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(statuesque @ Feb. 21 2008,22:54) And whats the prize?
as usual, a free lifetime pass to the Ladyboy Forums!
anyone who is in BKK right now, try this test;
write "synonym", "synonymous" and "statuesque" on a piece of paper {or, preferably, a 1000 baht note!} and head in to Nana Plaza. 100 girls work there, minimum; ask them all if they can define those words and they get the 1K baht! I will put up the 1K, no probs.... and I know I will get it back in perfect condition as well; zero out of 100 will know what those words mean.
Not tooling on the Thai TV's, hell they speak better english than I will ever speak Thai in a million years..... it's just that reading posts from girls like Statuesque and Salma and the others from the PI who have posted here over the years proves what I've been saying up here for 4 years now; they are better and easier to hang out with, unless you LIKE one-word answers and "up to you's" for 4 or 5 hours.
Guilt is Gods way of telling you you're having too much fun.
-Dennis Miller
(statuesque @ Feb. 21 2008,21:59) I have seen this one too. Its another great film as well, I agree.
The limited understanding of the major Filipino culture of the LGBT community (probably from the shockingly low literacy rate) is manifested in this heartwarming film. Most, and I do mean like maybe 99%, believe that gay guys (both the effeminate and macho types) are not very much different from the TGs and, well, femboys too, as this forum would label them. It can both be funny at times and frustrating as well. Its obvious that the normal human pattern to react to something they dont understand is just to box them as with the rest and steer clear from it. The spoils of being Third World, haha! OK, Im rambling aimlessly
S
No, Miss S, you aren't rambling: what you say is very interesting. However, from my limited (and distant) understanding, it seems that a lot of Filipina TS girls also see themselves as no different from gay men. It always seems strange to me that so many Filipina TS girls, clearly very feminine, describe themselves as gay or homosexual on profiles, ads etc.
Interestingly, the plot outline for The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros reads "A 12-year-old gay who comes from a criminal family falls in love with a handsome policeman", whereas the movie is clearly about a ladyboy.
I once asked a TS girl from Manila about this and she said that she called herself homosexual because she was still pre-op. This despite the fact that she looked, lived and behaved with complete femininity. And she seemed genuinely shocked that I said I could never see her as anything other than a special woman.
Is her attitude typical? Or am I just chatting to the wrong people?
Its sad to say but most of these TGs as well dont know any better about the TG community. Its true, most of them, and I still mean about 99%, are under the false impression that as long as one is pre-op then shes gay/homosexual or "bakla/bading" as the local term goes. They would probably scoff away at the term transgender to define who they are regardless of whatever stage of transition theyre in. Theyd think its too fancy a term
And thats what STRAP is all about - empowerment of TG awareness within and outside the TG community. To let these girls know that being a transsexual knows nothing about categorization of hormones, surgeries or fulltime feminine clothing. Now I think Im getting too preachy, hahaha! Enough!
S
Anything spent less than mad love is a waste of time
(buttafly @ Feb. 22 2008,00:20) agreed, you should see it in person!!
Hahaha! Thanks buttafly but I prefer to remember her the way I had seen her from the movie - clothed and holding a fancy mobile with one hand Im sure shes nice in person
S
Anything spent less than mad love is a waste of time
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