QueerCast #43: Media and the gay question

Posted on September 25, 2007
Filed Under GLBT, activism, coming out, discrimination, gay issues, government, news, podcast, queer issues, religion, singapore
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We are so glad this week to officially welcome Emeric Lau, our new host of QueerCast into the team! Together with our ever-so-fabulous Ian Lee, they really do make a really chemistry-filled couple!

Again, so many things had been happening over the past weeks. Otto Fong, no-repeal of gay sex law (377A), and the NTU survey that was reported out of context by Singapore’s No. 1 selling print newspaper, The Straits Times.

In case you haven’t read the actual survey paper yet, the survey focuses on public attitudes on gay characters depicted in films, and not real life people like your friends, or gay people within the society. Of course, we did not have enough information when we were recording this episode until we read the official paper that can be found here: http://www.mit.edu/%7Emaiyifan/ntusurvey.pdf

If you do not want to read the entire survey, here’s something easy to take-away. The title of the survey is: “SINGAPOREANS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD LESBIANS AND GAY MEN AND THEIR TOLERANCE OF MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF HOMOSEXUALITY“. Food for thought? Thanks to a certain ST reporter for such fine neutrality and honesty in this report.

To get more information about the Oogachaga HIV sharing session, visit: http://oogachaga.com/ws29092007.htm

QueerCast #43: Media and the gay question (15.3MB)
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(Format: MP3, Duration: 27:57 mins, Stereo)

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Featured in this podcast is a song named ‘Strain for the Shimmy’ by Steve Andre. If you want to know more about Steve Andre and his music, visit: http://www.steveandre.net

 


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7 Comments so far
  1. circuit boy September 26, 2007 1:01 pm

    the podcast actually starting to sound clearer without Nick shrieking!
    *ops!

  2. oddian September 26, 2007 11:56 pm

    orh orh! later nick come hantam you!

    ~ian

  3. Anonymous September 27, 2007 12:14 am

    OoOOO!!!!! ok girl that’s it… bring it on baby!!

  4. circuit boy September 27, 2007 12:25 am

    i can fend all of u off with my little pinkie

  5. Anonymous September 27, 2007 12:26 am

    your rite… because your pinkie is so big… like the rest of you.. *wink* :P

    * peeks into nod’s pants*

  6. Quanster September 27, 2007 2:43 pm

    Fight it out gals!
    *Sit on pink cushion and poppin’ pop corns in mouth

  7. doyourhomework September 29, 2007 8:59 am

    Read the paper (not just the title). The study does ask about “real life people” using the Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gays (ATLG) developed by scholar and gay activist Greg Herek. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/sexual_prejudice.html

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