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BL in Taiwan & Gay Marriage 

The Taiwanese BL industry casually flexing Taiwan’s marriage equality muscles. 

Taiwan is the only country in Asia where same sex marriage is legal. 

Taiwanese BL would like you to know about it. And so would I, frankly. So here’s a chronicling of them flexing these well deserved (and hard earned) muscles. 

History 2: Right or Wrong (2017) flexed first. At the time the courts had just put into effect that same sex marriages would be legal in two years, so the main characters plan to marry in two years. Then there is a flash forward scene of the two of them wearing wedding rings. This is the first example of two gay characters being legally married in an Asian BL drama. 

Predictive flexing. 

HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count (2019) the bridge proposal.

Craving You (2020) is half about a gay wedding and that wedding is depicted in the last episode. 

We Best Love (2021) Flexes in season one and two, including an engagement. 

History 4: Close to You (2021) has two couples flex in sequence and depicted the couple who got engaged in HIStory 3 getting married. 

Papa & Daddy (2021) is much less BL and tunnels into being gay in Taiwan (rose tinted spectacles, of course). It showcases Pride* but also how the power of legalization and positive coverage by the mainstream media can broaden minds and guide culture from tolerance to acceptance. Legalization isn’t just so people have the same basic human rights and social protections, it’s so that non-queers realize that marriage equality is humane, decent, and good. 

Be Loved In House: I Do (2021) a pretty near pitch perfect ultra soft BL that had the side dishes get engaged and it was so cute. 

Love Is Science? (2021) ground breaking het romance where the main couple ends up sort of engaged but it’s the BL side couple who get the ultra romantic proposal in the end. Brilliant! Mark & OuWen will live on forever as my favorite disaster bi + confident gay pairing. 

Plus and Minus (2022) from the same people who brought us BLIHID another soft sweet romance, this time divorce lawyer friends-to-lovers who end up getting married in the final episode. Also shows the wedding night (special ep 13) and a gay couple suing for divorce. 

Meanwhile, in Vietnam… 

Thailand 

And Japan

ALSO Korea 2022 gave us, I think, their first depiction of gay marriage in any Kdrama at all in Cherry Blossoms After Winter. 

*** Quick note about Papa & Daddy’s Taipei Pride footage because I think it’s super important: 

Taipei 2020 - March for the World

in 2020 Taiwan’s Pride in Taipei was called March for the World. Why? Because initially Taiwan managed to control C19 better than any other country, they were the only place able to hold pride safely, so they did it for all of us. 

I don’t feel like they got enough recognition for this. 

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ROBIN FURUYA as Takashi Iwanaga Love is Better the Second Time Around (2024) │ 01x01

#ay dios este hombreeeeee #no respiro por favor #me encanta dios me arranco el pelo

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ROBIN FURUYA as Takashi Iwanaga Love is Better the Second Time Around (2024) │01x03

#este hombre me vuelve loca #dios lo hermoso que es por favor #no respiroooooo

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30 REASONS TO LOVE YOONGI

03.03  1993 - 03.03  2023 

(cr: in the soop:jung-koook, season’s greeting/ memories 2020:namuspromised, sowoozoo/yet to come in busan:0613data, mot’s one dvd: joonie)

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Are you alright? Sorry. Don't be sorry. If you like me, don't be sorry.

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Yuan likes boys. So, how can I push him away or judge him like other people? So you held him to sleep? He held me. Not the other way around. But you seemed to enjoy it.

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There's only one person in my life that I'll spend too much on.

Unknown Episode 6

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Isn't it tiring to love him?

Unknown Episode 6

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Unknown the series — I recommend watching this drama, it's so good; the acting, the chemistry, everything is so great.

#關於未知的我們 #大哥 #unknown the series #wei qian #chris chiu #kurt huang #taiwan bl #taiwanese bl #bl drama #myedits #aboutme #personal

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undisputed #1 jimin fan

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if i have to give an example of 'smiles that light up the room'

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cuteeee

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Patented move… 

Sarawat and the head touch. 

Meanwhile, Tine when anyone else does it… 

Noooooo…. 

#son hermosos #ojalá vuelvan a trabajar juntos

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Tine really just let Sarawat turn him around and write on his back, didn’t he?

#cada escena de ellos es re tierna #se nota la química hasta la otra cuadra

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. ୧ 2gether headers

@haepiant on twitter 

#the chemistry #no wonder they became best friends

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You seem to believe in love. Is love so grand? Of course. It is very grand to me. If you don’t believe in love, it’s your business. But for me, love matters the most.

#los visuals en esta serie por dios #realmente la voy a volver a repetir #esta versión me robó el corazón

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Why don’t we hang out before it’s too late?

#yo pensé que la versión japonesa era insuperable pero esta versión me dejó con la boca abierta y ganas de repetirla cien veces #la química por dios qué pareja #cada momento fue épico y hermoso #los amo ojalá vuelvan a trabajar juntos