Joke in bad taste lands actress in trouble with LGBTQI community

[onebir]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps in another country.

It became part of the Queen's English around the 60s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay#Shift_to_specifically_homosexual

[CharlieH]

Arent we all just "people" why is a gender label even necessary, it shouldnt even matter, in most instances.

[alexth]

so what? we make fun of men, we make fun of women, why not them? just go grow a pair...oh, forgot, they tend to cut them off...

[katana]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

When talking to the press about her roles in the TV series “Drag, I Love You” as a drag queen and as a woman who impersonates the drag queen, she said: “I play LGBTQI with purple hair and purple pee”, before adding “just kidding”.

 

4 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

unless it's a bad translation, i don't find it neither a joke nor inappropriate 

I think the purple pee bit comes from the on the spot drug test the Thai police do in clubs for methamphetamine use where they test your pee and a positive sample turns purple. So she was linking them to recreational drug use.

[mogandave]

3 minutes ago, katana said:

 

I think the purple pee bit comes from the on the spot drug test the Thai police do in clubs for methamphetamine use where they test your pee and a positive sample turns purple. So she was linking them to recreational drug use.

Is there a lot of  use drugs in the program? 

[katana]

Haven't watched the program. Here's a clip of her making the joke:

 

[David T Pike]

Oh PUHLLEEEZE!  I am surprised these LGBTQEXPIALIDOCIOUS Folks organs fall out due to rice paper thin skin! ????

[The Deerhunter]

19 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Exactly. Now... let's joke about her eyelashes, full lips, pale complexion and blond hair -- all of which are 100% natural and genuine, I am sure.

Oh really? I thought she looks so authentic. 555!!

[Inepto Cracy]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Is that "qwerty as in qwerty" or Q-W-E-R-T-Y a new acronym?

Nah nothing that exciting. It is just the key layout of the top row of your key board or keypad.

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

when we get to use the whole alphabet

 

Sounds kinky.

[Reigntax]

19 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

If we continue this folly, LGBTQI will soon have morphed into into a tapeworm construct like LGBTQIXVUP or god knows what else...

 

Wasn't L (lesbian), G (gay), B (bisexual), and T (transsexual) quite all-inclusive enough for the PC twits that seem to have taken over the world? What the heck is I (intersex)????

I dont know but sounds worth trying !

Then maybe outersex also !

[Scott Tracy]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Many netizens also panned the Thai entertainment industry for choosing actors of the wrong gender to play LGBTQI roles instead of actual LGBTQI persons.

 

For goodness sake, get a life. Too many letters now.

 

Actors act roles. Get a straight actor playing straight roles first. Then complain... 

[Scott Tracy]

18 hours ago, Seismic said:

I thought it was a reference to the fact that the drug testing agent for urine turns purple with a positive test?

 

that would the hundreds of tons of cleaning agent you are referring to.

[CorpusChristie]

21 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Is the Thai equivalent of saying how if you 'bleed' something, you epitomize it? You say you pee it? 

 

 

 

  No, you pee purple after taking yaba , thats how they test , or the test turns purple

[mikosan]

16 hours ago, tgw said:

 

well, it was a line in bad taste, I don't think she put much forethought in that, honest "oops", nothing to make something big out of it.

 

choosing the wrong people to play transgenders though is a criticism I share. transgenders we generally see on TV are rarely very feminine looking, and none I saw so far can rival with the most beautiful transgenders seen in cabaret shows.

 

maybe there is a problem with "kiss" scenes and the subsequent gossip "look! actor X kissed a man". but actors can accept or reject scenarios, and I would expect at least a number of actors to be professional enough to not have a problem with it.

 

where it becomes puzzling, is that even in the Western TV world, we just don't see very feminine looking transgenders in these roles. I watched a bit the US series "Pose", and all transgenders shown are "obvious", none could be mistaken for a woman.

I agree. I also maintain the the best looking 'women' in Thailand are actually men, and if a 'woman' looks unbelievably stunning, then 'she's' likely to be a man.  So beware!   555

 

[John Drake]

17 hours ago, simon43 said:

I detest the misappropriation of the words 'gay' and 'queer'.  In my youth, you can use these words to describe happy and strange scenarios.  The true meaning of these words has been 'stolen'....

When you're with the Flintstones
Have a yabba dabba doo time
A dabba doo time
We'll have a gay old time

[KKr]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

LGBTQI covers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex.

this is unfair!
please change to: LGBTQI3

My inclination to fancy not screen size, but 3-dimensional real usual people of the female gender is being ignored !
I feel discriminated !!

[digger70]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

This comment drew criticism from people in the LGBTQI community, with many accusing her of making fun of the third gender.

There are Only Two Genders Male & Female so she can make as much fun as she want for the Other Lot.

[Rookiescot]

I always thought the I stood for into sex.

Will have to change my Tinder profile now. 

[talahtnut]

17 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Queer used to be offensive as they said they were not 'not normal'.

 

In my days, one did feel queer when you had finished 7 or 8 pints.

[RichardColeman]

On 12/8/2020 at 8:04 AM, webfact said:

This comment drew criticism from people in the LGBTQI community,

Hopefully they will add LGBTQI to the English dictionary soon, as these are the letters I usually get left with on the scrabble plinth !

[RJRS1301]

On 12/8/2020 at 7:04 PM, webfact said:

Many netizens also panned the Thai entertainment industry for choosing actors of the wrong gender to play LGBTQI roles instead of actual LGBTQI persons.

 

LGBTQ is NOT a gender, it is sexual orientation.

Intersex is not a gender either, nor is it a sexual orientation

[Neeranam]

34 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

LGBTQ is NOT a gender, it is sexual orientation.

Intersex is not a gender either, nor is it a sexual orientation

I remember seeing lots of intersex on the Indian interail.

[Raphus]

When you go to ANY Soi.. Always look at the Adams apple, and if you are not sure.... GRAB with the cup of your hand... If you have IKEA meatballs.. Well, that is a no no... If you have smooth flesh.. Then we are on for a good night....

[fangless]

2 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

I always thought the I stood for into sex.

Will have to change my Tinder profile now. 

OK but into what sex?

????‍♀️

[fangless]

45 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I remember seeing lots of intersex on the Indian interail.

Are you sure it's not an "interchange"?

You never know where the roads may lead!

[fangless]

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

When you're with the Flintstones
Have a yabba dabba doo time
A dabba doo time
We'll have a gay old time

Should we really be discussing "yabba" and "gay old time" on a Thai Forum?  It makes me come over all queer, just thinking (!) about it!

I think I need some "Ice" to cool down!

 

 

 

 

 

[gunderhill]

Those lgbtqiabcdefghpgtips people  need to get a  life!

[GreasyFingers]

19 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Queer used to be offensive as they said they were not 'not normal'.

 

Unless you were "on queer street" that meant that you were broke, as in no money.

[GreasyFingers]

6 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Arent we all just "people" why is a gender label even necessary, it shouldnt even matter, in most instances.

But they would miss out on the benefits that they expect for being anormal or different.