тАШGay NateeтАЩ files complaint against new bar

[farang9]

From this weeks Chiang Mai Mail:-

Nopniwat Krailerg
Natee Teerarotchanapong, otherwise known as тАЬGay NateeтАЭ, Chiang MaiтАЩs well-known activist who has been fighting for the preservation of the cultural heritage in Chiang Mai and the northern region, handed in a complaint letter on October 20 to Chumporn Saengmanee, Chiang MaiтАЩs Deputy Governor, with regard to a new gay bar that has opened for business in the area of Jang Hua Rin, Chiang MaiтАЩs old city gate.

The letter stated that the new gay bar тАЬPower BoyтАЭ was inappropriately advertising using a large billboard with a pornographic image of a half-naked man, which was detracting from the Lanna cultural environment of Chiang Mai.
Natee, who is the secretary of the Chiang Mai Araya Group and the coordinator of the Chiang Mai Conservation Network, said that his organizations had requested that Chiang MaiтАЩs Governor arrange for the billboard to be removed within 24 hours. The representatives from the group and the network also wanted to discuss with the owner of the club to arrange a change of the clubтАЩs name to something more suited to the province.
Chumporn Saengmanee said that he had forwarded the case to the organization in charge, which is the Chiang Mai Municipality, to make a decision regarding the appropriateness of the advertising board and contacted the Chiang Mai Muang District Chief Officer for cooperation in examining the case.
He added that it was impossible to follow the request to immediately remove the board due to rules and regulations. Additionally, he said that тАЬgay barsтАЭ, which officially register as entertainment venues in a similar way as other types of entertainment businesses, have to operate according to both the law and morality.
In a subsequent interview with reporters, Natee said that the owner of the тАЬPower BoyтАЭ bar had already taken away the allegedly pornographic advertising board, however he said he would still petition for a change to the clubтАЩs name, and added that he had bought a half-priced megaphone with the intention of using it for protest purposes outside of said bar.

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[Brad the Impala]

Given Natee's previous opposition to a Gay Pride march in Chiang Mai because it tarnished Lanna culture, I suppose that it was almost inevitable that he and this in your face commercial group would find themselves in confrontation. I suspect that this will run and run.

Natee did a lot of good work in the '80s, and was at the forefront of bringing Aids education to gay sex workers, but he disappeared for a while, and has come back with some strange perspectives for a "gay activist".

Natee ..... has come back with some strange perspectives for a "gay activist".

I think they are called "ethics" by some people, Brad!

[Brad the Impala]

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Natee ..... has come back with some strange perspectives for a "gay activist".

I think they are called "ethics" by some people, Brad![/quote:1637mcng]

His ethics may or may not be the most significant influence on his perspectives. His political ambitions or his personal animosities may be more important than his ethics, or not. I don't know and neither do you.

There is something to be said for taste and discretion.

A giant billboard of a half-naked guy advertising a male brothel in the center of historic Chiang Mai is something we can probably do without.

[kittyboy]

There is something to be said for taste and discretion.

A giant billboard of a half-naked guy advertising a male brothel in the center of historic Chiang Mai is something we can probably do without.

BB sorry I have to disagree! How would I be able to find the male brothel on my trip to Chiang Mai if they are not allowed to advertise...god some people are so selfish.

If Twatee Natee doesn't like it then it's likely to be a great place to visit.
I shall book my flight to Chiang Mai for a dirty weekend as soon as possible.

There is something to be said for taste and discretion.

Quite. I wonder if those whingeing about Gay Natee would be so keen to defend an equivalent out-of-place advertisement for a straight go-go bar?

[Brad the Impala]

[quote=Gone Fishing]

There is something to be said for taste and discretion.

Quite. I wonder if those whingeing about Gay Natee would be so keen to defend an equivalent out-of-place advertisement for a straight go-go bar?[/quote:3vx22wms]

No one is whingeing about Khun Natee's views on this topic, on this thread, so who did you have in mind? It sounds like that particular issue is in any case dead, if the owners have already removed the sign.

No one is whingeing about Khun Natee's views on this topic, on this thread, so who did you have in mind?

Who mentioned "whingeing about Khun Natee's views on this topic"?

Whinge, whinge, whinge.

Keep taking the horse tablets, Brad.