Drag Queen Revival - Singapore

Nov 1996
The government may have clamped down on transsexuals, but the gender benders are back with a vengeance.

We find Singapore's most outrageous drag queen, Kumar.With slender hips wrapped in sequin pants, he/she welcomes the audience to the night club Boom Boom Room. During the day, dressed in jeans, Kumar is more cautious, "I have to make sure I don't go overboard because I don't want to get deported". At lunch, we meet his two friends who have both had sex change operations. The sleek and shiny Yasmeen admits to spending one hour each morning putting on make up. At night Kumar is back on stage strutting his stuff to 'I will Survive'. Men and women in the audience are not so sure and look round to check for police. But in false lashes and scarlet lipstick, Kumar is defiant of censorship. Quirky feature on swinging Singaporeans who push back the boundaries...

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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• Malay
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[alyssatsvideos]

Go Tranny Power!

[DancinNaked]

Yasmeen is really hot.

[mrharpsi]

Those girls are soooo beautiful! <3

[alaindavidevrard]

well done Kumar, wake up the boring Chinese in Singapore, they are full of money but pathetic and silly boring. Only money will give men a heard on. and Chinese w=omen in Singapore get climax by looking at their saving account figure while having sex.. haha! (not a joke)

[yans86]

anti-social behaviour must never be tolerated!

[EricAwYuhLiang]

@tatataloo

If I have parents and both are men, I would have no choice but to live with it.

Anyways, they are my parents who took care of me but there's a possibility I would have thought differently in that case.

But after all, being part of modern society to me means accepting people for who they are and not criticising or discriminating against them. If a simple act of tolerating and understanding others can't be done, how can our society be a safe place for future generations?

[tatataloo]

@EricAwYuhLiang u call that open minded society!!!

modern society is not part of being a drag queen or wut ever u calll it,they came up with it.let me ask u somthin?

how'd u feel when u find out that ur parent r both men,,,,ha

ma friend,our father adam is wut,he was a man,and eve was a women,,thats how we came to this world ,,

its somthin Instinctual ...

and sorry bout wut i said earlier.

[EricAwYuhLiang]

@tatataloo

No I have no intentions on becoming a drag queen and you should open up your mind to modern society.

Everyone's different from you.

(I would like to apologise for saying you need mental help, my bad.)

[tatataloo]

@EricAwYuhLiang r u sure they r human.

well,i think u too want to be one of dem,but i guess ur ugly like shit,so shut da fuck up,and mind ur own business.

THERE IS ONLY ''MEN AND WOMEN''

THATS IT.

[EricAwYuhLiang]

@tatataloo

I think you need help mentally too if you think they're freaks when they're just as human as we are.

[tatataloo]

fuckin freaks fuck shit,,,,,,ugliest ppl r tranny.....sick fuckin ppl,,,,needs help mentally...

[louisesoon]

@on9hockeu agree