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- OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999
- OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999
- SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999
Oogachaga is a muny-based, non-prof, profsnal anisatn workg wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng and queer (LGBTQ+) dividuals, upl and fai Sgapore sce 1999.
Every year, Sgapore's Pk Dot serv as a facto Pri event and rallyg ll to revoke Sgapore's archaic lonial era holdover, Sectn 377A, which crimaliz nsensual sex between men and, effect, officially mak homosexualy illegal. ) and ernment tourism efforts om officially promotg homosexualy any way, and rults censorship and even ncellatn of explicly queer film ftivals, parti, and other events. Of particular note are vio footage and ems om Josef Ng’s 1994 performance piece, “Brother Cane, ” which addrsed the 1993 arrt and ng of 12 homosexuals for sexual solicatn a gay cisg area.
Meanwhile, the almost monthly gay Aquaholic Pool Party SG se lols and visors flock to the rort island of Sentosa (home to Universal Studs Sgapore theme park) for wet and wild fun and DJ tun. Adorable Pk Dot stickers greet you at Fort Canng's The Fabulo Baker Boy, a bright, pro-LGBTQ bakery and fé where self-tght, openly gay pastry chef Juwanda crafts lic, morn k—many bearg nam that nod to gay culture and ins, like Ab Fab Red Velvet, Bette Midler, and Ms.
OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999
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SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
The mov e as other parts of Asia, cludg Taiwan, Thailand and India, are regnizg more rights for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny. “We will try and mata a balance…to uphold a stable society wh tradnal, heterosexual fay valu, but wh space for homosexuals to live their liv and ntribute to society, ” Home Affairs Mister K.
When Sgapore announced this week would end a lonial-era law that crimalized sex between men, looked like a big victory for gay rights advot the Southeast Asian untry. That’s bee as put an end to that law, the Sgapore ernment reerated s opposn to gay marriage. Soon after announcg that nsensual gay sex would no longer be illegal, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong said his annual Augt rally speech that his ernment would “uphold and safeguard the stutn of marriage” – fed the Constutn as a unn between man and woman.
At the same time, the cy-state is home to var evangelil mega church that preach agast homosexualy. Lee noted his speech that gay rights remas “a highly sensive and ntent” issue to nservativ the untry.
WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
To gay rights activists, the ntug ban on same-sex marriage is a signifint blow. So while activists the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) muny weled the repeal of the gay sex law, many were disappoted too.