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Sexist ads: Who even approves them?A sexist ad, posted by dating website Match.com was recently banned by the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) earlier this month – four months after…
15 Oct 2022
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Sexist ads: Who even approves them?

A sexist ad, posted by dating website Match.com was recently banned by the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) earlier this month – four months after it was posted on popular video-sharing app TikTok in June.  ASA is an independent regulator that enforces the country’s ad rules. The clip showed a subservient woman giving a man…
15 Oct 2022 3 mins read

Breast cancer awareness month 2022: Living beyond breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore, with more than 2,000 diagnosed each year, and about 400 die from the disease. One in 13 women will get breast cancer in their lifetime and as of 2020, there were 2.26 million global cases of breast cancer, making it the most commonly diagnosed…
3 Oct 2022 6 mins read

More than 1 in 2 experienced discrimination at work, AWARE-Milieu survey finds

When it comes to workplace discrimination, more than 1 in 2 workers (55 per cent) in Singapore face prejudice, inequality and unfairness in their jobs, a new survey by gender equality group AWARE and consumer research company Milieu Insight found. The survey in August this year polled 1,000 respondents, who mirrored the national representative by…
21 Sep 2022 3 mins read

Repeal of 377A: Protecting the definition, sanctity of marriage

When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the Parliament’s decision to repeal Section 377A at his National Day Rally speech on 21 Aug, he, at the same time, said his government will “uphold and safeguard the institution of marriage”. He said under the law, only the marriage between one man and one woman is recognised…
25 Aug 2022 4 mins read

Repeal of 377A: Singapore’s peaceful, lawful process to end ban on gay sex

It took Singapore 15 years to finally say “yes” to repeal Section 377A, a deeply divisive law that criminalises sex between men. On Sunday, 21 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the much anticipated announcement during his National Day Rally 2022 (NDR 2022) speech. “I believe this is the right thing to do, and…
23 Aug 2022 5 mins read

Big Read Unwrapped: The challenges of the LGBTQ in conservative Singapore

Singapore remains largely conservative despite increasingly liberal views of youths around LGBTQ+ rights and countless queer Singaporeans feel the need to conceal their identity to avoid rejection by their families, friends, colleagues, and the wider community. And it was only on Sunday, 31 July, that the Catholic Church in Singapore reiterated its position that marriage…
1 Aug 2022 7 mins read

Hwa Chong Institution staff suspended for discriminatory content on LGBT+ community

A staff member of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) was reprimanded and suspended from delivering sexuality education lessons in the future after he made derogatory and unfounded claims about the LGBTQ+ community during a school presentation. The staff had given a presentation to a cohort of Secondary 4 students last Wednesday, 13 July, which contained prejudicial…
18 Jul 2022 4 mins read

Malay representation, international audiences, and family: coming up in Getaway S2

Getaway is back for season two. Just days after airing the season finale, founder of LGBTQ+ publication Dear Straight People Sean Foo and his team are back at the drawing board and working on the script for the second instalment of the web series. Across the five episodes of season one, Getaway managed to rake…
30 Jun 2022 5 mins read

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