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Contents:
- THE GAY, JEWISH SCIENTIST SPARED BY THE NAZIS
- HOW DID A GAY SCIENTIST OF JEWISH DCENT THRIVE UNR THE NAZIS?
- SSN WH MR. TAN CHENG GAY
- THE GAY, JEWISH SCIENTIST THE NAZIS LEFT ALONE
- CHENG GAY TAN
- TAN CHENG GAYCHAIRMAN/CEO, ENGRO CORP LTD
THE GAY, JEWISH SCIENTIST SPARED BY THE NAZIS
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HOW DID A GAY SCIENTIST OF JEWISH DCENT THRIVE UNR THE NAZIS?
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“In 1934, at a moment when Hler had already begun sendg Germans to ncentratn mps, ” the journalist and thor Sam Apple wr at the end of this openg anecdote “Raveno, ” “Otto Warburg, a gay man of Jewish scent, wanted Nazi laws rewrten acrdg to his personal needs. Tan Cheng Gay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EnGro Corporatn Limed at our office for an sightful sharg ssn. Tan Cheng Gay, has ma untls charable ntributns by buildg schools, hospals, old folks’ hom, exprsways and more Cha, his beloved hometown.
SSN WH MR. TAN CHENG GAY
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Prently, Cheng Gay Tan is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of EnGro Corp. Its historil signifince was that was the first time a ernment-approved public lecture on homosexualy had taken place Sgapore.
THE GAY, JEWISH SCIENTIST THE NAZIS LEFT ALONE
Where 2004 and all the years prr to that, any talk wh gay them was routely banned, Augt 2005, Tan's lecture was held whout terference, although unrver policemen did attend to monor the suatn.
Brief ments about the talk posted on the Sgapore Gay News List (SiGNeL) were:.
The lecture touched upon the evolutn of homophobia which n be traced back as early as to the Song dynasty when revered scholars troduced "sexual moraly" and reterpreted Confucianism. Tan clarified that the aim of his talk was to dispel the fallacy that tradnal Che valu forbid same sex love and that we should regnise that homophobia was a predomantly Wtern ncept. Recently Viewed CompaniTan Cheng GayChairman/CEO, Engro Corp Ltd.