Its a low budget show about three perpetually broke twenty-somethings sharing an apartment in southern Ho Chi Minh City. So, of course its become an internet sensation, especially since it has a very centers around characters who are mostly lesbian, gay, biual or transgender. Making matters more fun, the show is coming to popularity at a time when Vietnam is considering legalizing same- marriage.

Khoa, though, has no intentions of bringing the show to television due to its sensitive issues.

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The show has tackled the issue of same-se marriage. In one episode, a lesbian couple try to get married with people opposing it including a restaurant manager who demands the wedding party leave while saying The couple is female! This wedding goes against Vietnamese traditions and customs. They are violating the law. In the episode, it turns out that the manager was ordered to shut down the wedding party by the authorities.

Vietnam is still a communist nation, and until recently, homouality was seen as a social evil. That has changed greatly since then and homouality is more supported and marriage equality is creeping up st.

The show entitled My Best Gay Friends has surprised its creator with how popular it is on YouTube where it has, apparently, racked up millions of views.

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Homouality is not illegal in Vietnam,new york escort gay friend but like much of Asia where there is a strong emphasis on marriage and tradition, marriage equality is almost unthinkable. This has not stopped the Ministry of Health from deciding to move towards marriage equality.

Khoa stated People of the same have the right to live love, find happiness (and) get married. Should Vietnam legalize same- marriage, it would be the second Asian or Pacific nation to do so. New Zealand legalized same- marriage just this year.

Huynh Nguyen Dang Khoa, the star of the series, has even stated that I thought it would only interest Vietnams gay community but were hearing that parents, grandparents, gay friend Vietnams My Best Gay Friends Is A Huge Internet Sensationwhole milies watch and love the shows and long for new episodes.

Khoa has also said We didnt have much money so everyone chipped in we had a little cash to cover equipment, and buying food for when we were shooting all day. He also stated that I wanted to show people that homouals have ordinary lives, full of emotion, friends, mily very normal lives.

Khoa based the show on his own life as he was coming out, and how he and his friends dealt with some weird, but amusing situations. In a sense, it is probably closer in origin to Steven Mofts Coupling than it is to something like Will and Grace.