From an pennt cema to a bnch favoure, nnect wh the LGBTQ+ muny beyond the ual gay bars
Contents:
- GAY WORLD (HAPPY WORLD)
- THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
- END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
- FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA
GAY WORLD (HAPPY WORLD)
Gay World was one of three amement parks built Sgapore before World War II and around which Sgapore’s nightlife revolved om the 1920s to the ’60s. The other two were New World and Great World. Gay World was a popular entertament jot before the advent of televisn and shoppg malls. It featured a variety of entertament cludg baret, operas, movi, gamg, sport match, stunts and shoppg. The se of many fir over the years, Gay World was molished 2001 to make way for revelopment. * singapore gay world *
Gay World was one of three amement parks built Sgapore before World War II and around which Sgapore’s nightlife revolved om the 1920s to the ’60s.
Gay World was a popular entertament jot before the advent of televisn and shoppg malls.
The se of many fir over the years, Gay World was molished 2001 to make way for revelopment. History Gay World was one of the three “World” amement parks that provid affordable entertament for Sgaporeans. Gay World, loted on 10 acr of land1 between Mountbatten and Geylang roads, was officially opened on 6 May 1937.
THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
The Thunr waived veteran forward Rudy Gay on Wednday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported. * singapore gay world *
The four bs that remaed were Gay World Stadium, Datoh Rajah Theatre and Cabaret (the olst baret Sgapore then), 14 Tai Thong Rtrant and New Happy Cema. 15 Gay World was rced to a mass of buildgs and shops sellg r parts, ed rs and furnure, and a “r park” where office workers nearby parked their rs. 18 They were put up maly by three troup – S Khee L, S Sai Hong and Lum Gay – and ually to fullhoe dienc.
19 Apart om the ual recreatnal activi, Gay World also hosted many cultural shows the 1960s, cludg the six-week-long Sgapore Ftival 1968. 20Gay World was known as a sportg arena, pecially for s boxg match.
21 The door Gay World Stadium was once hailed as the greatt vered stadium Southeast Asia and was purportedly the first vered stadium Malaya. Other forms of dance that took place Gay World were the Malay ronggeng and joget, terg to the Malays and babas (Peranakan Che men).
END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
Sgapore's cisn to lift a lonial-era ban on sex between men is long overdue and will not end discrimatn of LGBT groups the nservative cy-state, rights activists and members of the gay muny said on Monday. * singapore gay world *
Gay World had a ronggeng ksk like a bandstand, and men uld have a dance partner at one dollar for three danc. 33 There were four cemas Gay World, cludg an open-air one that beme a favoure for urtg upl.
Gay World also hoed Eng Wah’s first three cemas: Victory, s first cema opened 1945, 34 Silver Cy and Happy. 35 Fir Gay World was ravaged by fire many tim.
38 In 1996, Gay World was a shabby state wh some shops, a food centre and Gay World Exhibn Centre, which was fact a furnure store.
FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA
2-hectare se, gave notice to the 150 tenants of Gay World to vate the premis by 31 March that year.