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Top of the class
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/12/2021
» Life gives out awards in recognition of the best worst and everything in between for all things LGBTI-related in 2021.
Alice Wu is back with ode to teen romance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/05/2020
» The first time I saw the movie's trailer, I thought to myself: "Yes." This is the kind of young, queer story I've been waiting for. Finally, we're getting a teen story with queer girls in the lead. Praise be to Alice Wu for making her cinematic return in The Half Of It.
Welcome (back) to the jungle
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/12/2018
» Telling a story that has been told several times before may require a fresh approach. And in Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle, yet another retelling of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, director Andy Serkis has decided for a more sombre tone to set his film apart from the rest.
Narcos heads a stellar list of new Netflix shows and films
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/11/2018
» It's 1980s. It's Mexico. And drug war is all the rage in Netflix's Narcos: Mexico, which continues the legacy of the Narcos saga with a new cast, story and country.
Life's no drag for Natalia Pliacam
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/05/2018
» Where do you fancy meeting a drag queen for the first time? At a performance, a show's backstage or in a bar, perhaps?
A place in society
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/08/2017
» Our monthly round-up of LGBTI news from Thailand and around the world.
Binary boost for the non-binary
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/07/2016
» Whenever we discuss the representation of the LGBT population in popular media, what comes to mind is often the names and faces we see on TV. We fail to look a little further to the nearby screen of our computer, especially into video games that people can spend countless hours on. The lack of diversity, while a shocker, is something to be expected. White male protagonists are leading the pack. And if women find it hard to see themselves being represented in the gaming world, the LGBT community has seen much worse.
Singing out for abuse victims
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/09/2015
» 'Til it happens to you, you won't know how I feel," says a line in Lady Gaga's latest single, Til It Happens To You, which the singer co-wrote with Oscar-winning songwriter Diane Warren. The song is part of The Hunting Ground, a documentary depicting sexual violence at college campuses.