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Progress and setbacks
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/12/2020
» This year has seen a lot of development regarding LGBTI communities in Thailand, around the world, and even on-screen, and although Covid-19 has led to more stigma and discrimination, there were still victories in some places
Equality falls short
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/07/2020
» Push to legalise same-sex civil partnerships a step in the right direction but work still remains to ensure LGBTI have the same rights as everyone else
A kiss is still a kiss
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/12/2019
» What's a better way to send off 2019 than a big smooch? The gay kiss at parliament last week shook the entire country. Outcries about the inappropriateness of such a public display of affection at a "sacred" place were loud. The symbolic expression was met with polarising responses, even from LGBTI people themselves. Even liberal politicians who called for equal rights apologised for it. Honestly, saying sorry for a kiss seems ironic under a roof where far worse things have taken place. Unfortunately, the public reaction has been mostly negative. The message was inadvertently lost, and many people forgot why the couple kissed in the first place: to advocate for marriage equality.
Laugh big and loud
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/12/2019
» Not many comedies can make you laugh until it hurts, but Tootsies And The Fake pulls it off with ease.
Ranging wide across human experience
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/12/2019
» What does a filmmaker wants from his audience? For Kittiphak Thong-uam, who directs the new comedy Tootsies And The Fake, it's laughter.
The neverending quest for identity
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/11/2019
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The sacred and the mundane
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 17/07/2019
» When people want to learn of certain cultures, they mostly look to something big like opera, literature, arts and even cultural heritage specific to that country.
Hear the howl
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/08/2018
» The wolf is back in town once again for a 24-hour shopping pilgrimage for all bookworms.
The scourge of fake news
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/07/2018
» Last week before the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in Tham Luang cave had been located, dubious online news sources proclaimed they had been found, prompting cheers on Facebook -- only to be dismissed minutes later. The next day, the cycle repeated. Later in the week, there was even "news" of a body being found, believed to be one of the boys. It spread and was later snuffed, since it simply wasn't true.
Teenage screams all through the night
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/06/2017
» Last Friday, "Britney Spears Live In Bangkok" became the fanciest party in town when diehard fans came dressed to the nines in iconic Britney looks. School uniforms with mini skirts. Bright red jumpsuits. Electric blue stewardess attire. There were some who went rogue with Thai traditional costumes and life-size cardboard cut-outs from Crossroads. Plushy pythons also made a popular prop to emulate that time when Spears draped a python on her body for the I'm A Slave 4 U performance in 2001.