Japan’s First Same-Sex Reality Show Aimed To Send Message: ‘Hey, They’re Just Like Us’

Executives behind ‘The Boyfriend’ admit that Netflix show had an agenda

The Japanese television executives behind “The Boyfriend,” Netflix’s first-ever same-sex reality dating show, said the project aimed to “deepen the understanding” of the LGBTQ community in the socially conservative country.

Like many other reality dating shows, the series features nine single men living in a beach house looking for love. But unlike so many American shows with the same premise, “The Boyfriend” is completely devoid of sexual content. Even the kissing scenes are tame by comparison, per Variety.

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