As an Asian, the media in my region is no less in being opened to homosexual issue.

The movies with homosexual-theme we got here are mostly produced in Hong Kong and (especially) Taiwan. A lot of these movies portray very positive images about the gay and lesbian community.

Besides that, in these recent years, I have seen some revolution in the Hong Kong dramas whereby lesbian characters (and even couples) are often featured as acceptable within the society.

The media here also openly reported girl-to-girl kissing between celebrities, tried to out certain celebrities, etc but without harsh accusation. Issues regarding homosexuality has been discussed in forum or talk shows to understand the people in the community.

I'm not sure on what to say about the media in the west though, especially after reading about what perezhilton (for example) did in his blog.

hi thx 4 your comment. im asian too.in my country(indonesia),movies about homosexual people starting to pop out. the stories is very insteresting.but do u think is it really describe the real life of gays and lesbians?have u watch the l word (my all time favorite lesbian tv series)?the L word potrays that lesbians is glamorous people,but i dont think that way; homosexual people can't be in a commited relationship (i disagree);and they are a very sexual people, sex is more important than companionship (i disagree more).what about you?what do u think about that?thx!

Hi there Tinkerbell.

I'm partly agree with you that L Word does not really reflect the community in general. But from where i came from (Malaysia), I came to know a group of professionals whom I actually found somewhat like the characters in L Word; glamourous, beautiful, mostly femmes, etc. And they really love L Word because that is one of the show they can relate to. However, majority of them are in monogomous relationships.

Personally I enjoy watching Saving Face. It is one of the movie that I can relate to. There are also a couple of tv series from Taiwan which I think portrays the community very well. The lifestyle in Taiwan and SIngapore is very much similar to the plu (People Like Us, the term we used here) community in my country.

Btw, I watched Tentang Dia a couple of years ago. At first I thought it was lesbian-theme but coming to the ending, well it's not, isn't it?

hi hcfoo,

hmm....i don't mean to sound stupid,but i don't really understand SEA related topics in the international thread,u mean i should post a topic to a different forum in this site?SEA is it south east asian?hahaha....i do sound stupid =D.if i can get a lot of information about this topic,im planning to make my thesis about this.

i've read a novel about lesbian,it's indonesian novel titled 'perempuan semusim'.but i dont really like the ending, coz the main character dumped her girlfriend to be with a guy.she still loves her though.her girlfriend moved to holland n got married there with her new lover.oh and there's a 'detik terakhir' novel too.but i still prefer movies,coz we can actually see the real thing,haha.

I just saw this article posted online at the website of the UK newspaper the Guardian:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/07/where_are_tvs_gay_girls.html.

I think it will interest many a reader here!