End of Sgapore's gay sex ban a 'small step' for some LGBT upl | Rters

Contents:

• LGBTQ: THE PODST TELLG SGAPORE'S HIDN GAY STORI
• LEAKED SGAPORE GAY VIOS
• A YEAR AFTER SGAPORE DECRIMALIZED GAY SEX, ITS LGBT COMMUNY TURNS ATTENTN TO FAY
• 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 GAY TRAVEL
• SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL

LGBTQ: THE PODST TELLG SGAPORE'S HIDN GAY STORI

Sgapore's ernment argu that the ban mt rema to reflect society's nservative views, and as a promise has said will not enforce the LGBTQ activists argue that as long as remas, perpetuat a stigma and fuels SG Boys tell the BBC about the challeng of livg as a gay person Sgapore, and how they hope their podst will spread love and empathy for their by Tsa Wong. PLOT: Set the 2000s, Aqua Man talks about the emotnal transformatn of a young boy, Junjie, and s relig dilemma of beg a gay Christian dividual Sgapore. PLOT: The Cycle follows the homeg journey of a gay Sgaporean man, who sir his father’s acceptance of his hband, their soon-to-be born son and ultimately, himself.

Based on an origal story om a gay creator, ‘Getaway’ sets self apart om other BL dramas by boastg an openly gay director alongsi an openly queer st om Sgapore and Thailand. PLOT: After his g out go horribly wrong, Sgaporean Sam jets off to Bangkok to search for his exiled gay uncle, where he stumbl upon Top, a hopels Thai romantic unlucky love. Stg alone at the park on Saturday, wearg a pk wig and large sunglass, the 50-year-old tells TIME that, here at Pk Dot, he do not have to hi his inty as a gay Mlim man—a secret that he has kept om his fay for s and has no plans of divulgg.

Phuong Nham, a Vietname gay man who moved to the Southeast Asian cy-state about 13 years ago, tells TIME that every Pk Dot event he has attend sce 2016 has been filled wh explic lls for the repeal of Sectn 377A, the law which crics say has long formed the basis for a host of discrimatory polici agast the LGBT muny.

LEAKED SGAPORE GAY VIOS

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.

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. 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.

A YEAR AFTER SGAPORE DECRIMALIZED GAY SEX, ITS LGBT COMMUNY TURNS ATTENTN TO FAY

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. Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state.

In Febary 2022, Sgapore’s Court of Appeal led that the sectn would rema the law, but nnot be enforced to prosecute men for havg gay sex. Lee said: “We need to fd the right way to rencile and acmodate both the tradnal mor of our society, and the aspiratn of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted.

In June, Thailand edged closer to beg the first place Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex unns when lawmakers passed four different bills aimg to provi greater rights to gay upl, such as the abily to adopt children and manage assets jotly. In rponse to an intified need the gay, lbian, bisexual and qutng youth muni, Oogachaga has veloped a seri of ten vios explag human sexualy. Prented var formats, wh each lastg around 5 mut, the vios provi answers to qutns about sexual orientatn, g out and sexual health, and tackle issu like bullyg and what parents n do to support their March 2012, Oogachaga nducted a survey tled 'Impact of Homophobia and Transphobia on LGBTQ dividuals Sgapore'.

OOGACHAGA IS A MUNY-BASED, NON-PROF, PROFSNAL ANISATN WORKG WH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUTNG & QUEER (LGBTQ+) DIVIDUALS, UPL & FAI SGAPORE SCE 1999

We hope that through this, young people out there – whether they intify themselv as gay, lbian, bisexual, queer, qutng, or straight – n have accurate and appropriate rmatn about sexualy.

SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL

”About the vio seri:The vio ntent was veloped by profsnal staff Oogachaga, based on rearch and evince, over a perd of 12 the full list of vios below:Episo 1 Unrstandg SexualyEpiso 2 What is homosexualy?

Here are a few other fantastic hotels and hostels for gay travelers Sgapore that are highly rated, affordable, and perfectly loted for explorg the cy. And while ’s not as ostentat as the gay districts of big-time gay statns,  boasts a range of gay nightlife venu and LGBT-iendly tablishments.

As I remend the sectns above, stayg anywhere the southern half of Sgapore’s Central Area will make super nvenient to accs the lol gay bars.

SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY

Instead, the top urt said was not “an archect of social policy” and that any change was up to Lim/RtersThe Sgapore Court of Appeal, the untry’s top urt, cled Monday to overturn a law crimalizg gay sex, lg that three men who brought challeng did not have legal standg bee the ernment has pledged not to enforce the lonial-era rights advot had sought to overturn the law, known as Sectn 377A, argug that stigmatiz gay men and promot discrimatn. “Dpe acknowledgg that gay men should be able to live eely Sgapore, whout harassment or terference, the urt still hated to strike down.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

But they said the lg fell far short bee gay men uld still face police vtigatns unr the law and will suffer om Ong said he was disappoted by the lg and that the L. Gay sex is illegal Sgapore and a urt upheld the lonial-era law earlier this year, spe opn polls showg growg acceptance for LGBT rights.

In ntrast to the numero lol theatre productns alg wh LGBT subject matter which had burgeoned sce the late 1980s (see ma article: Sgapore gay theatre), there was not a sgle feature-length film entirely ma by Sgaporeans Sgapore belongg to this genre until Loo Zihan's productn of "Solos" 2007.

END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL

The first attempt at anisg a mi-gay "film ftival" at a reasonably large public venue was unrtaken by Dr Tan Chong Kee and Alex Au on Wednday, 29 March 2000. They held a private screeng (by registratn only) of the English versn of the gay Taiwane box office h "Boys for Bety" at the Alliance Franise, Sarki Road, at 8pm[1].