Singapore

Facebook brings back pride flag emoji — but not for most of us

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Record fundraising for Singapore pride as foreigners are banned

The government banned foreigners from pride, which forced organizers to fundraise locally.

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Orlando shooting gives LGBT Singaporeans a slight opening

A tragedy half a world away has created an unlikely opening for a repressed community in Singapore.

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Despite antigay petition, Adam Lambert will still perform in Singapore

Signed by 20,000 people, the petition claims Lambert is "well-known for his active promotion of a highly sexualized lifestyle and LGBT rights."

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Singapore court fines blogger for comments on gay sex cases

A Singapore court fined a prominent dissident blogger on Wednesday for questioning the timing of two constitutional challenges to the city-state's ban on gay sex.

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Singapore upholds law that criminalizes gay sex

Singapore's highest court ruled on Wednesday that a law that criminalizes sex between men is in line with the city-state's constitution, rejecting two separate appeals by three men that the measure infringed their human rights.

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Singapore won’t destroy two gay themed books, titles to return to public libraries

SINGAPORE -- Two children's books dealing with gay subjects won't be destroyed after all and will be restored to Singapore's public libraries, an official said Friday. Minister of Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim had said in…

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Singapore backs call to destroy gay-themed books

SINGAPORE -- A children's book inspired by a real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York's zoo has been deemed inappropriate by state-run Singapore libraries, and the conservative city-state's information minister…

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Record attendance at Pink Dot rally in Singapore amid religious opposition

SINGAPORE -- Thousands of gay rights activists gathered in downtown Singapore on Saturday for an annual rally that came under unprecedented criticism from religious conservatives, with one influential Christian pastor calling on the government to ban…

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Singapore’s LGBT community decries national survey about ‘gay lifestyles’

SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore -- Singapore's LGBT community has decried a recent government-commissioned survey that suggests a plurality of Singaporeans are not accepting of "gay lifestyles," and that a clear majority rejects same-sex marriage.

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