Appendices 2005

Abbreviations are explained in the column on the right of the screen.

Month	Title, etc		Relevance
Dec 2005	Judge rules against Pennsylvania biology curriculum - US federal judge kicks creationism out of the classroom		Law, Rel
Dec 2005	Just once, let's not be too prickly - Susan Long of the Straits Times discusses how our government responds to criticism		Pol
Dec 2005	Avoid another Asian Values debate - Simon Tay discusses how Singapore should respond to foreign criticism		Pol
Dec 2005	Reviews of Brokeback Mountain - from the New York Times		Med, Hom
Dec 2005	Singapore guy among the first in UK gay unions - Ghani Jantan makes the news		Hom
Dec 2005	The front door's open, the backyard's locked - the discordance between economic globalisation and social insularity		Pol
Dec 2005	Squats, pig heads and Malaysia's worry - how domestic parochialism can hurt a country's relationship with the outside world		Pol, Soc
Nov 2005	Creationism letter in Straits Times - and rebuttals		Rel, Kno
Nov 2005	The churning of the ocean of milk - bas-reliefs from Angkor Wat		Rel, Oth [Art]
Nov 2005	The debate about press freedom in the Straits Times - 13 letters following RSF's ranking of 140 out of 167.		Pol, Med
Nov 2005	Malaysian post-op transsexual marries - but government says marriage unlawful		Soc, Hom
Nov 2005	Let's (not) talk about condoms - a Straits Times feature about teenage sex		Soc
Nov 2005	More action less cut - film censorship, current status		Pol, Med, Hom
Nov 2005	Abused husbands, violent wives - bipolar disorder, Women's Charter		Law, Soc
Nov 2005	On sex, values and white elephants - Straits Times interview with Minister of State for Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee		Pol, Hom
Nov 2005	China Press exposes gay massage parlours in Kuala Lumpur - surprisingly fair reporting		Hom
Oct 2005	Warwick University spurns Singapore - press reports		Pol, Hom, Oth [Education]
Oct 2005	Lee Hsien Loong's answer to the gay question at the FCA - "homosexuals are like you and me, but...."		Pol, Hom
Oct 2005	Fear homosexuals? Not the government - press reports about Lee Hsien Loong's answers to the gay question		Pol, Hom
Oct 2005	Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' - new research about religiosity and social ills		Soc, Rel
Sep 2005	Why no alimony for ex-husbands - the 1996 parliamentary debate		Pol, Law, Soc
Sep 2005	Marriage for sex-changed persons - why the law was changed in 1996		Pol, Law, Hom
Aug 2005	Gay revolution puts red China in the pink - an update and overview		Pol, Law, Hom
Aug 2005	HK anti-gay laws overturned - media reports - reports in US, Australian, UK and Singapore newspapers		Law, Med, Hom
Aug 2005	Sections 118C, 118F, 118H, 118J of the Hong Kong Crimes Ordinance - these were the laws overturned in August 2005		Law, Hom
Aug 2005	Biased law on gay sex overturned by judge - reports in the South China Morning Post		Law, Hom
Aug 2005	Decriminalisation of homosexuality in Hong Kong - an account of events from 1980 to 1991		Pol, Law, Hom
Aug 2005	A price too high to pay? - the Elected Presidency has been damaged by the non-election, says Siew Kum Hong		Pol
Aug 2005	Distorting scripture, literally - Karen Armstong explains how reading scripture literally is a modern and erroneous habit		Rel, Kno
Aug 2005	What makes people gay? - an update on the scientific research		Hom, Kno
Aug 2005	What's behind the election divide? - the PAP didn't feel there was a need for a presidential contest, but Singaporeans did		Pol
Aug 2005	Men act more "macho" when masculinity is threatened - new research from Cornell University finds a source for homophobia		Soc, Hom, Kno
Aug 2005	Poetry in pink - a short write-up in 'Today' about a recital by gay poets		Hom
Aug 2005	IndigNation in the news - the Straits Times and Today reported on IndigNation, gay and lesbian pride month 2005		Med, Hom
July 2005	Laws and regulations pertaining to indoor public talks - appendices to the article Indoor public talks: before and after		Pol, Law
June 2005	Teacher's gay, so they tear down the toilets - a front page report in The New Paper about parents' fears that a gay teacher means AIDS		Soc, Hom, Kno
May 2005	Get real - girls watching girls - a teenager writes to Mediacorp about their homophobic TV documentary		Med, Hom
May 2005	A mirror to the world - the neurology behind human empathy		Kno
May 2005	Human pheromones and sexual orientation - recent studies indicating yet more biological bases for sexual orientation		Kno, Hom
May 2005	Gay men respond differently to pheromones - recent studies indicating yet more biological bases for sexual orientation		Kno
May 2005	The New Paper: There is space for everyone - a story about the Free Community Church and Safehaven in our local press		Rel, Hom
Apr 2005	Single moms: in the press - story and letters about lack of support for single mothers		Pol, Soc
Apr 2005	JdM concert: press reports and letters - about the AIDS-benefit concert that was banned by the government		Pol, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Balaji needs to deal with government homophobia - he if wants to battle HIV successfully		Pol, Soc, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Homosexuals, health and the law - a double feature in the Straits Times, that raises the question of decriminalisation		Law, Soc, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Opportunity knocked - Ignatius Low argues that we close off life's options by drawing boundaries for other people as to what is permissible and what is not.		Pol
Mar 2005	Ministry warns gay magazine - Manazine again!		Pol, Med, Hom
Mar 2005	But they should see black  instead - so says a gay columnist with The New Paper about reckless unprotected sex		Soc, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Scourge of gay parties - The new paper looks at circuit parties, sex, alcohol and drugs		Soc, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	List of Section 377 and 377A cases - over a 10 and 15 year period respectively		Law
Mar 2005	Homosexuals, health and the law: Time to reach out and talk? - a Straits Times writer explores the issue of decriminalisation		Pol, Law, Hom. Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	What next as spotlight falls back on gays? - the Straits Times introduces the topic of decriminalisation		Pol, Law, Hom. Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Gay themes OK, within boundaries - information minister wiggles painfully on the question of gay forums		Pol, Hom
Mar 2005	Aids message to help, not stigmatise gays - junior minister for Health explains his message		Pol, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Party AIDS 5 - Sunday Times' and Straits Times' follow-up stories in gay parties and AIDS		Med, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Party AIDS 4 - The New Paper's big, big feature on gay parties and AIDS		Med, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Party AIDS 3 - letters to the press and one to the minister		Med, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Party AIDS 2 - press reports of the minister's speculation that gay parties lead to HIV rise		Med, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Party AIDS 1 - the junior minister said gay parties lead to HIV rise		Pol. Hom, Oth [HIV]
Mar 2005	Tan Boon Hock v Public Prosecutor - a landmark appeal after which there were no further entrapment cases		Law, Hom
Mar 2005	Two articles about gays in the military - from the Economist magazine		Pol, Soc,Hom
Mar 2005	Shout, let it all out - Ong Soh Chin of the Straits Times pens her thoughts about the Singapore Forum on Politics		Pol
Feb 2005	Channel U: Very penetrating insight - a 30-minute TV program about gay acceptance aired 23 Feb 2005		Soc, Med, Hom
Feb 2005	Gay rights, censorship discussed at NUS politics forum - ChannelNewsAsia's report on a half-day forum		Pol
Feb 2005	Mediacorp chairman promises to report honestly and objectively - Ho Kwon Ping's response to my question from the floor		Med, Hom
Feb 2005	Paul Martin's speech on same-sex marriage - the Canadian PM moved a bill in Parliament to legalise gay marriages		Pol, Law, Hom
Feb 2005	Police told employer about man's arrest - the police informed a private school that one of its teachers had been arrested for a 'sex offence'		Law, Soc
Feb 2005	Forget the Swiss rolls, Singapore, it's time to go Dutch - a letter to 'Today' newspaper about a truly open and inclusive society		Pol, Soc
Jan 2005	Mediacorp promises quality TV - in the Q&A, I asked how Mediacorp can be credible in the regional markets to which they aspire if they won't touch issues deemed sensitive by the Singapore government		Med
Jan 2005	Two gay men and a maybe - The government's Singapore Film Commission partly funded this made-in-Singapore movie about a mother with 2 gay sons		Pol, Med