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Cheers Queers! 2025's LGBTI news in review
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/12/2025
» The year began with a bang when the Marriage Equality Act came into effect, allowing same-sex couples to register their union for the first time in Southeast Asia. But there remains legal confusion and impediments to establishing diverse forms of families.
Spiralling delusions
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 24/10/2025
» The Perfect Neighbor, a new Netflix true crime documentary that premiered at Sundance earlier this year, examines a devastating incident that exposes the fractures of contemporary American life. It portrays a small community coming apart under the pressures of paranoia, racism and gun culture -- issues that remain deeply embedded across the country.
5-star guest on a 3-star cruise
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 17/10/2025
» An award-winning investigative journalist is brought in to cover a story aboard a luxury yacht as it sails from the UK to Norway. One night, she believes she has witnessed a murder -- but there's no record of the victim ever having been on the boat.
An intimate secret plays out in Jomtien
Life, William Niall Morris, Published on 11/10/2025
» At the end of a quiet Jomtien lane sits an unassuming villa that, once a month, becomes Thailand's most intimate concert hall. With a seating capacity of just 50, Ben's Theatre is the inspired creation of Ben Hansen, a Dutch photojournalist turned cultural host who now runs his music venue as a charitable venture.
The school of trauma
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 03/10/2025
» Remember that Netflix documentary last year called The Program: Cons, Cults, And Kidnapping? It exposed the horrors young people endure through parent-sanctioned abductions to so-called academies designed to "fix" wayward kids. That documentary left many of us shaken with its raw look into an industry that preys on fear and promises false solutions.
A new era for love
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/06/2025
» Thousands of marchers painted the heart of Bangkok in rainbow colours earlier this month. Despite their smile, Rungtiwa Tangkanopas and Panlawee Jongtangsatjatham, a lesbian couple, have given blood, sweat and tears in their fight for the right to family.
Cinema of resistance wins at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/05/2025
» In a year full of richly textured stories about female trauma and painful personal growth, the Cannes jury, led by Juliette Binoche, took the noble route and gave the Palme d'Or to the most political film in the 22-title competition.
Maternal nostalgia
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/05/2025
» With the recent success of the acclaimed comedy-drama series The Four Seasons and Tom Hardy's blood-soaked thriller Havoc, it seems Netflix is finding its rhythm again when it comes to delivering compelling, emotionally resonant content. The latest entry, the heartwarming food and family drama Nonnas, takes audience to comfort-viewing territory -- stories that are less concerned with spectacle and more focused on the relationships that shape us.
Black Pearl Restaurant Guide boosts Bangkok’s culinary prestige
Life, Published on 29/04/2025
» As global tourism rebounds, particularly with the resurgence of Chinese out-bound travel during the upcoming May Day holiday, the influence of trusted culinary authorities is proving more significant than ever. Leading the pack is the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, renowned for its cross-cultural insight and growing global footprint, underpinned by Meituan’s advanced data analytics and expert-led evaluations.
The last stand
Life, Atitaya Teepawat, Published on 25/03/2025
» Hearts were broken when the Property Management of Chulalongkorn University (PMCU) greenlit the decision to raze Scala Cinema, the last stand-alone cinema in Bangkok, in 2020 despite opposition from activists who attempted to save the cinema's irreplaceable art deco architecture.