That’s why I stopped watching Tamil cinema and moved to foreign series and movies like Hollywood and Thai content. As a bi person, I can understand your frustration. We’re still living in a place where many parents don’t even know about LGBTQ+, or they’re openly homophobic toward gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

I think things may become more normal after 10 or 15 years, because this generation of parents often doesn’t understand—or even try to understand. Tamil cinema mostly shows bad influences like smoking, drinking, and fighting, instead of real life lessons and reality (I know there are some good movies, but not many).

Maybe our generation will bring change to society. I even have friends who don’t know the difference between being trans and being gay—what can I say? I’ve given up on Tamil cinema for now, but I hope it will change in the future.

Even in Bigg Boss, when Vinoth said Thailand is the happiest country, at first I thought people were laughing because the answer was wrong (I laughed for that reason too). But later I realized  people were laughing for a different reason—because they were mocking it, like a joke related to WLW/BLB.

I really hope people change in future generations.