'Now I am engaged in interior design and drawing. Vasnetsov, and then the Moscow Art and Industry Academy named after S.G. 'Since my childhood I was fond of drawing and have finished a children's art school, Abramtsevsky Art-Industrial College named after V.M.

I was born in 1972 in a small town near Moscow. Below, in Ivan's own words, a bit about him and his work: There is also a generational divide: many younger viewers, including female fans, watch boys' love in secret because of fear of backlash from their parents.That you can see Ivan Bubentcov's inspirations in his work - Tom of Finland, Ettienne, Sean - only enhances the experience. In late May the national broadcaster MCOT cancelled a highly anticipated boys' love drama Love By Chance in an act of self-censorship. Recently conservative elements in the Thai Government introduced new guidelines to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission that allowed them to monitor and control local boys' love content that contained 'sexually explicit or suggestive' scenes. The Thai state rarely puts hard sanctions on masculine homoerotism, but often the production of such content is undermined via more subtle means. 'Rather, they tolerate the presence of non-heterosexual people,' he says. While homosexuality is not illegal, he says that 'does not mean that Thai society accepts such sexual orientations'. Mr Bunyavejchewin describes the country as 'a land of contrast'. He says the steady stream of boys' love television shows and feature films are triggering fundamental changes in Thai society.ĭespite the success of the genre, the gay community in Thailand still faces many challenges. This seems to be unthinkable 10 years ago,' says Thai political scientist Poowin Bunyavejchewin. 'I think male-male romance or male-male homoerotic relations has now become a new normal in Thai pop culture. In recent years the genre known as 'boys' love' has spread fast across South-East Asia and is reaching cult status in some parts of the West, despite the anxieties of conservative parts of Thai society. Why are Thailand's same-sex romantic dramas gaining a global following? Shrouded in controversy, Love of Siam became an unexpected hit, bringing in over 40 million baht ($2 million) in its first month.Īt a time when it was a struggle to find a gay character on Thai television, the film's success sent an emphatic message to entertainment media companies: there was money to be made in same-sex romance. In 2007 a film about two young men who develop feelings for each other in high school caught Thai audiences off guard.

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