Singapore announces plans to end archaic colonial-era law banning gay sex

Police detained 64 people in Belgrade on Saturday as LGBTQ activists gathered for a EuroPride march despite a government ban. 

Police detained 64 people in Belgrade on Saturday as LGBTQ activists gathered for a EuroPride march despite a government ban. 

Emmerdale this week, after she was stood up during their lunch date.How will this affect their relationship going forward? And will they be able to reconcile with one another?It seems that this could be the start of another famous Emmerdale feud - and it isn't only Bernice who has had her share of confrontations in the past.READ NEXT: Emmerdale's Samantha Giles sold spiritual readings online as lockdown ended actingBernice star Samantha Giles has also had a number of feuds away from the dales, including standing up to a pesky poltergeist and apologising for slamming TOWIE star Gemma Collins.Here, Daily Star takes a look at Samantha Giles' biggest feuds.Kim Tate star Claire King and Bernice Blackstock actress Samantha Giles are both Emmerdale icons.However, they have a long history together both on and off screen.While playing Kim Tate, Claire met ex-husband Peter Amory, who played her stepson Chris Tate in the soap.However, it was reported by The Mirror that their 10-year marriage broke down when it was revealed that Peter was having an affair with Samantha.Talking to The Mirror in 2005, Claire said: "I questioned Pete and he admitted it had been going on for a while."He told me it was over but then it started again. At that point I said: 'Well, you have to go with her then, because it obviously isn't going to stop.'"It is alleged that Claire had found out about the affair after Samantha's first husband Nick Moore wrote to her to inform them of their relationship.Speaking about the letter on Loose Women, Claire said that the affair was not Samantha's fault."She wanted that second chance, and I've been in that situation with my marriage.

Mia Khalifa bid farewell to the UK with a smoke on her Mayfair balcony, saying that her London sojourn had been an "exhale of pride and success".The 29-year-old had sampled the capital's gastronomic centres, shopped in Selfridges and even posed with the city's iconic red phoneboxes.And leaving it all behind, for now, she wrote on her Instagram: "What a way to end this trip...

The man who inundated the Merriam-Webster offices with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and bomb threats has pleaded guilty. 

The Queens of Winchester Pride performed at an after party drag show at the Bright Box Theater in Winchester, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Comedian Molly Kearney has made history as the first non-binary Saturday Night Live cast member.

With the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral set to take place on Monday 19th September, many shops across London will be closed for the day, except for one gay sauna.Pleasuredrome, a popular bar spa in London that boasts as the “only gay venue in the UK that never closes” announced that it will not play music and show its regularly scheduled porn in the cinema. Instead, they will be live streaming the funeral in the cinema.“The staff and management of Pleasuredrome Spa join together in expressing their sense of deep sadness and loss at the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II,” management wrote on their website.“In accordance with Government guidance and advice, Pleasuredrome Spa will remain open on Monday, 19th September.

Jennifer Coolidge ended up in the emergency room after a bad spray tan.

Trans activist and model Munroe Bergdorf has opened up about the constant transphobic debates on television. 

De EuroPride in de Servische hoofdstad Belgrado is met enige vertraging van start kunnen gaan. De start van de mars van Europese organisaties om meer aandacht te vragen voor de rechten van holebien#39;s en transgenders werd verstoord door tientallen hooligans die het evenement wilden verhinderen.

High Court judge he would continue to ignore the order and so was sent back to his cell.Mr Justice Max Barrett said the matter was not about transgenderism but rather his refusal to obey the terms of the suspension and the court-ordered injunction.But Burke sought to frame it as a religious freedom dispute, saying: ‘If this court so determines, I will never leave Mountjoy Prison if in leaving the prison I violate my well informed conscience and religious belief and deny my God.‘It seems to me that I can be a Christian in Mountjoy Prison or be a pagan and acceptor of transgenderism outside of it. I know where I belong.‘My faith has led me to that place and will keep me there.’He told the court that if that choice was put to him ‘every hour of every day for next 100 years’, he would answer the question the same, adding: ‘This court is seeking to deprive me of my religious beliefs.’Barrister Rosemary Mallon, counsel for the school’s board of management, said that it was ‘very clear’ from Mr Burke’s commentary that he does not intend to abide by the court order and had ‘knowingly and wilfully’ breached it.She also said that the school was left with no option but to pursue court action when he continued to attend the school despite his suspension and a judge’s decision.

The 2022 Winchester Pride Festival was held at the Downtown Mall and Taylor Pavilion in Winchester, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Zander Murray has made history as the first Scottish senior football player to come out as gay. 

While the Alzheimer’s Association reports that more than 6 million people across the United States are currently living with some type of dementia, families, health professionals, and caregivers understand that no two situations are alike, and individualized care plans help to preserve the individual’s dignity and health. 

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As summer comes to a close, many venues across the DMV are gearing up for their fall entertainment rosters. Below is a list of must-see music acts in the upcoming months.

Isn’t it weird that conservative Christians once were the main obstacle to fighting AIDS? Remember how Jesus healed the sick without moral judgment? How he exhorted his followers to love all people as neighbors, even the hated Romans and Samaritans? I learned that in Sunday school as a conservative Christian child, which made my years fighting AIDS in Act Up feel weird and dissonant.

Electric vehicles are charging ahead, with the passage of a landmark clean-energy bill last month and automakers designing innovative new models. But a world of electric-only vehicles will take time. In the U.S. the goal is 2035, but until then many drivers—especially those looking for huge haulers—will still need to rely on traditional gas-powered rides. 

Dominate center stage. The number is “My Own Best Friend” from Broadway’s longest-running American musical Chicago, and a moment Angelica Ross, making her Broadway debut as Roxie Heart, doesn’t take lightly. “It just really hits home for me because I think that so many trans people and queer people go through the stage of hating themselves,” Ross told INTO a week prior to her opening night.

Hey, Ziggy Stardust fans, ready for a trip? David Bowie’s artistic life is being explored in a new psychedelic film Moonage Daydream. Incorporating rare archival footage and audio from the artist’s estate, some of which have never been broadcast before, Bowie lovers are in for a real treat.Moonage Daydream, which was released September 16, goes above and beyond other documentaries and books on the iconic ’70s queer pop icon.

big deal for us. Aside from the excuse to wear ridiculous outfits in public, it’s also the perfect time to cozy up on the couch to watch some frightening film favorites, camp classics, and anything that falls into the large middle of the Venn Diagram where those two intersect.And we’re excited to report that there’s an awful lot of future favorites on the way, with some queer and queer-adjacent spooky movies and television series dropping over the next few months.To help you keep track, we’ve assembled a special trailer round-up of all the notable Halloween-season treats to help you have a very Merry Scary Gay Christmas this year.For so many gays, Hocus Pocus is Halloween.

people with HIV have undergone a bone marrow transplant and inherited the gene-resistant immune cells from such individuals. This has cured them of HIV.However, a bone marrow transplant is a risky procedure. Doctors only consider it when someone is fighting a terminal, blood-related cancer like leukemia.

It’s not wrong to be attracted to masculine people more than to feminine people, but it is wrong to be a prick about that preference.So say many commenters in Reddit’s r/gay forum, who recently gave counsel to someone wondering if being masc-attracted was a problem.“I see that a lot of guys put ‘masc4masc’ and ‘no femmes’ in their Grindr profiles, and a lot of my gay friends have talked about how offensive this is,” the original poster explained. “I do feel like when dating, I’m more attracted to a guy with a deeper voice, strong jaw, taller [stature], all ‘masculine’ traits.

unpacked her relationship with Ellen, Queer Eye‘s Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness finally got “together,” and Tommy Lee joined OnlyFans.

As falling temperatures and colorful leaves signal the end of another exciting Rehoboth summer, residents and visitors alike still have much to look forward to in a fall packed with events ranging from performances to parties and more. The Blade has compiled a list of key events in the beach resort this fall to help continue the summer fun into a new season.

This has been a year with an unprecedented number of big titles featuring LGBTQ characters and stories, and given the amount of regressive backlash our community continues to receive from the socially conservative (i.e. bigoted homophobic) crowd, that’s a comforting thing. As we push closer to the year’s close, there are admittedly fewer stand-out offerings on deck for queer viewers – but the ones that are on their way give us plenty to look forward to, anyway. Our list of titles to look for is below:

seek to criminalize such care despite the mainstream medical establishment considering it the only effective way of treating transgender people.Many institutions offering gender care have been targeted directly by opponents—among them is Boston Children's Hospital, which received an anonymous bomb threat in late August.However, in a recent exchange on Twitter, one well-known anti-trans group claimed police never even received 911 calls about a bomb threat to begin with, raising suspicion among its followers.The ClaimA tweet, sent on September 14, 2022, claimed that Boston Police Department had confirmed that it received no 911 calls about bomb threats at the Boston Children's Hospital, reported earlier this month.The tweet, sent by Libs of TikTok said: "BREAKING: email obtained by @realchrisrufo shows the Boston Police confirming they DID NOT receive a 911 call about a bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital. Many questions remain.

Fall means cooler temperatures make it more bearable to go out to town and enjoy all that D.C. has to offer. Below is a list of select fall events you should check out.

Retired footballer David Beckham proudly talks about receiving his OBE in recent unearthed footage following his recent emotional visit to see the Queen's coffin to pay his respects. David received the honour of an OBE back in 2003 and in unearthed footage, the former Manchester United star can be seen talking about his pride in the lead up to the presentation.

What sort of art does gay writer and filmmaker John Waters collect? Does it reflect his subversive sense of humor and empathy for outsiders? How did he get to be such a savvy art collector?

President Joe Biden on Friday met with Brittney Griner’s wife.

Puerto Vallarta as the summer rains subside and the blistering heat finally relents. The season also enjoys a plethora of street festivals, all of which have both a local and a gay flavor.

Wolves defender Nathan Collins has been watching 'too much Cobra Kai' after he delivered a kung fu style kick to Manchester City's Jack Grealish.The defender earned a straight red card for the wild challenge on the England midfielder, leaving his side with only 10 men and 2-0 down to the visiting side at Molineux.The ball bounced up for Grealish in the 33rd minute as the Irishman came flying in with his boot raised. He completely missed the ball and instead caught the City man on the thigh with his studs, much to the amusement of fans on social media.READ MORE: Diego Costa's six craziest scraps during Chelsea career - including Tottenham eye gougeOne fan wrote on Twitter: "Collins has just booked himself a cameo on the next series of #CobraKai after that!"Another user pointed out: "Lads been watching the new season of Cobra Kai."A third added: "Collins was definitely watching Cobra kai last night."It comes after the latest season of Netflix comedy drama Cobra Kai, based on the original The Karate Kid films, was released on September 9.Though it is still unknown whether the Wolves man's shocking challenge was motivated by the series, with viewers also being reminded of Nigel de Jong's infamous high boot on Xabi Alonso in the 2010 World Cup final.De Jong managed to avoid a red card on that occasion due to Mark Clattenburg's leniency.

supports HTML5 videoMormon missionaries who approached a lesbian couple’s home quickly turned away when they spotted an LGBTQ-friendly doormat.The rainbow-framed doormat read: ‘Gayest place in town.’Jamie Foust, 28, and her wife Melissa, 32, bought the doormat at Target in June because they found it amusing. Two months later, their doorbell camera recorded two missionaries walking up to their home.The short video shows the two men in dress shirts and ties getting to the front door.

Guy Lodge Film Critic In the little-remembered 1950 noir “The Damned Don’t Cry,” Joan Crawford plays a Texan housewife whose grief for her late son spurs her to make a new life for herself in the urban underworld. Fyzal Boulifa’s exquisite new film of the same title is named expressly for that Crawford vehicle, but is neither a remake nor a direct homage. Rather, it remixes the narrative components of that film and others of its ilk into the kind of new-school-old-school heart-tugger — one might say tearjerker if its characters weren’t, true to its title, stoically dry-eyed throughout — that might have been designed for the shoulder-padded diva were she alive in 2022 and, perhaps more crucially, of Moroccan heritage. 

. Some days, this was feminine; other days, not so much.When I got pregnant and gave birth to my son, I thought I had finally earned my golden ticket to the club of womanhood. I felt like I could finally relax; my belly gave me a way to make conversation and relate to women in a new way.

Virginia’s Department of Education released its new guidelines Friday that require school administrators, faculty and staff receive written permission from parents regarding embracing or recognizing a transgender student’s gender identity.

For straight travelers, the word “cruising” may only imply traveling via cruise ship. But in queer culture cruising has an entirely other meaning, the act of seeking sexual partners in public spaces, be they parks or bathrooms or alleyways.

Singapore’s government has confirmed that it will continue to restrict LGBTQ film and media content to older audiences, despite overturning a decades-old law that banned gay sex.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Singapore government announced that it will continue to restrict and classify media content with LGBTQ themes, even after its planned decriminalization of same-sex relationships.The move to repeal a colonial-era law that criminalized sex between men was announced Sunday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The law, Section 377A of the Penal Code, was introduced in 1938 and established a two-year jail term for “any act of gross indecency” between two men, either in public or in private.London-based Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen (“Ilo Ilo,” “Wet Season”) commended the planned repeal.

(CNN) — Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state."Sex between consenting men should not be criminalized. There is no justification to prosecute people for it, nor to make it a crime," he said at his annual policy address, the National Day Rally, carried live on television."I believe (repeal) is the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will now accept.

Singapore will decriminalise sexual relations between men but has no plans to allow same-sex marriage and will seek to enshrine the current ban in the constitution, the prime minister said on Sunday.

SINGAPORE – Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, but has no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday.LGBTQ groups welcomed Lee’s decision to repeal Section 377A of the penal code, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men, but also expressed concern that ruling out same-sex marriage would help to perpetuate discrimination.This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this support page.

Singapore to decriminalize gay sex Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said the country would decriminalize sex between consenting men, repealing a colonial-era law. But Lee said he would also propose a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Singapore’s gay community has fought for years to repeal the law, known as Section 377A, arguing that it promotes discrimination even if it is not enforced.

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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday announced his country will decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations.

Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, said on Sunday that the government would repeal the country’s colonial-era law criminalizing sex between men, a step long sought by gay rights advocates, but that same-sex marriage would continue to be illegal. Reversing his long-held opposition to decriminalizing gay sex, Mr. Lee said he believed that the conservative nation was willing to accept the idea of sex between consenting men and revoke the law, known as Section 377A.