its results without question. We cannot feel satisfied with this accommodation. All fiction is a lie, but for the public, be it a viewer, a listener, a spectator of a play or a reader, to find it interesting, it will have to seem true. That's called verisimilitude. Verisimilitude is the appearance of truth that a supposed reality that is presented to us in a literary, theatrical work, in an audiovisual or other vehicle of artistic expression has. The importance of verisimilitude lies in the fact that it allows us to be interested and satisfied with the lie that is told to us.
We can only say that a fiction is plausible when, even if it is about facts that come from the author's imagination, it gives the impression of being true.
Plausibility will depend on whether, once the context is established, the story develops in a manner consistent with that context.
Verisimilitude is different from realism, since this is the faithful representation of reality. A story is realistic when it imitates from beginning to end the reality we live in, the world as we know it.
I agree with you that it is not easy for “minor” series like this to whitewash the Royal Thai Police. That is the reason why I point out that it could be used to disguise a corrupt, homophobic and repressive Police, although perhaps this is not the interest of its creators.

I'm not assessing what will happen between now and the end of the series. I am evaluating what I have seen up to this very moment, as well as making some general questions about Thai society, especially with regard to the members of the LGBTQIA community, represented in the audiovisual, completely ignored by the creators of the series, as well as what referred to the Police of that country, strongly criticized for repressing this group. That is why I point out that the series could be making up for the Thai Police, something despicable if this is the case. I haven't read the book either. I don't think I will. I am evaluating the series and not the book, as we well know that audiovisual productions often lose out to literary works. I am not in the habit of apologizing for having critical thinking. On this occasion rest assured that I will not apologize either. I also don't like to romanticize a film work, no matter how much I like it.

Once graduated, the members of the Special Investigation Team are supposed to be dispersed to different institutional units of the Royal Thai Police, let's say, in their respective provinces. And we only know that Tharn and Yai are from the same province. We have no knowledge of the rest. Contact between them would be limited, at least physically or in person. If so, joint research would not be easy to carry out. Will all five be assigned to the same team? In fiction it could be, but in reality it is hardly credible. Will they be able to reopen the case? Why did they give up easily at the first setback? Why did they so easily decline their efforts to investigate the case as soon as they received the sermon and were punished? Doesn't this mean that in the face of any future difficulty they will act in the same way? Will they not falter not before a permissive captain who in some way protected them, although being demanding, but before mafia members and corrupt political and police authorities committed to everything, even crime, so that their misdeeds are not revealed? Everything is possible, but it has to be explicit, of course, on the screen, to be credible.

And does the connection between Phaya and Tharn have any connection to the lieutenant's murder? I don't believe it.

From a whole text with a lot of "clothes to cut through" you have focused on the least important part of said text. They already graduated. That's what they studied for. But I doubt their free time will be taken to investigate the crime case in question. Seven months after the crime the case should be closed. Of course, they could reopen it if they found elements for it. I highly doubt that they have at their disposal the necessary resources of a Police Force to continue the investigation, to be able to access police files jealously hidden by the corrupt authorities who closed the case for the benefit of the murderers and themselves. I highly doubt they can confront and circumvent a corrupt system. I wish them success if they continue with their research, but I don't think that is the goal of the series, if we take into account what was said in the official synopsis. But we have Tharn, for example, declaring his interest in investigating the murder of his parents. And this would take him away from the purpose of investigating Lieutenant Tan's crime.