'Outdated, harmful LGBT stereotyp': Lol drama Silent Walls fac cricism for portrayal of gay uple; Mediarp and productn hoe rpond, Entertament News - AsiaOne

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• 'OUTDATED, HARMFUL LGBT STEREOTYP': LOL DRAMA SILENT WALLS FAC CRICISM FOR PORTRAYAL OF GAY UPLE; MEDIARP AND PRODUCTN HOE RPOND
• SGAPORE DRAMA ‘SILENT WALLS’ PH HARMFUL STEREOTYPE: GAY CHARACTER IS A GROOMER WH AIDS
• SGAPORE’S MEDIARP FENDS DRAMA SERI “SILENT WALLS” AGAST ACCATNS OF HARMFUL GAY STEREOTYP
• MEDIARP, PRODUCTN FIRM RPOND TO CLAIMS OF 'HARMFUL GAY STEREOTYP' TV DRAMA SILENT WALLS
• SILENT WALLS: GAY ASPECTS

'OUTDATED, HARMFUL LGBT STEREOTYP': LOL DRAMA SILENT WALLS FAC CRICISM FOR PORTRAYAL OF GAY UPLE; MEDIARP AND PRODUCTN HOE RPOND

Follow on Telegram for the latt updat: Mediarp has rpond to allegatns that s drama, "Silent Walls", enuraged a "harmful stereotype" wh their pictn of two gay characters. Not only do this problematic storyle strenghten (sic) the notn that gay men are all diseased and promiscuo, also suggts that gay upl will always meet a tragic fate. That was the stance taken by Sean Foo, founr of LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer+) publitn Dear Straight People upon watchg the recent Mediarp drama Silent Walls.

SGAPORE DRAMA ‘SILENT WALLS’ PH HARMFUL STEREOTYPE: GAY CHARACTER IS A GROOMER WH AIDS

Foo alleg that "large age gap between the uple is problematic self, as rerc the harmful stereotype that gay men are predators and groomers, " but that was not the worst part of the narrative.

In 2020, cricism was directed at “My Guardian Angels” (单翼天使) for s portrayal of a homosexual basketball ach played by Chase Tan, who is picted as a gay paedophile wh AIDs who sexually ab numero young boys. However, seems like Mediarp has fotten the past ntroversy, as evinced by the fact that they have once aga, portrayed the gay muny an unncsarily negative light. “Not only do this problematic storyle strengthen the notn that gay men are all diseased and promiscuo, also suggts that gay upl will always meet a tragic fate, ” stated Sean Foo.

The TV drama, which premiered on Channel 8 on 15 March and is also available on the streamg platform MeWatch, was cricized by some members of the LGBTQ muny for s portrayal of a gay uple.

SGAPORE’S MEDIARP FENDS DRAMA SERI “SILENT WALLS” AGAST ACCATNS OF HARMFUL GAY STEREOTYP

“We would like to assure that we did not set out to pict the LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) muny a negative light or perpetuate any stereotyp, ” Mediarp said. The cricism was primarily driven by an article om onle LGBTQ+ publitn Dear Straight People, which lled out the relatnship between Kai De (played by Aled Sun) and Nigel (played by Adam Chen), cg their “problematic” large age gap as well as rercg the harmful stereotype that gay men are predators and groomers.

The article cricised that LGBT+ media reprentatn is practilly non-existent Sgapore’s mastream media, and the only time people see gay characters on TV is when they have AIDs. Otto Fong, thor of Sir Fong’s Adventur In Science ic seri, exprsed his disappotment that spe the repeal of Sectn 377A of the Penal Co, Mediarp still portrays gay people negatively:. Unr the Films Act, ntent which will not be allowed clu those wh “the promotn of homosexualy” and “excsive pictn of sexual activy between dividuals of the same genr”.

MEDIARP, PRODUCTN FIRM RPOND TO CLAIMS OF 'HARMFUL GAY STEREOTYP' TV DRAMA SILENT WALLS

SINGAPORE — A Mediarp drama seri has been acced of perpetuatg "harmful gay stereotyp", but the natnal broadster and the productn hoe volved have both fend the show. "We would like to assure that we did not set out to pict the LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) muny a negative light or perpetuate any stereotyp, " Mediarp said. The post scrib one relatnship between a gay uple, Nigel and Kai De, featured the show and claims that the large age gap between the two characters is “problematic self, as rerc the harmful stereotype that gay men are predators and groomers”.

Not only did the objectnable storyle strengthen the notn that gay men were all diseased and promiscuo, but also suggted that gay upl would always meet wh a tragic fate. Cricism of the seri' pictn of gay men was primarily driven by an article by journalist Sean Foo his onle LGBT publitn Dear Straight People, which lled out the relatnship between Kai De and Nigel. He poted out that LGBT media reprentatn was practilly non-existent Sgapore's mastream media, and the only time people saw gay characters on TV was when they had AIDS.

Otto Fong, thor of the Sir Fong's Adventur In Science ic seri, exprsed his disappotment that spe the repeal of Sectn 377A of the Penal Co, Mediarp still portrayed gay people negatively. The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village New York Cy. For stance, solicatn of same-sex relatns was illegal New York such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and socialize whout worry.

SILENT WALLS: GAY ASPECTS

However, the New York State Liquor Authory penalized and shut down tablishments that served alhol to known or spected LGBT dividuals, argug that the mere gatherg of homosexuals was “disorrly. But engagg gay behavr public (holdg hands, kissg or dancg wh someone of the same sex) was still illegal, so police harassment of gay bars ntued and many bars still operated whout liquor licens— part bee they were owned by the Rights Before StonewallThe first documented U. Police raids forced them to disband 1925, but not before they had published several issu of their newsletter, “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.

In 1966, three years before Stonewall, members of The Mattache Society, an anizatn dited to gay rights, staged a “sip-” where they openly clared their sexualy at taverns, darg staff to turn them away and sug tablishments who did. When The Commissn on Human Rights led that gay dividuals had the right to be served bars, police raids were temporarily Stonewall Inn The crime syndite saw prof terg to shunned gay clientele, and by the mid-1960s, the Genove crime fay ntrolled most Greenwich Village gay bars.

And was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed were still a fact of life, but ually rpt ps would tip off Mafia-n bars before they occurred, allowg owners to stash the alhol (sold whout a liquor license) and hi other illegal activi. Stonewall's LegacyThough the Stonewall uprisg didn’t start the gay rights movement, was a galvanizg force for LGBT polil activism, leadg to numero gay rights anizatns, cludg the Gay Liberatn Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) the one-year anniversary of the rts on June 28, 1970, thoands of people marched the streets of Manhattan om the Stonewall Inn to Central Park what was then lled “Christopher Street Liberatn Day, ” Ameri’s first gay pri para. ”In 2016, then-Print Barack Obama signated the se of the rts—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surroundg streets and siwalks—a natnal monument regnn of the area’s ntributn to gay Gallery The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny.

Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them. After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village. " This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts.

”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971. He ntued by sayg that the "large" age gap, and teacher-stunt dynamic between the gay uple, is also ncerng as pats gay relatnships an "appropriate" and "slightly predatory" light.

"Consirg the fact that this is the first stance of gay media reprentatn on Sgapore TV that we've had sce the repeal of S377A, 's disappotg that mastream media is still promotg outdated stereotyp, " said Foo. Mediarp was then lled out by Sgapore-based LGBTQ iendly brand Heck' Unirn, which said an Instagram post that the portrayal of the character is "extremely harmful to the LGBTQ+ muny" as perpetuat the stereotype that gay men are predatory paedophil wh STD. The Stonewall rts (also referred to as the Stonewall uprisg or the Stonewall rebelln) were a seri of spontaneo, vlent monstratns by members of the gay (LGBT) muny[note 1] agast a police raid that took place the early morng hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, loted the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York Cy.