Ok, so I put that last bit in to get all the Tila Tequila trolls to check this out.
After trying desperately not to see (and failing miserably) the whole debacle of so-called bisexual Tila Tequila’s show, A Shot At Love II, it’s kinda nice to see MTV’s sister network, Logo, which is one of the few cable networks specifically for the LGBT community, featuring real Asian American dykes on TV in their new reality series, Gimme Sugar. The main premise of the show is about a group of friends, who are all queer women, three of them being Asian American, who want to start up a new lesbian club in LA, after one of them gets caught trying to sneak into one with a fake ID. The first episode just premiered this week, and you can watch the episodes online if you can’t get Logo from your cable or satellite provider.
After watching the first episode, it just reminded me of all the dyke drama that I had to deal with when I was in grad school. (Little known fact: When I was in graduate school at UC Santa Barbara, I ended up being the gay Asian male “mother hen” to all these baby Asian dykes who were doing their undergrad there. I’m still friends with all of them–but now their drama is grown up dyke drama. Hoo boy.) Otherwise, it looks like it’ll be pretty fun, and you actually get to see different types of lesbians, like butch Davonee, unlike The L Word that showed all femme girls (and one FTM towards the end, but oh well). Too bad Gimme Sugar’s only for 6 episodes.
Now if only Logo did something with hot gay Asian guys in it! (Another note: I almost got featured on Logo for a reality series featuring queer Asian Americans, but I got rejected because I wasn’t dramatic enough. The husband was laughing at me for weeks after that.)
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Cat_D wrote:
I don’t think Davonee is all that butch. But I don’t think butches exist in LA, haha. She is more of a fag-dyke.
If you are in the Bay Area and want to see hot asian dykes on the big screen, go to to the Queer Women of Color Film Festival going on this weekend! http://www.qwocmap.org
Sorry, had to plug!
Posted on 10-Jun-08 at 10:33 pm | Permalink
Grace Chu wrote:
The cast of Gimme Sugar is further proof that The L Word exists in an alternate universe where Los Angeles doesn’t have any Asians.
Um, HELLO ILENE CHAIKEN?! Are you blind?
Now, I’m not griping just because there is a lack of Asian representation on The L Word. However, not to have any Asians on The L Word is just blatantly inaccurate. It’s like having a show based in Greenwich, CT and not having any white people.
Sorry, had to vent.
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 4:40 am | Permalink
Efren wrote:
Cat_D: Hehe, I remember when I was dragged to Girl Bar in WeHo, and there were only two things that kept me from banging my head against the wall there: watching the femme-on-femme bitchfights over their butches that happened every hour, on the hour; and realizing that the Asian butches there (at least the immigrant ones) were actually pretty hot to me. Then again, I was only 21/22 at the time, so I think anything that looked even remotely male to me was pretty hot. I was amazed though that the butches looked like the Asian frat boys I would see on campus and it took me a while to wrap my head around it.
Grace: I’m not sure what’s better, having no Asian representation like in the L Word, or having a fucked up portrayal of an Asian money boy in QAF. I suppose that some representation is better than none at all, but geez, can I at least see a queer Asian guy that actually speaks fluent American English? (Well aside of course, from Alec Mapa and that Asian guy in Entourage)
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 8:07 am | Permalink
Lan wrote:
Lol! I never realized MTV has a sister network. Sounds interesting
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 9:58 am | Permalink
Grace Chu wrote:
“I’m not sure what’s better, having no Asian representation like in the L Word, or having a fucked up portrayal of an Asian money boy in QAF.”
As if there would be an Asian money boy in Pittsburgh. Heh.
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 10:18 am | Permalink
Efren wrote:
True. I do have queer Asian friends in Pittsburgh, but none of them are money boys. Which is probably a good thing, given the economy.
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 10:43 am | Permalink
Cat_D wrote:
Efren: Asian butches/andro/bois are mos def hot and gots style, and they have to thank their gay boyfriends for it
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 10:54 am | Permalink
Efren wrote:
Cat_D: Definitely, if it weren’t for us fags giving the butches/bois style tips, they’d be taking their cues from the straight guys! *shudder*
Posted on 11-Jun-08 at 1:09 pm | Permalink
David Fishsauce wrote:
Oh Efi, you always make me smile.
Yay for hot Asian dykes! I wish I knew some.
Posted on 12-Jun-08 at 11:48 am | Permalink
Grace Chu wrote:
Speaking of Tila Tequila, she claims that same sex marriage is becoming more accepted because of her.
I kid you not.
http://www.usmagazine.com/tila-tequila-gays-can-get-married-because-of-me
This stuff make me want to punch myself in the teeth.
Posted on 12-Jun-08 at 3:26 pm | Permalink