Novotel will apologise to transvestite ~ LB-69

I found this citat in another forum
Do any of you guys living in Bangkok know anything about it?
Have you heard about similar things before?

"Novotel will apologise to transvestite
After a week-long boycott campaign by gay networks, Novotel Siam Square will today formally apologise to Sutthirat Simsiriwong, a transvestite who was barred entry to a nightclub at the hotel two weeks ago.

A spokesman for the high-end hotel's public relations division said a press conference would take place today at the hotel. The general manager of the hotel and a representative of Accor Group, which represents hotel chains including Novotel, will be present.

Sutthirat said he was also invited to the press conference.

"Tomorrow everything will be concluded," he said in a telephone interview.

The apology by the hotel arrived in time for a deadline set by Sutthirat, who said last Thursday that if the hotel did not apologise to him within a week, he would bring the case to court as he had been discriminated against because of his sexual orientation.

Sutthirat, a local brand manager for a French cosmetics firm, was denied entry to the Concept CM2 nightclub at the hotel on June 22. The reason given by door staff was because he is a katoey. The Thai word refers to transvestites.

More than 100 organisations worldwide that advocate the rights of gays, lesbians and transvestites launched a campaign to boycott the hotel.

Bangkok Rainbow Organisation launched a boycott campaign called "Novotel No Homo-sexual" through its website.

In the travel section of UK Gay News - an online media centre for gays and lesbians - tags that read "gay friendly" had been removed from a list of Accor hotels and replaced with "This hotel is part of the Accor group and there is currently an international ban on the company following a problem in Bangkok."

A statement posted on the UK Gay News website said the tag "gay friendly" would not be reinstalled unless the problem in Bangkok is resolved.

Nikorn Arthit, president of Bangkok Rainbow Organisation, said the campaign would end once the hotel admitted its mistake."

CM2 is shithole full of working gals, who wanna go there anyways.. Smile

The funny thing I brought my first ladyboy GF there in 2002, but she looked like a GG, so security was fine+we came with many farang friends.

Probably wanted to go in there to conduct promotions or the like...stuff related to business anyway. Shitty top-40 clubs are a good place for that sorta thing.

an incident like that happen here in the Philippines also. to a local gay celebrity (comedian) he was inside a high end bar in manila when the general manager saw him and aksed him tom leave since the comedian is wearing girly clothes. the case make its way to the senate of the philippines and the general manager was sued. and now the senators will try to pass a law regarding gay discrimination especially on high end bars and restaurants.