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28 Feb 2007

news around the world 28-feb-07

A woman in Kuala Lumpur has gone to the press about a club's discriminatory policy of a club for not admitting ''tomboys.'' Gaydar co-founder Gary Frisch was found dead outside his London apartment. Captive female koalas in Australia have been found for the first time engaging in 'lesbian' sex.

A woman in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur has gone to the press saying that a club had refused her entry because of her tomboyish appearance, a euphemism commonly used to mean butch lesbian.

Top: cover page report on the Malay Mail web site about a woman who came forward with her story about a discriminatory policy of a club for not admitting ''tomboys''; bottom: Gaydar co-founder Gary Frisch was found dead outside his London apartment.
The English language Malay Mail described the woman's experience of being refused entry at Cynna, a trendy spot at the Asian Heritage Row in Jalan Yap Ah Sak.

Accompanied by four friends, the 30-year-old was barred from entering the club and was told by one of the door hosts that: "Tomboys can't enter. It's a directive from the management."

She questioned the discriminatory policy of the establishment saying: "I am a paying customer. It's a public place so I don't understand the discrimination."

When contacted by the Mail, The Loft KL Sdn Bhd, the company which operates the club and four other outlets, refused to comment on whether the club had denied entry to tomboys, gays and transvestites, without a written complaint.

The Mail however quoted the club's manager on duty, Zul Arshad, as saying that the club reserves the right to deny entry to certain groups like tomboys, gays and transvestites for "our own reasons."

"The club has the right to bar them from entering because this involves our image. In my opinion, we can't have these people because other patrons would feel intimidated by their behaviour. We are not discriminating against them but this is how we take care of our image. It's not good for the club. But gay people are allowed to work here," he said.


Gaydar co-founder dies in London
Gary Frisch, the co-founder of IT consultancy firm QSoft which owns the phenomenally successful gay dating website Gaydar, was found in the street on Saturday afternoon outside his London apartment on Feb 10.

Police have ruled out foul play and is investigating whether the 38-year-old Johannesburg-born businessman fell or jumped from his eighth floor balcony. Suicide has not been ruled out as a possibility.

Frisch and Henry Badenhorst, his partner at the time, moved from South Africa to London in 1997 and founded Gaydar two years later. They remained business partners after ending their personal relationship last year, with Frisch serving as chairman and Badenhorst managing director of QSoft Consulting.

QSoft released the following statement about Frisch's unexpected death: "Gary was a highly regarded leader and colleague who cared first and foremost about the gay and lesbian community that we serve. He was an accomplished entrepreneur and a very generous man who also cared deeply about the people who worked for and with him. Gary's legacy as a cofounder of the Gaydar phenomenon is immense, and it is one that we shall both celebrate and continue into the future. Gary will never be forgotten and is deeply missed by us all."

Last year the UK Independent on Sunday newspaper named Frisch and Henry Badenhorst - his business partner and former romantic partner - in its annual Pink List of the top 101 most influential gay men and women in the UK.

QSoft Consulting owns the Gaydar web sites, gaydargirls.com, gaydarradio.com, gaydartravel.com and rainbownetwork.com.


Rupert Everett and Boy George at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
British actor Rupert Everett has been announced as the Chief of Parade for this year's Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to held on Saturday. He will lead a parade of 120 floats as it makes its way from Hyde Park in the city through Darlinghurst with an expected 300,000 spectators.

The honorary title is given each year to a high-profile member of the gay community. Everett, who came out in the late 1980s, is known for his roles in My Best Friend's Wedding, Shakespeare in Love, The Next Best Thing and The Importance of Being Earnest. He's now promoting his recently released a kiss-and-tell book Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins.

Follow British entertainer Boy George will perform at the traditional all-night party that follows the parade.

The festival almost ended when organiser Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Ltd went into receivership in 2002, but it was rescued by donations from organisations across the community.

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade - now in its 29th year - will be broadcast live over the Internet but will cost $US7.50 to access at mardigras.viostream.com.


Female koalas observed to have lesbian sex in captivity
Researchers at University of Queensland, Australia have reported that they found female koalas indulging in 'lesbian sex sessions' immediately after rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five at a time.

Although the marsupials appear to develop the tendency for same-sex liaisons when they are in captivity, researchers say they would remain heterosexual in the wild. Based on their study of 130 koalas in captivity, the researchers counted three homosexual interactions for every heterosexual one.

"On several occasions more than one pair of females shared the same pole, and multiple females mounted each other simultaneously. At least one multiple encounter involved five female koalas. One theory put forward by the researchers is that the females do it to attract males; another is that it is simply hormonal, or that it is a stress reliever.

"Our aim was to determine the extent of differences in the homosexual and heterosexual behaviour of female koalas and thereby to determine the purpose of female homosexual behaviour in the koala," say the researchers.

"Wild koalas brought into captivity clearly display homosexual behaviour on a regular basis. A total of 15 heterosexual and 43 homosexual interactions were recorded in separate animals. Homosexual behaviour was restricted to females only. Heterosexual encounters were typically twice as long as homosexual encounters," they add.

The results will be published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science.

讀者回應

1. 2007-03-01 12:47  
If Chyna is treating gays, tomboys and transvestites with discriminatory actions, perhaps we should take a stand and I'm sure that we have straight friends and associates to stand by us and ban Chyna as a nightspot to hit! Look they cannot carry on without patronage...!
2. 2007-03-01 13:59  
Chyna dun know who the fuck they r messing with their stupid policy.

I hereby to call on all my fellow sistas & brothers to boycott this stupid club and I am calling my straight friends now and blacklist them.

Image my arse! The only image they are having now is only BAD IMAGE!
3. 2007-03-01 14:51  
ohyea well... thats old news. 10 years ago i work in a club where the GM reckons he's Steve Rubell and starts the same no tomboys/trans rule. Those who fall in the exception were:
butches who owns modelling agencies because she can bring in the models.


I mean last night, Velvet's beefy podiumguards pulled a tomboy off the stage - but the poor guy was totally unaware he was manhandling a female patron. To me it was hilarious. The handsome beefcake apologized immediately, there were no ill feeling. It was just an honest mistake.


Chynna's reasoning is sad though. Besides, Chynna isn't such a hotspot. Why go there when there are plenty of choices elsewhere? Give La Queen a chance, go to Liquid, go to places where they let you in because they appreciate your money.

When it says management reserves the right to refuse entry, it certainly means well. And the manager on duty sadly do not know how to spin his reasons well. I bet he's gonna lose his job.

While Chynna can worry abt their so called image, other places are laughing all the way to the bank.

So let them be proud of their intolerance.
We can go party elsewhere.
4. 2007-03-01 15:02  
Ah the place is lame anyway.. full of poser and wannabees.. plenty of other clubs in heritage row!
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6. 2007-03-01 15:45  
cynna's one of the more happ places around atm.. n i dun think ppl will start boycotting the place just cos of this. in fact, many will be happy that there'll be no les hitting on their chicks n no queens tryin their luck with the str8 boys..

it's common for so-called "high image" clubs to want only pretty girls n loaded guys in there - happens in many places, seen many examples..

but anyway.. i'm all for screwin them up cos i'm anti-poseur clubs! i'm happy to go party in my tanks n cargos elsewhere..
7. 2007-03-01 17:38  
if they ban us from entering their venues, we can just ban them from entering ours!! make sure we check whether if they are gay or str8 before entering gay venues... and if they are found to be str8, then ban them from coming in... and by the way, what policy was Cynna talking about?? no homosexual patrons but homosexuals are allowed to work there... isn't that contradicting?? whats that honey?? WHATS THAT???
8. 2007-03-01 17:38  
this is what happens if asia keeps nourishing its stereotypes... nowhere in Europe would you get away with calling a tomboyish girl a les just because of her looks and barring people because of looks means you loose your licence pretty quick!

In a funny way, your stereotypes encourage this kind of intolerant behaviour... but somehow, i didnt expect anything else in KL...
9. 2007-03-02 00:10  
can't believe we're being treated like 2nd class citizens in our own country. we're banned because other people are uncomfortable with our presence??

right... and watching straight men & women WITH GOOD IMAGE (according to the clubs rules) getting pissed drunk and dancing on the table top is comfortable and portrays good image for the club???!

kudos for cynna for figuring that one out.
10. 2007-03-05 04:20  
I wont be spending my time or money in any venues owned by The Loft KL Sdn Bhd. If Zul Arshad said what he said, he needs to see people as people not as prejudiced labels.
11. 2007-03-11 18:45  
Very disappointed about this. This is downtown KL we're talking about here; not rural Kelantan..... if any place were to be more open and tolerant - this should be it.

BTW, would like to know the outcome. Sorry, I don't read the Malay Mail much.

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