And, in Gay News today ....

Update on the 377a situation. Needless to say and to the surprise of exactly nobody, Parliament has decided to retain it.

Media reports said www.repeal377a.com garnered over 9,000 signatories for the online letter, and over 2000 for the petition to Parliament. The keep377a site got over 15,000 signatures. Oh well, it's not unexpected, but still somewhat disappointing.

On a somewhat related note, JK Rowling revealed over the weekend that Albus Dumbledore is gay (reaction posted at An Unused Voice). The international Harry Potter fandom is variously thrilled, dismayed, over-reacting and indifferent. I dare not seek out Singaporean reactions, after the encounter with keep377a. I just wonder whether someone is going to set up a website to denounce the Harry Potter series (www.repealHarryPotter.com, anyone?). Or perhaps a good, old-fashioned ritual book-burning? Or the environmentally friendly option - "Save the Earth, save our values: Recycle your Harry Potter books!" Maybe they could turn the HP books into toilet paper, which would bring the whole thing back to what started it in the first place: the a**hole.