Tag Archive: Gay

Alfian Sa’at: If Muslim Women Want To Wear Tudung, Respect Their Choices

Are we not sick already of the way certain issues are debated in Parliament? The raising of the perennial ‘tudung issue’ has become some kind of weird tussle for legitimacy–as representative of minority rights– between WP MP Faisal Manap and…
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GLBT Voices Singapore: Muslim Community’s Uproar Over Tudung Issue Is Ironic

This latest ‘noise’ over the tudung issue is rather ironic, given that the Muslim community is up in arms over being shut down and denied their rights to a religious piece of clothing, which may in turn hinder their choices…
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Disney Lodges Appeal On ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Ban In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: In a new twist to the ongoing Beauty and the Beast saga in Malaysia, Walt Disney has lodged an appeal with the Home Ministry about passing the film without cuts. But Malaysian Censorship Board (LPF) chairman Abdul Halim…
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Don’t Impose Secular Views On Religious Bodies

The statements by the National Council of Churches of Singapore and the local Roman Catholic Church regarding the “gay moment” in the Disney movie, Beauty And The Beast, are quite clearly meant as advisories to the leaders of their respective…
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Singapore Bishop Issues Advisory On ‘Gay Moment’ In Beauty And The Beast

Romantic scenes involving two male characters in the live-action remake of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast have prompted an advisory from the head of the Anglican church in Singapore, calling on parents to “provide guidance to their children” on the…
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