As early as 2018, the stars of Thai BL shows such as “Kiss Me Again” and “Love By Chance” have visited the Philippines to attend fan meetings. These shows have amassed a following in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Taiwan, and the Philippines. In 2019 alone, more than 20 of these shows were produced in Thailand. Its popularity influenced filmmakers, writers, and TV networks to produce their own BL content.

Yaoi content from Japan became popular in Thailand (there called y or wai) during the early 2000s. The genre, also known as yaoi, originated in Japan in the late 1970s. “2gether: The Series” is a Boys’ Love show, a kind of fictional media that depicts homoerotic relationships between men. “2gether: The Series” is not new - not in Thailand, where these shows are part of mainstream television, and not in the Philippines.

A fashion publication has called it “unapologetically gay.” A news outfit has called it “a testament to how far we’ve come in terms of acceptance.” These reasons are not wrong, but they’re also not accurate. 'Ivan Bubentcov is my pseudonym, which appears thanks to the only online gay magazine in Russia, Kvir, which publishes my works.Manila (CNN Philippines Life) - The popularity of the “2gether: The Series” has prompted local media to explain and theorize why, all of a sudden, the Filipino audience is crazy over a show about two college students falling in love with each other after pretending to be in a relationship.Ī local blog has described the show as “new.” “We need to face our new reality,” it said. 'Of course, Tumblr, where I can publish my candid drawings, helps me a lot. Nevertheless last year I printed my first gay calendar with a circulation of 30 copies. There is still a lot of prejudices in Russia, so it's impossible to publish them officially. 'For years, nobody, except close friends, have seen my gay works. They are a little naive, simple, but very attractive. My heroes are ordinary Russian guys who can be found anywhere - in a bar, at a construction site, in a forest and, of course, in a Russian bathhouse. '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: That you can see Ivan Bubentcov's inspirations in his work - Tom of Finland, Ettienne, Sean - only enhances the experience.

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