• LIFE

  The best LGBT films of 2013

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 20/12/2013

  » 2013 has proved historic for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world. Many countries _ France, Uruguay, New Zealand _ legalised same-sex marriage. In the United States, the Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, opening the door for many states to legalise same-sex marriage.

• LIFE

  Walking the thin line

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 28/11/2013

  » When discussing LGBT, the letter that sometimes gets the least airtime is L, which represents "lesbian". While coverage of gay and transgender people seems to have increased, lesbians remain a minority within the minority. As a reporter interested in the issue, I always want to write more about the lesbian community in Thailand and elsewhere.

• LIFE

  Hormones running rampant

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 12/07/2013

  » On the floor between rows of desks in an empty classroom, we see two pairs of feet, seemingly entwined. We don't see bodies or faces, but the uniform shoes tell us they are a teenaged boy and girl. We hear the girl's voice: "You got it?" A pause. "Give it to me, I'll put it on for you."

• LIFE

  Climactic finish

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 11/12/2012

  » The internet was abuzz earlier this year with what turned out to be a rumour that Bangkok might welcome Latina songstress Jennifer Lopez, or J Lo, who has been touring the world since the release of her first greatest hits album Dance Again... The Hits. As it turned out, however, the closest fans here have ever got to party with J Lo and her troupe of muscled dancers was in Singapore recently _ a good two-hour flight from Bangkok.

• LIFE

  Trashing the party

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 29/11/2012

  » If you are among those who inhabit the Bangkok night, you may have heard of or even joined a party by Trasher, Bangkok, a group which celebrates 90s pop music, from Top-40 hits to guilty pleasures.

• OPINION

  Last in translation

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 15/11/2012

  » Everywhere we go, the sound of the global South Korean hit Gangnam Style seems to creepily follow us.

• LIFE

  Smooth opera tor

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 08/11/2012

  » If award-winning songwriter/producer David Walter Foster were ever to consider a change of career, he could definitely make a go of organising singing contests, judging from the professionalism of his most recent appearance in our capital for a concert originally scheduled for late last year but which had to be cancelled because of the severe floods.

• OPINION

  Tiring of the attire debate

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 22/08/2012

  » Aug 30 is going to be a big day for Baramee "Denjan" Phanich, and for the transgender community in Thailand. Denjan, 23, is among five transsexual students who have been granted permission to wear female attire during the graduation ceremony at Thammasat University.

• LIFE

  Life cycles of love

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 27/07/2012

  » GTH believes in lucky numbers, and for the film studio, the lucky number is seven. To celebrate its seventh anniversary, GTH has commissioned three directors to make a love story each and has put them together under one title.

• LIFE

  Fans say Yes

  Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 26/07/2012

  » When the actors and director of the Thai film Yes Or No visited the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, they were amazed that 800-plus Chinese fans were waiting to greet them at the airport. What was even more surprising was how the small-budget, lesbian-themed flick from a foreign country could attract such a following when the film was never screened in China.

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