The latest video from British YouTube vlogger Alexander Banks finds him quizzing a straight male friend and sports vlogger, Gabriel Anderson, with some gay-related questions.
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“What is a platinum gay?” asks Alexander.
Gabriel suggests it’s a gay man who dresses up in women’s clothing and wears wigs.
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Alexander, incredulous at the mix-up in terminology, points out Gabriel’s describing what is commonly known as a drag queen.
Gabriel also doesn’t fair great when asked what a “friend of Dorothy” is, or identifying iconic Drag Race moments.
Other questions include “What’s the difference between a bear and an otter?” and “What is douching?”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Gabriel demonstrates he hasn’t got much of a grip on most elements of gay culture.
The video is a follow-up to one that the two men did recently in which Gabriel asked Alexander sports-related questions. Alexander performed equally badly.
toddfashion
Very cute – BUT while there is only 1 Friend of Dorothy, there are actually two important Dorothy’s Dorthy Zbornac as well as Dorothy in the ruby slippers LOL
Inspector 57
And Dorothy Parker!
Joshooeerr
FFS. What year is this? No wonder the black dude’s only concept of “platinum gay” is someone who is queeny to the max when the gay dude is only interested in reinforcing notions of gay being all about things like drag race. Why should any straight guy know this stuff? Why should any gay guy know this stuff? I’m fully out, an active member of the gay community and very politically aware, but I care less than nothing for drag race. Has Queerty even done any research to determine just how many gays do actually care about this stuff? I’ll bet it nowhere near justifies the amount of coverage it gets on this site.
Zack1614
I quite agree with you (AND Jack Meoff) but, see my alternate response as well purely from a standpoint of accuracy. Additionally, weather gay or straight, a “douche” is also as the black guy described as in “Damn, Alexander Banks is such a DOUCHE”!
NateOcean
I switched this off after the first 10-seconds.
Jack Meoff
Well that just set gay culture back a few decades didn’t it.
Zack1614
MAJOR ISSUE: Despite any affection of the gay community for the movie “The Wizard of Oz”, the term “A friend of Dorothy” currently refers to the decades old affection of a large percentage of the gay male population for she that PORTRAYED Dorothy Gale, Judy Garland! Judy was a “Gay Icon” long before Bette Davis, Madonna, Cher, or Barbra!! It is actually believed that the very term “Friend of Dorothy” was coined as a reference to the American author and member of the “Algonquin Round Table”, Dorothy Parker (b.1893 – d.1967), who had a prolific gay following!!
My2CentsWorth
As I watched this the idea kept coming to me was that these two guys might have a relationship beyond just the video. Unless Alexander Banks have an issue with race I am sure that the idea must have come to his mind and it’s very possible that Gabriel Anderson also might have been tempted to cross the sexual orientation barrier many times if not with Alexander Banks.
I have never understood drag bit. To me drag and backdoor sex are anything but appealing activities.