1. Embracing yourself
Click to edit Master subttle style
by: Derrick Tee
Chloe Ng
Isabelle Lim
June Lim

2. Are you NOT?
Not geared towards the acceptance of
homosexuality per se
Encourage homosexuals to accept themselves
before society would
Easy for homosexuals to resent against public
un-acceptance
Fear of being judged is overwhelming
Many choose to stay in the closet

3. Who should care?
Dedicated to homosexuals but not targetng them
Everyone – General public
Seek to educate and inform them through the
masses
Message can be echoed throughout everyone

4. Legal situaton in Singapore
Male same-sex sexual actvity is illegal
Secton 377A ("Outrages on decency") states that:
Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets
the commission of, or procures or atempts to procure the
commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency
with another male person, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years

5. Situaton in Singapore
Religion:
Religious groups stll adopts a deeply
conservatve attude towards homosexuality.
Educaton:
Sex educaton in school focus almost
exclusively on heterosexuality—the only
menton of same-gender sex reminds students
that it is against the law.

6. Situaton in Singapore
MM Lee and SM Goh have previously
indicated to the media that Singapore is moving
towards opening up
But acceptance has to come from the
community as well

7. Public opinion in Singapore
Half of Singapore youths considered homosexuality acceptable
(Singapore Polytechnic Poll 2007)
Survey of 800 individuals aged 15 - 29, conducted by the
Singapore Polytechnic
71% of Singaporeans under the age of 30 considered
homosexuality unacceptable (Social Attudes Survey 2001)

8. Public opinion in the United States
American opinions have shifed considerably over the last ten
years, but opponents stll outnumber supporters
Americans may be more evenly split. Support for allowing same
sex couples to marry is rising (ABC)
Majority support for some type of legal recogniton for same
sex couples (late 2009)
Less than one-third of Americans oppose any legal recogniton
of same sex couples

9. Legal situaton in the United States
LGBT persons in the United States stll face legal challenges not experienced by
non-LGBT citzens
Five states and one district have legalized same-sex marriages
Sexual acts between persons of the same sex have been legal natonwide in the
US since 2003, pursuant to the US Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas
Some states ofer civil unions or other types of recogniton which ofer some of
the legal benefts and protectons of marriage
Twenty states plus one district outlaw discriminaton based on sexual orientaton.
Florida is the only state in the US that prohibits a single lesbian or gay person from
adoptng

10. Public opinion in Europe
Majorites in every Western European naton said homosexuality
should be accepted by society (PEW)
Same sex adopton had majority support from only two countries:
Netherlands at 69% and Sweden at 51%
Majority of Britons - 55% - support gay marriage (The Observer, 2008)
According to pollster Gallup Europe: women, younger generatons,
and the highly educated are more likely to support same-sex marriage
and adopton rights for gay people

11. Legal situaton in Europe
Homosexual acts legal in all European countries
Membership in the European Union requires repeal of ant-homosexuality legislaton
A bill enttled as the Equal Marriage Code Bill 2010 introduced in Portugal in January
2010
Strong possibility that same-sex marriage will become legal in 4 European countries in
2010; Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia and Luxembourg. Estonia, Faroe Islands and
Liechtenstein are expected to pass registered relatonship laws in 2010. Meanwhile
Ireland and the two UK Crown territories of Isle of Man and Jersey are considering
civil partnership laws in 2010
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) decriminalised male homosexual acts
in 2008, the last part of Europe to do so. The law took efect on 1 January, 2009

12. Situaton in Asia
In Southeast Asia, homosexual acts in Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore remain illegal
In Singapore, homosexual acts between females are legal
In East Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan, korea Mongolia), North korea prohibits homosexual acts
In South Asia, Nepal and India have recently legalized homosexual acts
In West Asia (middle-east), homosexual acts in Iraq, Israel and Jordan are legal
In June 2009, the Hong Kong Government announced that it would recognise cohabitatng
same-sex couples in its Domestc Violence Ordinance
Hong Kong is among the more acceptng regions in Asia for LGBT people.
2007 Gallup poll found that 56% of Hongkongers believed that the city was a "good place"
for homosexuals
Taiwan is one of Asia's most progressive countries as far as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
rights are concerned

13. Homosexual stereotypes

14. Common misconceptons
1. Homosexuals can always be easily identfed
All gays are efeminate
All lesbians are butch
People ofen use lesbian and gay stereotypes to
identfy a person's sexual orientaton.
The homosexual community is very diverse and its
members can not be neatly categorized into
stereotypes based on myths and appearance.

15. Common misconceptons
2. All gays will die of AIDS
4. It is just a phase
5. Someone made him gay
Being gay is not related to one’s environment

16. Common misconceptons
5. Homosexuals are only interested in sex and
not long-term relatonships
40-60% of gay men and 45-80% of lesbian
women are in stable long term relatonships
Diference in breakup rates between
cohabitatng homosexual and heterosexual
couples is almost insignifcant

17. Common misconceptons
6. Homosexual relatonships are abnormal and
dysfunctonal
Homosexual relatonships are not inferior to
heterosexual ones.
Levels of love, satsfacton and commitment
are similar.

18. Common misconceptons
7. Gays tend to be pedophiles and molest
children
8. Women become lesbians because they have
bad experiences with men

19. Previous eforts in Singapore
Event
s Supportve arts venue
•
•
The Substaton
Uterly Art
•

20. E MB R AC IN G YO U R S E L F

21. Objectves of our project
•
Encourage homosexuals to embrace
themselves
•
Encourage the general public to be more
acceptng towards homosexuals
•
Get the general public to be more in touch
with our local arts scene
•
Might also be a platorm for local artsts to
showcase their talent

22. Events overview
Actvites are carried out throughout the entre month of
May. The signifcance of choosing the month May is
because The Internatonal Day Against Homophobia and
Transphobia (IDAHO) is celebrated every May 17 around the
world.
Actvites include
•
Musical
•
Exhibiton
•
Film festval
•
Opening Ceremony on 17 May
•
Talks in schools

23. Event
Musical/Producton
Engaging The Dream Academy Productons to help with the
-
producton
-
To come up with a relevant producton
-
Producton is open to public
-
Purpose: allowing LGBT to open up to their loved ones by
bringing them to this producton

24. Event
Film festvals
•
Held every weekend
•
Engaging Singapore Internatonal Film Festval

25. •
Showing LGBT themed flms like:
•
Bugis Street
•
Forever Fever
•
Be with me
•
Rice Rhapsody
•
Beautful Boxer

26. Event
Exhibiton
-
Held at esplanade
-
A wall for people to write their message to friends who are
gay or for LGBT to write any personal messages to their love
ones.
-
Wall to write your name: “I am gay, are you?”

27. Event
-
Artcles of any relevant LGBT events/stories/history like:
-
Day of silence
-
Internatonal Day Against Homophobia and
Transphobia
-
Obama invited the lesbian and gay band associaton
to march in inaugural parade
-
Stories of how LGBT are treated
-
Iraqi militas gluing anuses of gay men and inducing
diarrhea to cause death
-
Photographs

28. Event
Art pieces by Tan Peng: Singapore’s frst openly gay artst
-
and also one of the frst Singaporeans to come out to the
general public.
Click to edit Master subttle style

29. Event
Opening Ceremony of 'Embracing Yourself‘
•
Where: Esplanande
•
When: 17th of May
•
Who: Sponsorship by the Natonal Arts
Council

30. Event
•
What to expect
-Performances by well-known local artstes

31. Event
-
Cultural showcase
1. Exhibiton by openly-gay artst Martn Loh,
known for his male erotc and Peranakan
paintngs.
2. Artst-photographer Jason Wee, now based in
New York will also present some of his
award-winning photographs

32. Event
3. Gay poetry reading session
- Arthur Yap
- Dominic Chua
-Aspiring poets

33. Event
•
Giving talks in schools,
mainly secondary and tertary insttutons

34. Possible obstacles
Disapproval by general public and religious
-
groups
Objectons by the government
-
Lack of public support which may lead to a
-
backfre

35. References
htp://www.yellowcinema.com/hk-movie-be-with-me-2005/
•
htp://hotabis.com/main/tag/beautful-boxer
•
htp://www.wikiwak.com/texis/wcolz?red=1&q=Kim+Chui
•
htp://www.sodahead.com/united-states/obama-and-chicago/blog-9124/
•
htp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_gay_art
•
htp://
open.salon.com/blog/graham_sale/2009/05/26/if_liza_minnelli_star_jones_can_marry_
•
htp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Yap
•
htp://www.danploy.com/singapore.htm
Click to edit Master subttle style
•
htp://www.hkchcc.org/hongkong-china52.htm
•
htp://www.gardensilly.com/
•
htp
://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/18/jason-wee-ruins-captains-log-entries-on-days-w
/
•
htp://allthebeautyoulleverneed.blogspot.com/