The history of LGBT people in Singapore film includes films that address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-related subject matter in either an overt manner, through the plot, or through a prominent subplot.
The production of such films, at the least in the mainstream, did not garner considerable attention until the mid-2000s, when debate over homosexuality in Singapore came to a fore.
In contrast to the numerous local theatre producti...
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The history of LGBT people in Singapore film includes films that address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-related subject matter in either an overt manner, through the plot, or through a prominent subplot.
The production of such films, at the least in the mainstream, did not garner considerable attention until the mid-2000s, when debate over homosexuality in Singapore came to a fore.
In contrast to the numerous local theatre productions dealing with LGBT subject matter which have burgeoned since the late 1980s (see Singapore gay theatre), there was not a virtually no feature-length films entirely produced by Singaporeans in Singapore belonging to this genre before 2007. The probable reasons for this are the much larger and riskier investment outlay for movie production, and the lack of government and perceived mainstream community support for such films.
The culmination of efforts to redress this deficiency were witnessed on 6 October 2006, when Singapore's first private...
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