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The section of the penal code remains, but the government assures the LGBTQ community that it will not actively enforce the law. The religiously inclined, led by Professor Thio Li-Ann have argued fervently to keep the section, despite the fact that three former Chief Justices, a former Attorney-General and one of our most respected former diplomats have all pointed out that there are simply no sound legal arguments for keeping the section (What does it say that we give the weight of the words of a professor who has only practised law in academic fantasy land to the weight of the words of three men who practised the law at the pinnacle?).Īs a result of trying to keep the peace between these warring factions, the government, which prides itself in being about “Rule of Law,” has taken the view that “legal ambiguity” is best.
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In Singapore, the topic of homosexuality becomes exceedingly contentious whenever the topic of 377A, or the criminal code that criminalises anal sex between men comes around for discussion. More on the history of decriminalization can be found at: In the USA, for example, you had bakers who got sued for discrimination based on sexuality and then counter-sued for being discriminated against based on religious beliefs, all because they refused to bake cakes for Gay People who wanted to get married. Homosexuality was decriminalized in most parts of the Western world in the last century (from the 1930s onwards) but despite legalization, the topic of homosexuality still arouses passion and conflicts. Being a homosexual is, for example, illegal in Saudi Arabia, a country which hosts the two most sacred sites in Islam. The Abrahamic faiths of Christianity and Islam denounce it as a perversion of God’s work and if you were to ask most straight people what they really felt about homosexuals, you’ll find that they think of the homos as a little strange (as a heterosexual guy, I can’t imagine how any “normal” guy would prefer a guy’s anus to a girl’s c***t).įeelings against homosexuality are such that homosexuality is illegal in any part of the world where the political class needs to show its religious credentials. Homosexuality (for the sake of argument, this term will be applied to the L’s, B’s, T’s and Q’s as well as the G’s) has always been a contentious topic. I am, of course, talking about the more extreme religious community. As much as the LGBTQ community feels the need to celebrate being who they are, there is an equally passionate group of people ready to denounce the month as a symbol of everything wrong with society. Pride is one of those events that stir passions. This is the time when the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) Community gets to celebrate being just that. Of Chappelle, Carmichael raised the question, “Chappelle, do you know what comes up when you Google your name, bro? That’s the legacy? Your legacy is a bunch of opinions on trans shit? It’s an odd hill to die on.It’s Gay Pride month around the world and in Singapore, it’s the month that Pink Dot SG falls in. It’s like, listen, that’s the most urgent thing in your life? God bless you. These grown men are fine.”Ĭarmichael went on to explain, “I think, a lot of times, people who offer nothing truthful or meaningful about themselves then complain about society at large and create this boogeyman. “Who’s getting canceled for what they’ve said? What does that mean, that people are mad on Twitter? Everybody’s fine.
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But it’s not true,” Carmichael said of the threat of cancel culture.
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Everybody’s got to create a boogeyman to sell tickets. “If this is what being canceled is like, I love it,” he said at the time. It resulted in Netflix employees and allies holding company walkouts and protests outside the streamer’s Hollywood offices.Ĭhappelle would later address the controversy from the special in a show at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl, in which he touched on the notion of cancel culture. His most recent 2021 Netflix special, The Closer, included content that was called out for being harmful and offensive to the transgender community.
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"Cancellation's Just to Give Boring People Something Interesting to Talk About": Jerrod Carmichael, Danny McBride and THR's Comedy Actor RoundtableĬarmichael went on to discuss comedians and cancel culture at large, at one point naming fellow stand-up Chappelle specifically.Ĭhappelle has faced criticism for his repeated comments about the transgender community in various stand-up sets and specials.