I am not what that unsellor tght you: openly gay Hwa Chong alumn & science teacher speaks out - - News om Sgapore, Asia and around the world

Contents:

• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• I AM NOT WHAT THAT UNSELLOR TGHT YOU: OPENLY GAY HWA CHONG ALUMN & SCIENCE TEACHER SPEAKS OUT
• S'PORE ACTOR STEVEN DAVID LIM SCRIB EXPERIENCE OF G OUT AS GAY
• I'M MLIM, GAY & STILL LARGELY THE CLOSET. BUT I HOPE YOU WILL READ MY STORY.
• GAY WORLD (HAPPY WORLD)
• A GAY SON'S TRIBUTE TO HIS MOM

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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I AM NOT WHAT THAT UNSELLOR TGHT YOU: OPENLY GAY HWA CHONG ALUMN & SCIENCE TEACHER SPEAKS OUT

It’s an unrstandable impulse, which he attribut to a sire among gay parents to feel “normal” after havg their pabili as parents ntually lled to qutn. Heynen said, but rather a celebratn of the day-to-day liv of gay Jt for the YoungCly Rose, 61, and Ryan, 12Cly Rose, who liv Manhattan, was first photographed for “Dads” three years ago after meetg Mr.

S'PORE ACTOR STEVEN DAVID LIM SCRIB EXPERIENCE OF G OUT AS GAY

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Heynen “a lot of cred” for cludg a father like him — a sgle dad his 60s — sce he said there is often a lack of reprentatn of olr gay people art and media, which tends to foc on young, f men. As a Black, gay man raisg a son on his own, Mr. Follow on Telegram for the latt updat: Otto Fong, an openly gay ic artist and former science teacher at Raffl Instutn, spoke out about the recent cint volvg a Hwa Chong school unsellor on Facebook.

I'M MLIM, GAY & STILL LARGELY THE CLOSET. BUT I HOPE YOU WILL READ MY STORY.

One statement claimed that one every 15 homosexual is a pedophile. "Beg gay do not affect my abily to live a fulfillg and moral life" At the time of wrg, Fong's post has more than 400 shar ls than a day.

"There is no evince that gay people are more or ls likely to be pedophil, " said Fong. For a tsted unsellor to repeat the unfound and biased claims, he felt that both straight and gay stunts were beg "shortchanged terms of scientific thkg". Fong imaged the talk would drive stunts to hate gay people, and e stunts who are gay to be even more aaid to reveal their inty.

"I bought lots of books on the subject and spoke to many gay senrs, who guid me towards a life of hope and showed me that beg gay do not affect my abily to live a fulfillg and moral life, " he add. Fong, who has been wh his gay partner for 24 years, is also the creator of lol TV seri "Totally Totto" and the popular science ic seri "Sir Fong’s Adventur In Science".

GAY WORLD (HAPPY WORLD)

Livg as a gay person Now teachg an ternatnal school Thailand, Fong is openly gay to his lleagu and stunts. " Regardls, Fong sympathis wh people who are anti-gay, who were tght to be "fearful of a natural mory". The gay teachers I know are not what he tght you.

That is the answer I always get whenever I approach a gay actor for a feature on the ‘Out Of The Closet’ seri.

Am I really Sgapore’s first openly gay actor?

A GAY SON'S TRIBUTE TO HIS MOM

That rponse right there, accurately reflects the state of gay media reprentatn Sgapore. The existence of Sectn 377A Sgapore, which crimalis gay sex between nsentg men, mak g out as a public figure a nvoluted affair.

You n live a fairly gay liftyle whout facg persecutn Sgapore. So while many of Sgapore’s gay actors ri glass closets, Steven David Lim is one of the few Sgaporean actors to date, to publicly share his g out experience tail.