Singapore bans Jolin Tsai's lesbian-themed hit

[IwantbustyKim]

http://shanghaiist.com/2015/05/23/jo...gapore-gay.php





Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai's runaway hit We're All Different, Yet the Same 《不一样又怎样》has been banned from the airwaves and television screens in Singapore, according to Hongkong's Mingpao News.

The ban was ordered by the city-state's oxymoronically-named Media Development Authority -- which really functions as a censorship board -- and it means that television and radio stations will be fined if they air the song or the music video.

Under Singapore's broadcasting code, content must not "in any way promote, justify or glamorise... lifestyles such as homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexualism, transsexualism, transvestism, paedophilia and incest".

In 2008, a local television station was fined 15,000 Singapore dollars (then 11,200 USD) for featuring a gay couple in a hit home-improvement show. The Media Development Authority then said the station was fined because the show “normalises their gay lifestyle and unconventional family setup”.

jolin-tsai-ruby-lin.jpg In a statement issued through her manager, Jolin Tsai said she was "disappointed" with Singapore's decision as the song was her way of expressing her support of marriage equality through music. She would, however, respect differences in opinion.

The move makes Tsai the second Taiwanese singer to fall foul of Singapore's laws for supporting the LGBT cause.

In 2014, Taiwanese diva A-mei was also told she could not sing her pro-LGBT song Rainbow at her concert in Singapore. The year before, she sang the song in Singapore with images of kissing same-sex couples on the screen, winning her loud cheers from the audience.

The music video for We're All Different, Yet The Same features a wedding scene -- and a kiss -- between Jolin and Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin. It was inspired by the true story of a lesbian couple who has been together for 30 years. When one half of the couple was hospitalised and required surgery, her partner was unable to give consent because she was not legally recognised as a family member.

Despite opposition from a small, but loud, Christian minority, activists in Taiwan have in recent years been able to build support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage on the island.

Earlier this week, the municipal government of Kaohsiung, a city in southwest Taiwan, announced that it would allow same-sex couples to register their partnership at the city’s household registration offices.

Gay rights groups in Taiwan have however criticised the move as it is only symbolic and affords same-sex couples with none of the legal protections and benefits that come with a marriage license.

[IwantbustyKim]

[jacky43]

A PRC colleague told me Jolin is a lesbo she is well known among her peers. I have to hand it to her for coming out of the cupboard with this MTV. Sad it is not fair to medical personel.

This people are medical trained, professional in their jobs and had seen almost everything. Lesbos and Gay is nothing. In fact in the real life it is a job nothing else.

[clubenjoy]

In this day and age. Where even the late wisdomed forefather of the country understood that some individuals are born different, it is beyond comprehension that society can still choose to stigmatize those who are entitled to live a dignified life

Well that's the world I guess

But who will stop a les from having a change of mind or even be Bi?

Just two cents

[EQ1981]

They ban lesbo but air gays?

[Cignobilis]

I'm just sad Jolin Tsai is les

[White Lotus]

I guess Singapore society is still conservative after all.

[iCuntZapIT]

Originally Posted by White Lotus

I guess Singapore society is still conservative after all.

not the society la, is those who are controlling the society

[davidwee]

Eh let the old white birds continue their hard stance, the younger generation are more open minded and will vote accordingly.
Can't stand the few hypocrite christian cults here that scam people out of their monthly income and act as if they are on a higher level of morality.

[IwantbustyKim]

Originally Posted by davidwee

Eh let the old white birds continue their hard stance, the younger generation are more open minded and will vote accordingly.
Can't stand the few hypocrite christian cults here that scam people out of their monthly income and act as if they are on a higher level of morality.

The hippocracy of religious leaders... Do as I say not as I do...

http://gawker.com/grindr-pastor-repo...mse-1706100539

[FoxTrot69]

Everyone can still access through Youtube. It's kind of dumb. Anyway Ruby Lin 林心如 getting wilder and sexier with age

[mongkokgaoboo]

Originally Posted by FoxTrot69

Everyone can still access through Youtube. It's kind of dumb. Anyway Ruby Lin 林心如 getting wilder and sexier with age

can she be classified as lao chio?

[jaslim_87]

Think about it this way.. For those who are old enough will watch this just like any other MV. For the younger ones, this might perhaps be a way of promoting same sex relationships. The society accepts, but nature does not. There is no way for same sexes to have kids naturally. Banning this MV here avoids that problem. Although yes the MV is easily available online, perhaps this is a good quote.. "You cannot control who your kid hangs out with, what he does outside, what he watches or read on the internet. But since there are already so many things you cannot control, do you just give up and let it be, or control what little you can control, which in your opinion, is the best for your kid."

Just my 2 cents. I personally am straight, and neutral in all ways. Which means not pro-pap or anti LBGT.

Cheers

[sammyboyfor]

Originally Posted by clubenjoy

In this day and age. Where even the late wisdomed forefather of the country understood that some individuals are born different, it is beyond comprehension that society can still choose to stigmatize those who are entitled to live a dignified life

There's nothing stopping faggots from living a dignified life.

What is disgusting is when they try to impose their warped lifestyles on the rest of us.

[IwantbustyKim]

Originally Posted by sammyboyfor

There's nothing stopping faggots from living a dignified life.

What is disgusting is when they try to impose their warped lifestyles on the rest of us.

Lol... I don't think anyone would want to suck cock if they are not gay.... U can't enforce a lifestyle on another unlike religion...