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Title: Gay culture gaining momentum in Singapore
Post by: DriftingCrow on June 03, 2013, 06:23:48 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on June 03, 2013, 06:23:48 PM
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/2013528124519968381.html (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/2013528124519968381.html)
Author: Tom Benner Source: Al-Jazeera English
"Homosexuality in this Southeast Asian city-state has been illegal here for more than a century, dating back to law under colonial British rule. In a country that still lashes convicted criminals with a cane, sexual contact between men is punishable by up to two years in jail. But in recent years the country has become ambivalent about enforcing its homosexuality laws, and as a result, gay culture is slowly emerging here in ways that seemed unimaginable just a decade ago."
There have been open air festivals celebrating LGBT people which has received corporate sponsors, a gay magazine, nightlife, and there's a movement to repeal the laws which forbid homosexuality.
Author: Tom Benner Source: Al-Jazeera English
"Homosexuality in this Southeast Asian city-state has been illegal here for more than a century, dating back to law under colonial British rule. In a country that still lashes convicted criminals with a cane, sexual contact between men is punishable by up to two years in jail. But in recent years the country has become ambivalent about enforcing its homosexuality laws, and as a result, gay culture is slowly emerging here in ways that seemed unimaginable just a decade ago."
There have been open air festivals celebrating LGBT people which has received corporate sponsors, a gay magazine, nightlife, and there's a movement to repeal the laws which forbid homosexuality.