Reviewing online comments about LGBTQ+ in Singapore | HOLD UP! EP 4

What’s everyone really talking about when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues in Singapore? The internet seems to have ALL the answers - both the right and the wrong ones. Join Peggy and Andee as they review online ‘experts’ opinions, from the thoughtful to the downright baseless and offensive.

0:00 Introduction
1:04 Hold-Up! Instructions
3:10 “Teachers cry trying to call students he/she/they/some other things. /s
4:33 “You can’t expect to disrupt social norms and not expect to face criticism.”
5:50 “Just don’t PDA around and everything is fine.”
7:12 “Is it okay if I support lesbians but not gays?”
8:17 “Neh read but quite common for gays to hide their gay by marrying due to social stigma, end up both sides suffer.”

HOLD UP is a series that spotlights unusual, polarising, and heated perspectives about current issues floating about online, and challenges people with relevant experiences to express their responses with a set of coloured buttons provided. 🟢 🔴 🟡

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[RedStarAero]

Wait, how do lesbian and gay ppl make babies tho? I mean that helps to explain why the birthrate is low, right? 🤔

[spiderjump]

The kah Cheng Kang is for shit to exit . It is not meant for the kuku Jiao to enter.

[sebastianxu]

I would mostly agree with what had been said but that "Gender is not defined by the genitalia".... Hmmmm. One's privates are their Biological made-up. These are facts casted in stones. Individuals born with a penis cannot get pregnant and don't have periods. Even if a sexual reconstruction surgery is to be performed, the make-up on the inside (the lack of womb) is still that of a biological male.

The better word of choice should be "identified gender" or "sexuality preference". While I do agree that society needs to be more inclusive and I would agree that sexuality is not binary, gender by birth *IS Binary* Let us not forgo Science, logic and Biological limitations here. If we continue to deliberately educate that gender is not defined by anatomy, imagine what might happen if one day, one's child born with a penis developed depression as this individual now couldn't get pregnant? That kid might have been harboring hope since forever or since the day of self identification as a female.

Instead, we should educate that one owns the rights to pick whichever gender they prefer and identify. Nevertheless, while doing so, it takes a mature mentor to journey with this individual and to help them come to terms that while they identify themselves to be of a certain gender, there are certain functions they cannot perform due to the biological constraints.

[samuelwong]

Wow! Peggy and Andee!! Awesome! Great to see you both well! 🏳️‍🌈

[Hale-szox]

I really hope homosexual sex won’t be illegal anymore in the future in Singapore.

[ejdelcastillo]

Is singapore lgbt friendly? I’m about to go to a uni in sg and im worried that they might not accept me. Would appreciate if people answer

[justinlawner]

The comment about people have 2 sexual organs is not really an argument, people who have both are outliers and are not included it in the classification. There are people who are born with extra toes or fingers, but basic biology says that humans have 10 of each.

[smilefenn]

😋here’s my 2 cents on some of da Reddit comments cus it’s the internet and you can’t stop me

[ndbccgq]

But why do alphabet people get triggered when people tell them not to flaunt their rainbow signs tho? Do people here actually buy into big businesses "pride mth" marketing gimmick? And how does one "show-off their straightness"? Lmao

Still, the rest of the content is good lol