The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Photo: EPA
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Opinion
Brunei LGBT laws: move over George Clooney, why Asian activists are better off without ‘Western saviours’
- Celebrities’ campaign against the implementation of strict sharia laws has focused mainly on gay sex being punishable by death
- The impact of the regressive rules on other segments of society has been neglected
The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Photo: EPA
An LGBT pride parade in support of Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law. Photo: Reuters
China embraced gay ‘marriage’ long before Taiwan’s law. The West perverted history
- Asia has a rich but largely forgotten history of acceptance of queer relationships
- It was not until the colonial era that sexual and gender diversity came to be seen as a sin
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An LGBT pride parade in support of Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law. Photo: Reuters