Last updated: 9 November 2005

PLU banned from National Library

The National Arts Council (NAC) barred PLU from holding a scheduled committee meeting at the National Library. This open-to-the-public meeting was meant as part of a series of events marking the opening of the new library and Drama Centre.

The NAC had at first approved PLU's participation, but when publicity circulated, they changed their minds. Our communication with the NAC leads us to believe that the decision to bar us was solely because we were a gay and lesbian group since all the clarifications they asked for during the process related to this angle.

This decision by the NAC contradicts PM Lee's claim that the government is not homophobic.

For more information about the background and the details of the communication between PLU3 and the NAC, see here. 

Government needs to show that it is not homophobic. 

The Straits Times reported , on 7 Oct 2005, that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had said the government was not homophobic. But he also added that it must remain sensitive to segments of the population which are uncomfortable with gays. The government, he said, must manage an environment in which there is maximum space for each person to live his own life without impinging on other people.

PM Lee said this during a question and answer session with members of the Foreign Correspondents Association.

People Like Us' response can be seen in our Press Release. 

 
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