GIGI GORGEOUS TOOK A TRIP TO DUBAI
AND WAS DETAINED AT THE AIRPORT FOR BEING TRANSGENDERED.
SHE IS
FAMOUS BECAUSE SHE IS GORGEOUS, LET'S BE REAL.
SHE POSTED
SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO TRAVEL TO
SOMEWHERE SO DOPE.
BUT I'M SURE SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT ANYMORE
CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THEY
HAVE VERY STRICT LAWS AGAINST THE LGBT COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS.
>> YEAH, GRACE.
>>SHE GOT DETAINED FOR FIVE HOURS THEN SHE WAS MET BY
SOMEONE SHE KNOWS THAT CAME.
SHE IS SAFE, SHE'S NOT IN PRISON OR
ANYTHING.
BUT THIS DOESN'T
SURPRISE ME.
PEOPLE GET SO LURED BY DUBAI.
DON'T GO TO DUBAI.
IF
YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CIVIL
LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS, DON'T GO TO DUBAI.
WHY SPEND
YOUR MONEY IN A COUNTRY THAT PUNISHES PEOPLE FOR STUFF LIKE
THIS.
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR POINT, TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY OF
WHICH I AM A PART OF YOU HAVE TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
COUNTRIES YOU ARE TRAVELING TO.
WE LIVE IN A REALLY SAFE,
WONDERFUL, WEST HOLLYWOOD BUBBLE, BUT THE REST OF THE
WORLD CAN BE A SCARY PLACE
BECAUSE OF HOW YOU IDENTIFY.
I FOLLOWED GIGI ON YOUTUBE.
I THINK
SHE IS SO SMART AND KIND AND I LOVE HER SPIRIT AND ENERGY.
SHE
IS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE TRANS-COMMUNITY.
IT BREAKS MY
HEART THAT THIS HAPPENED TO HER, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A LINE IN
THE SAND FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN'T TRAVEL TO DUBAI.
I DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
IMITATING A DUDE MYSELF.
>>NO YOU DON'T.
WORRY NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL YOUR CHEEKBONES ARE?
>>HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE ARABS, I GREW UP IN TURKEY, IT
IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
>>ARE YOU SAYING IT'S REALLY FUN FOR HETEROSEXUAL MALES LIKE
YOURSELF?
>>LET'S NOT ENRAGE ALL THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS FOR
SECOND.
ANYWAY, DUBAI IS ACTUALLY QUITE PROGRESSIVE TO
THE REST OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT THE REALLY ANTIQUATED, DRACONIAN LAWS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST SPECIFICALLY RELATING BACK TO SHARIA LAW.
HOWEVER I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF
MY FRIENDS THAT ARE FROM DUBAI ABOUT THIS STORY AND THEY WERE
GENUINELY SURPRISED AND ALSO
OUTRAGED BECAUSE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN
DUBAI, THIS IS NOT A LAW THAT THEY STRICTLY ENFORCE AND IT
DOES SEEM TO ME, TO GIVE DUBAI THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, IT
SEEMED LIKE THIS COULD OF BEEN ONE BAD APPLE WHO JUST THOUGHT
THIS IS A VERY PRETTY WOMAN AND THEN WAS LIKE OH MY GOD THIS IS
NOT A WOMAN, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THEN WANTED TO ENFORCE HIS
PERSONAL INSECURITIES ON THIS PERSON BY USING THIS WEIRD PART
OF THE LAW.
THERE ARE TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE IN DUBAI.
THERE IS DANNY DANIELS WHO WAS A
FAMOUS TRANSGENDER PERSON.
THE FACT THAT HE ALREADY ASKED THIS
QUESTION MEANS THAT THEY DO SOMETIMES ENFORCE IT, BUT HE
ASKED WHO THE POLICE GAVE HIM
ANY TROUBLE AND HE SAID NO.
IS A PICK AND CHOOSE THE SITUATION.
THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS IS STILL
INAPPROPRIATE AND IS RIDICULOUS.
>> IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE.
>>IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I DON'T CONDONE IT IN THE LEAST BIT.
>>THE FACT THAT IT IS INCONSISTENT DOESN'T CONVINCE ME
THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR A MEMBER OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY TO
GO THERE ON VACATION AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THAT COUNTRY.
BY
THE WAY WHEN I SAY DON'T TRAVEL TO DUBAI I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE
ONUS IS ON GIGI GORGEOUS.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THESE ARE
THE LAWS THEY HAVE.
WHETHER THEY ARE CONSISTENT IN ENFORCING THEM
IS ANOTHER STORY.
IF THESE ARE THE LAWS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT YOU COULD BE VICTIMIZED IN THAT COUNTRY.
I THINK GRACE MADE
THE BEST POINT, KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE AND DECIDE FOR
YOURSELF.
BUT BASED ON WHAT I KNOW, I WOULD NOT TRAVEL THERE.
>>RIGHT, MAYBE THIS WAS A BAD SEED, THIS WAS A GUY THAT REALLY
HAD A BONE TO PICK AND HATED TRANS-PEOPLE.
STILL, THE LAW WAS
ON HIS SIDE, NOT ON HERS.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME ñ THAT IS WHY
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
DUBAI HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT WELCOMING LGBT PEOPLE, EVEN IF
THEY ARE CELEBRITIES THAT HAVE
THIS MAJOR PLATFORM.
I SAID THIS ON POP TRIGGER, IF THIS HAPPENED
TO ANYONE I'M GLAD IT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE WITH A BIG PLATFORM
BECAUSE SHE CAN CALL ATTENTION
TO THIS ISSUE.
SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED IN 2014, BUT WE ARE
HEARING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
GIGI, WE ARE DISCUSSING WHY THIS IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE SHE IS
SUCH A MAJOR FIGURE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT SHE DOES NEXT WITH HER
PLATFORM.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE ANTIQUATED FUCKED UP LAWS.