80 countries have legislation that bands sex between men. Almost half of those laws traced their origins to one from the british colonial era. It's still on the books in singapore, but attitudes there seem a little more accepting. I truly think that for anyone who is queer, there is a community here in singapore that is welcoming and accepting of wo y a.
It appears that Russian forces are withdrawing from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to focus on the eastern region of Donbas. We examine what the shifting tactics signify. A court in Singapore has refused to strike a colonial-era anti-gay law from its books, despite the fact it is never enforced; we ask why. And what’s behind Bolivia’s preponderance of contraband Japanese cars.
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