Filipino fans have been living and dying by the ship for years now, so there’s no better time to lean all the way into Pride Month than with a Thai Boys’ Love (BL) and Girls’ Love (GL) series binge. But let’s not pretend the genre is uncomplicated: a good chunk of these shows are written, directed, and financially backed by straight people, the leads are often (though not always) straight men and women cast specifically because their real-life unavailability keeps the fantasy alive, and “queerbaiting” is a word that gets thrown around in these fandoms for a reason. 

Despite all that, none of it erases the genuine craft, the genuinely moving stories, or the genuinely queer talent that does exist in the industry. It just means the romance on your screen and the politics behind the camera aren’t always holding hands. So whether you’re watching with stars in your eyes or one eyebrow permanently raised, here are 8 mostly recent BL and GL series to add to your Pride Month watchlist.

8. ClaireBell (2025, GL)

The fascination with GL took off a bit later than BL, and this was the year that the viewership for the former exploded and pretty much broke into prime-time TV.

Starring Mable Siriwalee and Pangjie Paphavarin, this one stands out from other GL romances by surprising audiences with intense, darker themes. We’re talking about GL in a prison setting here. It’s raw, it’s brutal, and it goes against what you typically assume about the genre, but that’s why it’s absolutely worth a watch.

7. Shine (2025, BL)

Set in late 1960s Thailand, this pushes BL into prestigious historical drama territory, following Trin, a reform-minded economist, and Tanwa, a free-spirited hippie, as their romance unfolds amid political unrest and social repression.

Starring Apo Nattawin and Mile Phakphum, it intertwines personal desire with ideological conflict, exploring censorship and conformity. With a bid for going beyond just the kilig factor, Shine really wants to have the BL genre taken seriously as a powerhouse for art and expression, to the point that the lead actors want to relabel the series as a “Man’s Love” instead of, well, Boys’ Love.

6. Love in the Moonlight (2025, BL)

Set in 1963, the story follows Prince Saenkaew, sent from a fictional kingdom to Bangkok to marry Pinanong, a union meant to secure his family’s assets, while Pinanong’s cousin Sasin grows suspicious of the arrangement… and then also grows unexpectedly close to the prince himself.

As one of the more recent series that focuses on period pieces instead of contemporary settings, Love in the Moonlight definitely stands out as a great example of how the genre has evolved over the years.

5. Pluto (2024, GL)

Twin sisters Ai-oon and Ob-oom have never been close, but on Ob-oom’s wedding night, she asks Ai-oon to break things off with May, the lover she’s secretly been seeing behind her new husband’s back… and then Ob-oom is in a car accident that kills her husband and leaves her in a coma. Identity theft hijinks then ensue. Oof. Heavy stuff.

Even then, Pluto absolutely stands out not just because it continues to deepen the GL genre, but it’s also a tour de force in acting for our lead, who of course plays both twins, and does so amazingly.

4. My Golden Blood (2025, BL)

Mark, a centuries-old vampire, falls for Tong, a college freshman who unknowingly carries golden blood:  a rare blood type that makes him both precious and a target for vampires who covet it for the power it grants. Yes. It’s Twilight but gay (and some people might have a bone to pick with that label, but we digress). At a brisk 12 episodes, it’s absolutely something you can just devour in a single day.

3. Bad Buddy (2021, BL)

What do you get when you have a BL series that is confident enough to not actually try sugarcoating its themes to cater to the straights? Well, you get Bad Buddy. Pran and Pat are two university students from feuding families who evolve from childhood rivals into secret friends and romantic partners. Think Romeo and Juliet with two Romeos and a lot less tragic death.

What makes this series stand out isn’t that it’s trying to be gritty and realistic or an attempt at mature themes. It’s the fact that it is so refreshingly, unapologetically gay, and doesn’t try to kowtow to heteronormativity by labeling one as the husband, the other as the wife. It’s confident, it’s willing to throw out a good deal of the problematic tropes in the genre, and it’s all the more memorable for it.

2. Theory of Love (2019, BL)

If you’re looking for an, ahem, seminal moment in Thai BL, this is probably the best place to look. Often called BL’s ultimate heartbreak series, it leans hard into longing, jealousy, emotional masochism, and, of course, unrequited love.

Where Bad Buddy showed that campus BL romance can be breezy and confident, Theory of Love decided being pa-tweetums is not its lane, and arguably blazed the trail for just how diverse these series can be nowadays.

1. Enemies with Benefits (2026, GL)

Starring Ployshompoo Supasap and JingJing Yu, this series follows Lal, Head of Sales, who’s constantly trying to outdo Wine, Head of Accounting. One spontaneous night turns into a secret friends-with-benefits arrangement, and the two pretend to still hate each other at work so no one finds out… until the feelings stop staying fake.

Not only is this relatable to us corporate people, what makes this series really interesting is that it exists in a shared universe with other shows like Whale Store xoxo (2025) and the upcoming Bake Love Feeling. It’s the MCU, but a whole lot more Sapphic. No complaints here, and Happy Pride, everyone!

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