Appendices 2007

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Month	Title, etc		Relevance
Dec 2007	Christopher de Souza's speech against repeal of 377A -during the parliamentary debate		Pol, Hom
Nov 2007	Jason and deMarco Ok'ed by MDA - newspaper reports		Pol, Hom
Nov 2007	Selective tolerance is not tolerance at all - Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby mentions Lina Joy and Thio Li-Ann		Soc, Rel, Hom
Nov 2007	Higher flag-down the fare way to go - Han Songguang argues that our taxi fares need to be much higher		Oth [transport]
Nov 2007	There are gays, and there are gays - Andy Ho argues that identity politics is undesirable		Pol, Hom
Nov 2007	Lee Hsien Loong's speech on Section 377A - in the parliamentary debate		Pol, Hom
Oct 2007	Thio Li-Ann's parliamentary speech on 377A - the infamous speech		Pol, Law, Hom
Oct 2007	377A debate and the rewriting of pluralism - by Janadas Devan		Pol, Law, Rel, Hom
Oct 2007	Letters to the press, 16-18 Oct 2007 - regarding Section 377A		Law, Hom
Oct 2007	The parliamentary petition and open letter - press reports - for repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code		Law, Hom
Oct 2007	Two gay-related stories from DPA - sent out to the world about Singapore		Pol, Law, Hom
Sep 2007	Singapore sends mixed signals on homosexuality - a feature story by DPA		Pol, Hom
Sep 2007	A teacher's disclosure and the issue is out in the open - an op-ed by Paul Jacob of the Straits Times		Soc, Med, Hom
Sep 2007	Blog not meant for his students - from the New Paper		Soc, Med, Hom
Sep 2007	Male teacher comes out on blog - translated from Zaobao		Soc, Med, Hom
Sep 2007	Otto Fong's open letter		Soc, Med, Hom
Aug 2007	God, gays, plugs and sockets - a column from a Maltese newspaper		Soc, Rel, Hom
Aug 2007	Letters to the press, 8 - 10 August 2007 on HIV, marriage and the banned Douglas Sanders lecture		Pol, Law, Soc, Hom, Oth [HIV]
Aug 2007	"Eventually," said Lee Kuan Yew, the law has to go		Pol, Law. Hom
Aug 2007	Letters re ban on Douglas Sanders' lecture - why is it not in the public interest?		Pol, Hom
Aug 2007	International law lecture banned - It got into USA Today!		Pol, Hom
Aug 2007	Italians to stage gay 'kiss-in' - because the police in Rome stopped a gay couple from kissing		Pol, Hom
Aug 2007	Singapore gays allowed a step forward, but pushed two back from IHT		Pol, Med, Hom
Aug 2007	Singapore bans photo exhibition of gays, lesbians kissing from AP and IHT		Pol, Med, Hom
Aug 2007	Redefining marriage: Where to draw the line? - another law lecturer embarrasses herself intellectually		Law, Hom
July 2007	Homosexuality is a problem only because homophobes make it so - 2 letters submitted to the editor but not published		Law, Soc, Hom
July 2007	At stake is public morality, not pragmatism - more letters to the press, 26 July 2007		Law, Soc, Rel, Hom
July 2007	Why is it so hard to repeal an archaic law? - the Straits Times carried 7 letters in its online edition on 21 July 2007		Law, Rel, Hom
July 2007	Ian McKellen wades into Singapore gay rights debate - press reports from Reuters and AFP		Law, Hom
July 2007	HK court strikes down public sodomy law - it was discriminatory because it only applied to homosexual men		Law, Hom
July 2007	Letters to the press re MP Baey supports repeal - mostly against		Pol, Rel, Hom
July 2007	Letters to the press re 'Can mum. mum and kids' - the shrill Christian rightwing at it again		Pol, Soc, Rel, Hom
July 2007	MP Baey supports repeal - the first PAP MP to declare so, after Lee Kuan Yew		Pol, Hom
July 2007	Can mum, mum and kids make a family? by Janadas Devan		Soc, Hom
June 2007	'Science' is a verb - 2 letters rebutting Andy Ho's claim that science and religion exist in mutually exclusive spheres.		Rel, Kno
May 2007	The battle of St James - 8th set of letters in the Straits Times - intra-Christian speak that will leave non-Christians cold		Pol, Law, Rel, Hom
May 2007	Majority in UK support gay equality - poll - very high percentages		Soc, Hom
May 2007	Gay Britons serve in military with little fuss - after the European Court of Human Rights compelled the UK to act		Soc, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - 7th set of letters in the Straits Times - David Garcia compares homosexuality to kleptomania		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The gay debate and the breakthrough we need - an op-ed by the Editorial Director of 'Today' newspaper		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	What are these guys really saying? - 3 letters in 'Today' newspaper. The second and third are rather confused.		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	Is there a place for God in public morals debate? - by Chua Mui Hoong of the Straits Times		Pol, Soc, Rel, Hom
May 2007	What price, the pink dollar? - 'Today' newspaper conducted a poll of 300 HDB dwellers.		Soc, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - the unpublished letters - these 4 letters had been submitted to the Straits Times		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - 6th set of letters in the Straits Times - a doctor insists on equating gays with Aids		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - MPs' views - Indranee Rajah, Siew Kum Hong, Lim Biow Chuan, Alvin Yeo and Ellen Lee		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - 5th set of letters in the Straits Times - Miak Siew criticises doctor for selective use of data		Law, Hom, Kno
May 2007	The freedom to disagree, respectfully - a law academic criticises Yvonne Lee's approach		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - 4th set of letters in the Straits Times - a doctor argues that homosexuality is a disease		Law, Hom, Kno
May 2007	Delhi in same-sex diplomat dilemma - Canada wants to post 2 same-sex married diplomats to India		Pol, Hom
May 2007	Why close one eye? - by Thomas Koshy in 'Today' newspaper. The utilitarian reasons for repeal		Pol, Law, Soc, Hom
May 2007	Decriminalising homosexual acts would be an error - by Yvonne Lee, a law lecturer		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The New Paper on 4 May 2007, part 3 - about Jeff Chevalier and the BP boss		Med, Hom
May 2007	The New Paper on 4 May 2007, part 2 - how people in Tanjong Pagar view gays; the government's mixed signals		Pol, Soc, Med, Hom
May 2007	The New Paper on 4 May 2007, part 1 - are gays acceptable in business, in politics?		Pol, Soc, Med, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - third set of letters in the Straits Times - 6 more letters		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - second set of letters in the Straits Times - after Lee Kuan Yew questioned the homosexuality law		Pol, Law, Hom
May 2007	The battle of St James - first letter in the Straits Times - after Lee Kuan Yew questioned the homosexuality law		Pol, Law, Hom
Apr 2007	Pas de deux of sexuality is written in the genes - from the New York Times		Hom, Kno
Apr 2007	Cold currency - in gay Singaporean has a one-night- stand in China, by Lee Yew Leong		Hom
Apr 2007	The kingdom in the closet - gay life in Saudi Arabia, from the Atlantic Monthly		Soc, Rel, Hom
Apr 2007	A family holiday ruined by illogical security officers - at Changi airport, a mother was held back because she uttered the word "bomb" innocently		Soc
Apr 2007	There's a fundamental wrong in letting some people marry - from the Sydney Morning Herald		Rel, Hom
Mar 2007	Nude shots give gays wrong idea - Straits Times columnist Andy Ho says gays should support the ban on Leslie Kee's book SuperStars		Med, Hom
Feb 2007	Singapore journalists have a difficult job - said Kishore Mahbubani in a speech		Pol, Med
Feb 2007	Questionnaire for 2006 Press Freedom Index - from Reporters Sans Frontieres		Med
Jan 2007	Intellectual and spiritual torpor: present-day Catholic Church views on homosexuality - Dominic Chua expresses his dismay		Rel, Hom
Jan 2007	Retreat on adoption and the Equality Act will crumble - an op-ed from the Guardian newspaper, UK		Pol, Law, Rel, Hom