Ever heard arguments like "your kids won't become gay if my rights are recognised" or, "how does recognising gay marriage affect heterosexual marriage"?
Here's why they're misguided and why the unmitigated effects of repealing of 377A will likely bring about sweeping changes.
Once upon a time, sex and gender were the same. Then liberals came along and bifurcated the two. And now, as if definitions were on a merry-go-round, they're back to being the same again. But this time, they're so warped, it'll shock you.
Are we beginning to see the beginning of forceful "bake-my-cake" activism even before the repeal of 377a?
What does the Parkroyal Pickering incident show us about how the future of LGBT activism in Singapore will impact the freedoms of association, business, and even religious conscience?
How will increasingly online LGBT+ activism in Singapore develop over time? Like many other movements, it’s poised to become more decentralised, more extreme and more pervasive. Regardless explores the implications.
Our Regardless Team previously critiqued the survey on LGBT+ attitudes and Section 377A, conducted by REACH, a department of the Ministry of Communications and Information. This time, we turn our attention to the Ipsos survey.
How did one little survey on Section 377A and the LGBT community cause so much fuss among netizens? Regardless breaks it down play-by-play, from the mysterious origins and curious circulation of the survey, to the ambiguously phrased questions which supported multiple interpretations.
"If you don't let me do this, I'll commit suicide". What happens when "mental health" is used to hold you hostage to acquiesce to beliefs you disagree with? Is there a healthier alternative to the compelled affirmation of every new identity and behaviour in a culture where the modern psychological 'self' has been unmoored from biological realities?