Homosexuality has long been outlawed in tiny, oil-rich Brunei. Photo: Shutterstock
Being gay in Brunei: how a travel ban and sharia law upended activist’s life
- Aziq Azman has not been able to travel for the past two years after authorities put him on a blacklist for drinking alcohol and insulting the Sultan
- He said the harsher punishments are ‘like a magic act’…, covering up more insidious human rights violations in the oil-rich nation
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LGBTI
Homosexuality has long been outlawed in tiny, oil-rich Brunei. Photo: Shutterstock
Li Huanwu (R) with his boyfriend Heng Yirui. Photo: Facebook
Li Huanwu, grandson of Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew, marries boyfriend Heng Yirui – and Chinese social media users cheer them on
- “I believe my father would have been thrilled to know this,” Li’s dad Lee Hsien Yang said
- Sex between men remains illegal in Singapore but the city state’s first PM had been known to express a different opinion from the government in his later years
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Singapore
Li Huanwu (R) with his boyfriend Heng Yirui. Photo: Facebook