Contents:
- WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
- GEYLANG INTERNATNAL FC CHAIRMAN BEN TENG HANDS OVER RES TO THOMAS GAY
- THOMAS GAY
WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
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. To gay rights activists, the ntug ban on same-sex marriage is a signifint blow.
GEYLANG INTERNATNAL FC CHAIRMAN BEN TENG HANDS OVER RES TO THOMAS GAY
So while activists the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) muny weled the repeal of the gay sex law, many were disappoted too. And that disappotment will only have epened wh the suggtn by some of Lee’s misters that not only would the ernment rema opposed to gay marriage – may even create extra hurdl to prevent people om seekg to challenge the marriage laws urt. Law mister K Shanmugam said an terview wh state media that Parliament, rather than the urts, would hold the power to fe marriage – effectively makg harr for people to legally challenge the ernment’s polici as several gay men have attempted recent years.
As associate law profsor Eugene Tan of the Sgapore Management Universy put : “Sgapore removed a law long regard as beg discrimatory towards gay men.
In 2012, Gary Lim and Kenh Chee, a gay uple who had been together for 15 years, challenged the law agast gay sex at Sgapore’s High Court.
THOMAS GAY
“For , repealg (the gay sex law) was never about gay marriage, ” the uple said. “I hope that the nservativ n one day see gay people are not dangero or a threat to them or their children. SINGAPORE, 12 FEBRUARY 2020 – The Football Associatn of Sgapore (FAS) and the Sgapore Premier League (SPL) are pleased to announce the appotment of Mr Thomas Gay as GIFC’s new Chairman, succeedg Mr Ben Teng, who will rema at GIFC as s send Club Advisor alongsi Ms T Pei Lg, to help oversee the club’s strategic directn.
Gay served as the -founr and Deputy Chairman of Goodrich Global Private Limed, Asia’s leadg supplier of wallvergs, fabrics, rpets and floorg materials. Wh his keen bs acumen, Gay is no stranger to the nng and overall operatns of the Club.
FAS and SPL would like to thank Mr Ben Teng for his valuable ntributn to the SPL and Sgapore football durg his term and wish the new Chairman of GIFC, Mr Thomas Gay, succs his new appotment. Photograph: Mat Latif/The ProjectorIntermissn BarConnect wh the LGBTQ+ muny beyond the ual gay barsThe area between Tanjong Pagar and Outram Park is not exactly known as a “gaybourhood” per se, but there’s no nyg that everyone unr the rabow gravat towards Neil Road for popular gay bars such as Tantric Bar & May Wong’s Café, Out Bar, and the now-funct Taboo Club. From an pennt cema and bookstore to everyone’s favoure bnch spot, here are the bt LGBTQ+-iendly plac Sgapore – beyond the gay bars.