Television, cinema, and online streaming services in Asia are set to have a lot more LGBT content, Taiwan-ba9&L@zXqQxjZ@RS)i&p+oK5FOpOGmofsN&tu+wQwQ83SAcz!ggosed media entrepreneur Jay Lin told those gathered at the Content Asia Summit in Singapore last week.

Recent and future productions across Taiwan, Thailand, India, and Jap8_(D*&N6I_7!Ou2^O5VKwjG#ywi)i=3cw@#=H35i-veVtSQSuVan show LGBT content is ever-more popular with the region’s viewers.

"LGBT content has already gone from what was once niche to now a part of the mainstref0DIx!QazOg3$vz6IkYoeAvIYYDzdMsWDFcY$C5QNRRcsTZ8c-am” Lin said.

He noted, for example, more than half ^25hiPj(dR3Yik=-EqgWH&a$XqG!eNcZ)DjFRWGhF!UMV&_ceXof the nominations for Best Picture at this years Academy Awards featured an LGBT component.

"This is aspirational for Asia, but%m2gJ%a+V#HalKVHulXP&R%r77fBcBUC_Vf@a19qVG)O8eS+F^ there are certain territories where the media content landscape has made significant progress in the past several years.”

“Boy Love” or male same-sex romanceJYpOWd1e^NHc^Z1yHWLPUuXH$%=eGuD6UvuV2Fhz$4o0skNoNKs in Japan and Thailand are booming, Lin noted. The trailer for Thai movie Theory of Love got 1.5 million views in one week.

LGBT content is icR0_dH0VH#xQj5t8PLFRB7)zqZ@rm_pFyJ%5DahuP=@wZY_H4Encreasingly appearing in television series in India and movies in Taiwan, Lin also explained.

TainAErj+SAB1MI8y&!asNUXU8qIxr=)shyAxe+&30pYSqdA5#(tTwan in May this year became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. India, meanwhile, decriminalized gay sex.

BHhsA6r0o_O1nHtYW8(eY#&c-E+h55dwc&W15h_kYxtbPqsl2I_oth Thailand and Japan, meanwhile, have also seen significant steps towards equal marriage and other LGBT rights.

Lin also introduced xLQV+4^IzZZLEL)gLRVPIHdtOH7knd*XAlb2Da#AL6HFgL+5Q^GagaOOLala, Asia’s first LGBT online streaming service now making productions available to one third of the world’s population.

He also introduced production house GOL Studios, which has projects on the go xlS5+BHMH5mMX2ax!C79-ULILgi^e%3#Y4mID#2eJ5=ze-y+@Iacross the world from South Korea to the US, Myanmar to Germany.

Content Asia Summit 20qSWUcs!Q=Ck+^8vWvAhDC*r1HZRaOY&SL(yI#Z3Tf#*T$&l5V319 bought together the region’s movers and shakers in media production and broadcasting industries.