Thai ice cream company apologizes for homophobic slur

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Source: AsianCorrispondent.com



A Thai ice cream company has apologized after its attempts to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage on its Facebook page at the weekend backfired badly.

Wall’s Thailand’s post sparked online uproar among Thais over the weekend after it used a derogatory reference towards gay men, with some commentators calling it “low” and “discriminatory.”

The illustration, which was quickly removed, showed black bean-flavored ice cream with the caption #LOVEWINS.

“Black beans” (tua dam in Thai) is a demeaning slang term for anal sex that is seen as derogatory towards gay men. The term originated from a famous pedophilia case from the 1930s.

Read more: http://asiancorrespondent.com/133883/thai-ice-cream-company-apologizes-for-homophobic-slur/

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1. Oops

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2. slur in what country? Searching for black beans slur only pulls up this story

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3. Slur in Thailand

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