LGBT Archive

  • Those who insist that the exclusion of homosexuality from the DSM is not scientific should consider how the field of psychiatry evolved as an exact science

    Exploring psychiatric disorders and homosexuality

    Those who insist that the exclusion of homosexuality from the DSM is not scientific should consider how the field of psychiatry evolved as an exact science

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  • “Moral disapproval alone,” Judge Walker wrote, in words that could someday help change history, “is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and women.”

    Marriage is a constitutional right

    “Moral disapproval alone,” Judge Walker wrote, in words that could someday help change history, “is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and women.”

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  • Wuxia fans and followers of martial arts drama serials may be familiar with Louis Cha’s work “The Wandering Swordsman” or 《笑傲江湖》. In his novels, Louis Cha (金庸) explores social themes and some of these themes represents societal issues that our Singapore society has yet to reconcile.

    The Wandering Swordsman on Singapore Society

    Wuxia fans and followers of martial arts drama serials may be familiar with Louis Cha’s work “The Wandering Swordsman” or 《笑傲江湖》. In his novels, Louis Cha (金庸) explores social themes and some of these themes represents societal issues that our Singapore society has yet to reconcile.

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  • By merely leaning on an obvious Christian formulation of sexual morality, there is not just a flagrant disregard for how complex and varied the world operates with various other codes and conventions peculiar to different cultures and polities, it also entrenches students in a myth that there can and should only be an absolute morality, and in this case, one conspicuously espoused by Christian traditionalists.

    Four out of six MOE sex-ed vendors are Christian organisations

    By merely leaning on an obvious Christian formulation of sexual morality, there is not just a flagrant disregard for how complex and varied the world operates with various other codes and conventions peculiar to different cultures and polities, it also entrenches students in a myth that there can and should only be an absolute morality, and in this case, one conspicuously espoused by Christian traditionalists.

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  • By Gwee Li Sui. When the social climate has become so toxic that murmurs of Christians being "at it again” recur, we should be vigilant and have an answer. What we cannot ignore is the damage the controversies are already doing to our collective identity as Christians.

    Christian to Christian: Collective Repentance

    By Gwee Li Sui. When the social climate has become so toxic that murmurs of Christians being "at it again” recur, we should be vigilant and have an answer. What we cannot ignore is the damage the controversies are already doing to our collective identity as Christians.

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  • By Gwee Li Sui. The sooner we can see family as just the smallest intimate unit of belonging and co-dependence, the sooner it becomes clear to us what a healthier idea of helping families entails.

    When is a Family Not a Family?

    By Gwee Li Sui. The sooner we can see family as just the smallest intimate unit of belonging and co-dependence, the sooner it becomes clear to us what a healthier idea of helping families entails.

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  • Discrimination based on sexuality is as wrong as that based on religion. <strong>Inayat Bunglawala</strong>

    Gay Muslims need support

    Discrimination based on sexuality is as wrong as that based on religion. Inayat Bunglawala

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