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Tag: homosexuality

UNDER OLYMPIAN PRESSURE: LGBT RIGHTS IN JAPAN

LILLY WEBBER WRITES – The long-awaited Japan 2020 Olympics is finally in full swing— or it would be if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t forced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the event to 2021 (hopefully). The Olympics would have brought renowned athletes and thousands of tourists to the East…

Full Article UNDER OLYMPIAN PRESSURE: LGBT RIGHTS IN JAPAN

K-POP KORNER: Homosexual Slurs Do Not Make You a Tough Cookie

KELCEY LORENZO WRITES – Block B’s Zico has recently come under fire after the release of his official solo debut music video “Tough Cookie” on November 6th. In the video, the rapper uses a homosexual slur and is seen wearing a jacket with a Confederate flag. The music video is also…

Full Article K-POP KORNER: Homosexual Slurs Do Not Make You a Tough Cookie

PAKISTAN: First Gay Pakistani Site Blocked

AUSTIN SZABO WRITES – The front page of Pakistan’s only LGBT support website, Queer Pakistan, reads “Don’t Hate Us, Know Us!” The Pakistani government said no. In another attempt to impede social progress in Pakistan, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (the PTA) censored the website, saying “Surf Safely! This website is…

Full Article PAKISTAN: First Gay Pakistani Site Blocked

China Blog Blotter: Too Soon for Equal Rights?

“Gays Dare to Love” was the slogan for the Equal Rights for Gays Parade that took place in Hong Kong recently. Much like America’s own Pride Parades, Equal Rights for Gays Parade is public, loud, and flamboyant. Although parades like these have happened in the past in Hong Kong, this…

Full Article China Blog Blotter: Too Soon for Equal Rights?

HONG KONG: Homophobic Chao Offers Inspiration

Cecil Chao, Hong Kong’s notoriously homophobic billionaire playboy, has recently become the  inspiration for the outrageous Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie. Famous for being absurdly offensive yet comical, Cohen’s last mockumentary, “The Dictator”, parodied the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Similarly, Cohen and his production company has made plans with…

Full Article HONG KONG: Homophobic Chao Offers Inspiration

Openly Gay HK Legislator Comes Out Swinging on the Fast Beat!

In a move sure to leave Beijing squirming, media outlets and LGBT activists (for, of course, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) have praised Raymond Chan Chi-chuen as the first Hong Kong legislator to come out of the closet. Chan, a former disc jockey and CEO of the Internet radio station Hong…

Full Article Openly Gay HK Legislator Comes Out Swinging on the Fast Beat!
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