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Censors cut Star Wars’ historic lesbian kiss from foreign release
People in anti-gay countries across the Middle East and Asia will never see the film’s groundbreaking same-sex smooch.
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TED Talks organizer censors gay speaker who wanted to discuss coming out
“To hide my struggles and sacrifices is to be ashamed of them,” the censored speaker said.
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Security guards confiscate rainbow flags from fans at a gay musician’s concert
Out gay Australian singer Troye Sivan was discussing his coming out onstage when security told fans they couldn’t hold up their flags.
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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 mid-July he supported the state-run National Library Board’s decision to pulp three books deemed to have inappropriate …