There exist no known written records of same-sex love in pre-colonial Singapore and, as a corollary, of any 'movement' in reaction to perceived or real oppression of such activity. Prior to the arrival of British traders and colonists in 1819, the island was largely populated by Malays of the Johor-Riau archipelago triangle who engaged mainly in subsistence farming, fishery and trade. We can extrapolate from the culture of contemporary Malays that there was probably much tolerance to surreptitious homosexual activity, as evidenced by the absence of any vocal or physical violence against such individuals ou ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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Cowboy Bebop almost did not make it on Japanese broadcast television due to its (relatively) graphic depictions of violence. The show had an aborted first run beginning on April 3, 1998 and running until June 19, 1998 on TV Tokyo, broadcasting only episodes 2, 3, 7-15 and 18. Later that year, the series was shown in its entirety beginning on October 23 and running until April 23, 1999 on the satellite network WOWOW. Cowboy Bebop was popular enough that a movie, Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira (Knockin' on Heaven's Door), was commissioned and released in Japan in 2001 and later released in the ...

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Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Longevity, Cowboy Bebop - History of Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Plot, Cowboy Bebop - Background, Cowboy Bebop - Characters, Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Cowboy Bebop - Ein, Cowboy Bebop - Vicious, Cowboy Bebop - Julia, Cowboy Bebop - Punch and Judy, Cowboy Bebop - The Three Old Men, Cowboy Bebop - Sessions episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop - Staff, Cowboy Bebop - Influences, Cowboy Bebop - Controversial episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Content ratings, Cowboy Bebop - Licensing authors and publishers

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In the year 2071, the crew of the starship Bebop travel the solar system trying to apprehend bounties. In the slang of the era, "cowboys" are bounty hunters, hence the name of the series. Each member of the Bebop crew contributes their own unique abilities to help catch bounties. Most episodes revolve around a bounty; however the real focus of the show concerns the pasts of each character, which unravel and connect as the series progresses. Arguably, the main plotline focuses on Spike Spiegel, a former member of the 'Red ...

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Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Longevity, Cowboy Bebop - History of Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Plot, Cowboy Bebop - Background, Cowboy Bebop - Characters, Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Cowboy Bebop - Ein, Cowboy Bebop - Vicious, Cowboy Bebop - Julia, Cowboy Bebop - Punch and Judy, Cowboy Bebop - The Three Old Men, Cowboy Bebop - Sessions episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop - Staff, Cowboy Bebop - Influences, Cowboy Bebop - Controversial episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Content ratings, Cowboy Bebop - Licensing authors and publishers

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Cowboy Bebop has remained a longtime favorite of anime fans in both Japan and the United States. A recent poll in the magazine Newtype asked the notoriously fickle Japanese audience to rank the Top 20 Anime Titles of All Time; Cowboy Bebop placed at number eight on a list that includes classics of the genre like Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion. [citation needed] In the U.S., CN has dropped Cowboy Bebop from its Adult Swim line-up several times only to re ...

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The early 80s was a period of widespread prosperity and new freedoms which saw the opening of clubs like Shadows, Marmota, Legend and Niche which catered to a predominantly gay clientèle even though they were not exclusively gay. These discoes would be closed by the time of the mid-80s, for unclear reasons, to be replaced by weekly Sunday Night Gay Parties or "Shadow Nights" run by the former management of Shadows (affectionately known as the "Shadow Management"). These "Shadow Nights" were roving events held at semi-permanent venues which ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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With the prosperity that prudent policies of promoting foreign multinational investment brought, while other regional countries were mired in the inefficiencies of import substitution and socialist economics, those homosexuals, especially the English-educated who could afford air travel were exposed to the liberalism of the West and the nascent gay movements there. In the early days of accessible mass air transport, the destinations of choice were the Anglophone countries of the West and Australia. Nouveau-riche gay Chinese-educated business ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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In the year 2021, a series of ring-shaped hyperspace gateways were constructed across the solar system, allowing for easy interplanetary travel. Unfortunately, the gate network contained a fatal instability that was ignored by the contractors who built the system. The instability grew until a gateway near Earth exploded, releasing a powerful burst of energy that cracked the Moon. In a disaster referred to as "the Gate Incident", meteoric debris from the Moon destroyed much of Earth's surface, killing billions. People mostly live underground, ...

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Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Longevity, Cowboy Bebop - History of Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Plot, Cowboy Bebop - Background, Cowboy Bebop - Characters, Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Cowboy Bebop - Ein, Cowboy Bebop - Vicious, Cowboy Bebop - Julia, Cowboy Bebop - Punch and Judy, Cowboy Bebop - The Three Old Men, Cowboy Bebop - Sessions episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop - Staff, Cowboy Bebop - Influences, Cowboy Bebop - Controversial episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Content ratings, Cowboy Bebop - Licensing authors and publishers

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The Cowboy Bebop series consists of 26 episodes, referred to as "sessions." Also included in the continuity is the Cowboy Bebop movie, placed between sessions 22 and 23. Many episodes are named explicitly for famous songs — "Honky Tonk Woman," "Heavy Metal Queen," "Jamming with Edward," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "My Funny Valentine," "Speak Like a Child," "Wild Horses," "Hard Luck Woman," and "The Real Folk Blues," the show's ending theme. Titles which do not name a specific song generally combine some pl ...

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Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Longevity, Cowboy Bebop - History of Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Plot, Cowboy Bebop - Background, Cowboy Bebop - Characters, Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Cowboy Bebop - Ein, Cowboy Bebop - Vicious, Cowboy Bebop - Julia, Cowboy Bebop - Punch and Judy, Cowboy Bebop - The Three Old Men, Cowboy Bebop - Sessions episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop - Staff, Cowboy Bebop - Influences, Cowboy Bebop - Controversial episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Content ratings, Cowboy Bebop - Licensing authors and publishers

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The team's first non-comics media appearance was in several backup segments of the 1960s series The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, which featured Speedy I, Kid Flash I, Wonder Girl I and Aqualad. Main articles: Teen Titans (animated series), and [[]], and [[]] ...

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The certifications for Cowboy Bebop are TV-14 in the USA, M and MA in Australia, PG in Singapore, 14+ in Canada, and 12,15, and PG in Britain (different episodes received different ratings). Cowboy Bebop contains language, violence, and brief nudity. The language and nudity has been edited out of the English translation aired on Cartoon Network, but not on CNX. It is retained in the DVD releases. ...

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The series was created by "Hajime Yatate," a collective pseudonym for members of the staff at Sunrise, the animation studio that also developed Mobile Suit Gundam, Big O, Outlaw Star and Vision of Escaflowne. Cowboy Bebop was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, who also directed Macross Plus, Samurai Champloo and the two short films A Detective Story and Kid's Story from the Animatrix. The music of Cowboy Bebop was all composed by Yoko Kanno, who also composed music fo ...

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One of the most notable elements of Cowboy Bebop is its music, mostly performed by Yoko Kanno and her band, The Seatbelts. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the jazz-and-blues-themed soundtrack defines the series as much as the characters, writing, or animation; many fans find the soundtracks enjoyable to listen to as albums on their own merits. Besides the three original soundtracks (Cowboy Bebop, No Disc and Blue) there is a mini-album (Vitaminless) and a greatest-hits collection (TANK ...

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Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Longevity, Cowboy Bebop - History of Bebop, Cowboy Bebop - Plot, Cowboy Bebop - Background, Cowboy Bebop - Characters, Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel, Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Cowboy Bebop - Ein, Cowboy Bebop - Vicious, Cowboy Bebop - Julia, Cowboy Bebop - Punch and Judy, Cowboy Bebop - The Three Old Men, Cowboy Bebop - Sessions episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop - Staff, Cowboy Bebop - Influences, Cowboy Bebop - Controversial episodes, Cowboy Bebop - Content ratings, Cowboy Bebop - Licensing authors and publishers

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Along the tortuous road to complete independence from the United Kingdom in 1959 and subsequently from the Malaysian federation in 1965 came the drafting of the Constitution and the gradual repeal of colonial laws which discriminated on the basis of race, language and religion. Homosexuals, however, were dismayed by the glaring absence of any categorical statement outlawing discrimination due to sexual orientation. In those days, homosexuality as a topic was taboo. One did not even mention it in polite society, much less agitate to have it included in an official document, owing to stigmat ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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The overthrow of the Japanese in August 1945 by Allied forces resulted in jubilation, tinged with regret, amongst the gay population. The British legal system was reinstated, with the notorious section 377 of the Singapore Penal Code, criminalising all sexual acts 'against the order of nature'. The incompetence and unfairness of the British post-war administration in addressing the economic plight of Singaporeans sowed the seed of the concept of self-determination within the local populace. Not only was the idea of independence mulled over, ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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The Rocker of the 21st century has evolved from its humble working-class British beginnings more than 40 years ago and so has the fashion ; Full length motorcycle boots such as the classic Lewis Leather styles are still used, but Winkle Pickers, sharp pointed shoes are no longer so common. Engineer boots and Doc Martens being the norm. Brothel Creepers, thick crepe soled shoes, have worked themselves back into fashion, as originally worn by the " Teds " or Teddy Boys. Rockers continue to wear motorcycle jackets with leather trousers and the ubiquitous whit ...

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Image:Rockersannie.jpg Image:Rockerbikes.jpg Rockers are a sub-culture, even within motorcycling, that persists to this day and should not be confused with the similar looking Greasers, as in the American usage of the term, Psychobillys or Punks such as The Clash, The Ramones, etc., who have taken style elements from the Rockers. The British use of the terms Greasers/Rockers are fairly interchangeable. Strictly speaking, British Greasers being a short-lived development in the early 1970s somewhere between the original Rockers and the l ...

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The Rocker Movement came about through a number of unique influences; the end of Post-WWII rationing in the UK and a general rise in prosperity for working class youth, the availability of credit and finance for young people, the influence of American popular music & cinema, the building of race track-like new arterial ring roads about British cities and the transport cafes which became their natural haunts. All of these coinciding at the same time as British motor engineering, and motorcycle industry, was still at the centre of world. Indeed, 1959 was the year th ...

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Rockers are generally associated with 1950s and early 1960s-era Rock and Roll by artists like Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry and the early Elvis Presley but a Rocker was a motorcyclist first and foremost not a mere fashion or youth music trend. Theirs was a style born out of necessity and practicality and they will generally be seen riding their motorcycles wearing a classic open face style of helmet and aviator goggles, especially the "pudding-basin" short style ...

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Rockers, Rockers - Music and Fashion, Rockers - Cultural Background, Rockers - Cafe Racers, Rockers - Rocker Reunion, Rockers - Rocker Jackets, Rockers - Modern Day, Rockers - Sub-cultural references

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Government-industry cooperation, aid from the United States following World War II, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, emphasis on education, and a comparatively small defense allocation have helped Japan advance with extraordinary speed to become the second largest economy in the world, after the U.S. For three decades, overall real economic growth had been spectacular: a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s, and a 4% average in the 1980s. Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s largely due to the after-effects of o ...

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Popular fiction claims that the Shinsengumi law was written by Kamo Serizawa or Isami Kondō, but it's more likely to have been written by Toshizō Hijikata (since its strictness fits his personality more than the other leaders). The law has five articles, which prohibit the following: Deviating from the samurai code (Bushido) Leaving the Shinsengumi Raising money privately Taking part in other's liti ...

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Commander: Kondō Isami , a practitioner of the Tennen Rishin Ryū Vice Commanders: Hijikata Toshizō, Yamanami Keisuke Military Advisor: Kashitarō Itō Troop Captains: Okita Sōji Nagakura Shinpachi Saitō Hajime Matsubara Chūji Takeda Kanryūsai Inoue Genzaburō Tani Sanjūrō Tōdō Heisuke Suzuki Mikisaburō Harad ...

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When the Japanese imperial army invaded Singapore in February 1942 and renamed it Syonan-to, the British legal system was toppled overnight and replaced by the Japanese one. Unbeknownst to all save the elite few who possessed a knowledge of Japanese culture either through erudition or travel, homosexuality suddenly became legitimate as it was never criminalised in Japan. In fact, the Japanese military, who revered the Bushido code, were the inheritors of a tradition which extolled homosexuality as a higher form of love. It was widely ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s,