According to sympathizers, Smith, Young and other prominent Church leaders were reluctant to embrace the practice of plural marriage especially given their strict Victorian morals. Some critics contend that Smith at first committed adultery with Fanny Alger, a young maid in the Smith household, and later relied on the Biblical rationale of plural marriage to legitimize his immorality. Some critics, expecting the LDS Church's formal departure from plural marriage to equate with a doctrinal renunciation, see the church's current policy ...

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Plural marriage, Plural marriage - Origin, Plural marriage - The practice of polygyny, Plural marriage - Joseph Smith's wives, Plural marriage - Polyandry sexual relations and fathering children, Plural marriage - Groups continuing the practice, Plural marriage - Abandoning the practice, Plural marriage - Fundamentalist beginnings, Plural marriage - Critical views

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Mister Sinister - Origin. Nathaniel Essex was a 19th-century scientist in Victorian England obsessed with Darwin’s theory of evolution, though he felt Darwin and his contemporaries were shackled by too many moral constraints. While pursuing his own research in 1859, he discovered that humanity was undergoing increasing mutation, due to what he called "Essex Factors" in the human genome. His theories were mocked, making him bitter; his son’s death (at the age of four from numerous birth defects, includi ...

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Mister Sinister, Mister Sinister - Character history, Mister Sinister - Origin, Mister Sinister - Apocalypse, Mister Sinister - The end of the 19th Century, Mister Sinister - The first half of the 20th Century, Mister Sinister - Emergence of mutants, Mister Sinister - Legacy Virus & the third Summers brother, Mister Sinister - Freedom, Mister Sinister - House of M and Beyond, Mister Sinister - Powers and abilities, Mister Sinister - Notes and trivia, Mister Sinister - Ultimate Mr. Sinister, Mister Sinister - Media

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 - Total (2001 census)  - Metropolitan (2005)  - Population Growth  - Rank 2,481,494 (source) 5,304,100 (source) 1.9% annually Ranked 1st Latitude: Longitude: City of Toronto Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario. Toronto's population is 2,481,494 (2001 Census), and the population of the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) is estimated at 5,304,100 in 2005 (Statistics Canada). A Greater Toronto Area (GTA) ...

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Toronto - Crime. Crime (including violent and gang crime) in Toronto has been generally decreasing over the past decade. Toronto's violent crime rates are extremely low compared to many cities in the U.S. and comparable to rates in larger European centres, and are low even compared with other Canadian cities. Due to a spike in gun-related crimes/murders over the summer of 2005, largely attributed to the rise of gangs and the failure of Canadian officials to stem the rising tide, concern over gun- and gang- ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice", a suggestion backed up by the acrostic of Alice's full name that appears at the end of Through the Looking Glass, though Dodgson himself later denied his 'little heroine' was based on any real child), the sheer number of his child friends, his collection of the early child photographs by Oscar Rejlander, his love of the London theatres before the child-actress reforms, and psychological readings of his w ...

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Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll - Upbringing, Lewis Carroll - Academic life, Lewis Carroll - Photography, Lewis Carroll - Character, Lewis Carroll - Writing career, Lewis Carroll - Other selected works, Lewis Carroll - Drug use, Lewis Carroll - Allegations of pedophilia, Lewis Carroll - Karoline Leach's work and the 'Carroll Myth', Lewis Carroll - Jack the Ripper theories, Lewis Carroll - Inventions

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Toronto - Crime. Crime (including violent crime) in Toronto has been generally decreasing over the past decade. Toronto's violent crime rates are extremely low compared to many cities in the US (in 1999, Toronto had 1.3 homicides per 100,000 people compared to Houston's 13.4, Chicago's 15.65 (2004), and Washington, DC's 35.7 (2004) [4]) and comparable to rates in larger European centres, and are low ev ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus Terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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The main character of this story is a Dwarf, 26 inches high, at the court of an Italian City-state in the renaissance. The exact locations are unclear, but since a character named Bernardo, which is unmistakably modeled on Leonardo da Vinci appears in the novel, it appears to take place in a fictional version of Milan around the time of Leonardo's stay at the court of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, from 1482 to 1499. There is a reference to Santa Croce being in the immediate surroundings, but this is possibly mixed up with the Ba ...

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The Dwarf, The Dwarf - Plot, The Dwarf - Interpretations

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The heady days of unmitigated expansion of available gay spaces experienced in the 80's were curbed to some degree in the early 90's. Singapore's breakneck economic growth was being attributed to 'Asian values', the most vociferous proponent of whom was Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. 'Family values' was seen as an integral subset of these and touted with much verve by the politically commandeered local media. No one took seriously an American academic's assertion that the rapid growth of the Asian Newly Industrialising Economies (NIEs) was mai ...

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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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Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice", a suggestion backed up by the acrostic of Alice's full name that appears at the end of Through the Looking Glass, though Dodgson himself later denied his 'little heroine' was based on any real child), the sheer number of his child friends, his collection of the early child photographs by Oscar Rejlander, his love of the London theatres before the child-actress reforms, and psychological readings of his w ...

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Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll - Upbringing, Lewis Carroll - Academic life, Lewis Carroll - Photography, Lewis Carroll - Character, Lewis Carroll - Writing career, Lewis Carroll - Other selected works, Lewis Carroll - Allegations of drug abuse, Lewis Carroll - Allegations of pedophilia, Lewis Carroll - Karoline Leach's work and the 'Carroll Myth', Lewis Carroll - Jack the Ripper theories, Lewis Carroll - Inventions

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Toronto is a port of entry, as well as being an important commercial, financial, and industrial hub. It is the banking and stock exchange centre of the country, and is Canada's primary wholesale and distribution point. Its importance as a seaport increased after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, but has since diminished and is disused (see: Waterfront). Ontario's wealth of raw materials and hydroelectric power have made Toronto a primary centre of industry. The city and its surrounding area produces more than half of Canada's ma ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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Toronto - Railways. Toronto is served by intercity VIA Rail, Ontario Northland, and Amtrak trains through Union Station, a grand neoclassical structure in the heart of the city's downtown, which is shared with GO Transit's commuter trains. Toronto may soon have its own high-speed airport to downtown rail link with the proposed construction of the Blue22 transit route. Toronto - Bus terminals. A large GO bus terminal is located next to Union Station. However, the main inter-city bus terminal is at Bay & Dundas. ...

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Toronto - Universities and colleges. Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest university in Canada, the University of Toronto, which has a student population of more than 60,000 across three campuses (one downtown, one in Scarborough, and another in Mississauga). York University, the third largest university in Canada, has a student population of more than 50,000 students across two campuses. It houses Glendon College, one of the only two post-secondary educational ins ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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Lewis Carroll seems to have thought a lot about how to solve some common technical problems of the day. The fact that he was able to understand and use new technologies is amply demonstrated by his use of the camera, which was not as user-friendly as it is today. One such invention, as cited in his journal on September 24, 1891 and as published in, was a system of writing called Nyctography and a tool called the Nyctograph. He invented this because he would be unable to sleep at night and would want to write down his ideas to clear hi ...

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Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll - Upbringing, Lewis Carroll - Academic life, Lewis Carroll - Photography, Lewis Carroll - Character, Lewis Carroll - Writing career, Lewis Carroll - Other selected works, Lewis Carroll - Drug use, Lewis Carroll - Allegations of pedophilia, Lewis Carroll - Karoline Leach's work and the 'Carroll Myth', Lewis Carroll - Jack the Ripper theories, Lewis Carroll - Inventions

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Many wild theories have been woven around the life of Lewis Carroll. Perhaps the most extreme emerged in 1996 when author Richard Wallace published a book titled Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend accusing Lewis Carroll and his colleague Thomas Vere Bayne of being Jack the Ripper. It was largely based upon anagrams Wallace constructed from Carroll's writing. Carroll and Bayne have strong alibis for most of the nights of the Ripper murders, and W ...

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Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll - Upbringing, Lewis Carroll - Academic life, Lewis Carroll - Photography, Lewis Carroll - Character, Lewis Carroll - Writing career, Lewis Carroll - Other selected works, Lewis Carroll - Drug use, Lewis Carroll - Allegations of pedophilia, Lewis Carroll - Karoline Leach's work and the 'Carroll Myth', Lewis Carroll - Jack the Ripper theories, Lewis Carroll - Inventions

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Toronto's most famous landmark is the CN Tower, a 553 metre (1,815 ft) tall steel and concrete transmission tower, the tallest free-standing land structure in the world. Directly west of it is the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome), the world's first sporting arena to feature a fully retractable roof. It is currently home to the Toronto Blue Jays and the Toronto Argonauts. Nearby, the Air Canada Centre is the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, and the Toronto Rock. It was originally built to re ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. In 2004, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ranked Toronto second, behind Miami, in its list of world cities with the largest percentage of foreign-born population. Though ranking first, Miami's foreign-born population is mostly Hispanic, whereas Toronto's is significantly more diverse. Toronto also ranked ahead of London (which ha ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) extends beyond the city boundaries and includes the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, York and Durham. The GTA is part of a larger, natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion. This ecosystem is bounded by Lake Ontario, the Niagara Escarp ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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Torontonians elect representatives to the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government. 22 Members of Parliament (MPs) representing Toronto sit in the House of Commons in Ottawa, and another 22 Members of Ontario's Provincial Parliament (MPPs) sit in the Legislative Assembly in Queen's Park, located in Toronto. Being Ontario's capital, many provincial offices are located in the city. Toronto's local government consists of 44 elected councillors (representing around 55,000 people each), who along with the mayor, make up the ...

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Toronto, Toronto - History, Toronto - Demographics, Toronto - Geography and climate, Toronto - Government, Toronto - Economy, Toronto - Education, Toronto - Universities and colleges, Toronto - K-12 schools, Toronto - Transport, Toronto - Railways, Toronto - Bus terminals, Toronto - Highways, Toronto - Public transport, Toronto - Airports, Toronto - Other, Toronto - Attractions, Toronto - Shopping, Toronto - Culture, Toronto - Exhibits, Toronto - Performing arts, Toronto - Literature, Toronto - Events, Toronto - Tourism, Toronto - Music, Toronto - Sports, Toronto - City issues, Toronto - Crime, Toronto - Homelessness, Toronto - Waterfront, Toronto - Computer leasing inquiry, Toronto - Garbage, Toronto - Traffic gridlock, Toronto - Greenbelt, Toronto - Toronto and area, Toronto - City suburbs and neighbourhoods, Toronto - Toronto's 905 exurbs, Toronto - Nomenclature, Toronto - Nicknames, Toronto - Pronunciation, Toronto - Twinnings

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With the advent of British colonisation and the imposition of their legal system which criminalised sodomy, there must have been instances where flagrant gay sex in back alleys and public toilets met with suppression by the Police, but criminal prosecutions were rare. Aggrieved individuals would have wanted to speak out but as they had no social network, most suffered in silence and became more discreet with their sex lives. Southern Chinese and Indians were imported as indentured labourers to oil the gears of the British entrepôt economy. ...

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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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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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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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