Silent Walls drama receiv backlash om LGBTQ+ publitn founr for "outdated" and "harmful" portrayal of gay uple - Sgapore News

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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.

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'OUTDATED, HARMFUL LGBT STEREOTYP': LOL DRAMA SILENT WALLS FAC CRICISM FOR PORTRAYAL OF GAY UPLE; MEDIARP AND PRODUCTN HOE RPOND

"No media reprentatn is better than harmful media reprentatn." 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. The thriller follows four fai livg a myster hoe, spanng the years 1938, 1983, 1988 and 2023. For every generatn who liv... * silent walls gay *

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.

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Sgapore's natnal broadster Mediarp has once aga phed harmful gay stereotyp wh their latt drama, 'Silent Walls 密宅' starrg Aled Sun and Adam Chen. * silent walls gay *

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

“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. * silent walls gay *

“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:.

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

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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”. 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.

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"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.

This as founr of Dear Straight People Sean Foo, said Mediarp is "phg out harmful gay stereotyp". * silent walls gay *

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.

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