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Where rainbows are

September 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Cameras. Pictures., Canada, LBGT, Singapore

What was so surprising:

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Squareface faces squarely

June 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · LBGT, Sam

Rumours have been going around my class that I’m a lesbian.
I’m puzzled as to how this started, and I realize that I cannot underestimate the power of word-of-mouth here.
I’m okay with people knowing that I have a girlfriend, afterall I have a site-wide disclosure (look at my header image). However, I want to say [...]

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China to launch first ever gay internet TV show

April 5th, 2007 · No Comments · LBGT, Taking in; on; and to Shanghai (or China in general)

To be hosted by an openly gay man, the ground-breaking online series will focus on gay issues and will be launched on Thursday by Phoenixtv.com and other mainstream web sites.

The weekly, hour-long Internet TV show “Tongxing Xianglian,” or “Connecting Homosexuals,” is being produced and will debut on Phoenixtv.com which is operated by Hong Kong-listed broadcaster [...]

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The L Word Season 4

April 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Arts, LBGT

Someone informed me that The L Word Season 4 was out, but I didn’t manage to find it in the DVD shops here. So I downloaded it (which causes my computer to be more corrupt), and spent whatever time I had over the weekend watching it.
For those who don’t know, L Word is somewhat like…Friends? [...]

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March 15th, 2007 · No Comments · LBGT, Singapore

SINGAPORE
LAWS: 1. Male homosexual sex is illegal, and can be punished by life in
prison, lesbian sex is legal in private.
2. Visual representation of homosexual acts are banned, and so are
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Singapore is becoming an unfriendly place

March 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment · LBGT, Singapore

Here’s more reason to staying away from the place where big brothers dictate and impose their bigoted ideas on you:
http://www.methodistmessage.com/mar2007/penalcode
Homosexual
lifestyle:
NCCS
commends
Govt on taking
bold stand (b) The Explanatory Notes to the Proposed Amendments issued by the MHA state that “The Public Prosecutor is aware that some offenders are of low IQ or mentally deficient. They [...]

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“Setting straight some ideas on gays”

February 7th, 2007 · No Comments · LBGT

If you recall my last post on this whole gay sheep controversy, I wasn’t too pleased about it. And I’m peeved again after I spotted a Review article in today’s Straits Times.
It’s all a question about whether homosexuality is nature or nurture, genes or learned behaviour.
I had quite interesting comments for the post by the [...]

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Gay Scene in China

January 7th, 2007 · No Comments · LBGT

china: 2006 news round up and new gay resources

By Dinah Gardner

 

With a rapidly changing social landscape, China’s Shanghai and Beijing are seeing more gay-friendly resources and establishments being set up. Fridae’s Dinah Gardner recaps the top gay related news deadlines in China, checks out the new gay establishments/resources and talks to three people to find [...]

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Pre-determining sexual orientation in the womb

January 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments · LBGT

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-2524408.html
Science told: hands off gay sheep
Isabel Oakeshott and Chris Gourlay
Experiments that claim to ‘cure’ homosexual rams spark
anger
SCIENTISTS are conducting experiments to change the
sexuality of “gay” sheep in a programme that critics
fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality
in humans.
The technique being developed by American researchers
adjusts the hormonal balance in the brains of
homosexual rams so [...]

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(Continuously) Coming out

December 6th, 2006 · 1 Comment · LBGT, Sam

I came out to a Korean friend today. For those who do not know what coming out means, go read up.
Somehow, it doesn’t seem to get easier with every coming out experience.
If you don’t know the difficulty of coming out - well, I don’t really know how to go about describing the difficulty to you [...]

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