S’pore student gets online hate for photo of kiss with male partner, JC ‘advised’ him to take it down

[Guest Sigh]

S’pore student gets online hate for photo of kiss with male partner, JC ‘advised’ him to take it down

A student from Tampines-Meridian Junior College (TMJC) uploaded an Instagram photo of himself kissing his male partner.

The post attracted the attention of the Singapore HardwareZone forum.

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Homophobic comments

In a thread titled, “Omg ghey couple kissing in SG kissing in public”, started on Jan. 21, forum users weighed in with their views on this display of same-sex public affection.

Some felt it was a call to action:

A few members tried to counter the rhetoric:

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But they were ignored by others, one of whom referenced the Holocaust and advocated putting the couple in a “gas chamber”:

Instagram post identified

Forum members quickly identified the couple in the Instagram post via the duo’s social media handles.

They discovered that the person who uploaded the photo to his Instagram account was a student from TMJC.

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One forum member suggested sending the photos to TMJC’s principal.

Subsequently, another forum member claimed that he made a complaint to the school.

You can see a screen shot of the email he claimed to have sent:

This was what the text of the email said:

“Hi, I came across this thread regards to one of your student openly kissing his partner in public and it’s been recognised that he’s one of your student by the name of -. FYA (For your action) [Link to the HWZ Forum thread.] [Link to an image hosting site, displaying the Instagram photo.]”

Student asked to take down photo

The forum users then shared another Instagram photo from the student.

He claimed that he had been asked by his school to remove “all posts” featuring himself and his boyfriend because it “bothers others”:

Another Instagram photo was shared, ostensibly from the student’s partner:

He claimed the following:

The student was asked to take down the Instagram featuring the kiss.

The reason given was that it affected the school’s reputation, even though neither guy was identifiable as a member of TMJC from the original Instagram.

The school allegedly threatened to file a police report if the student did not comply.

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TMJC did not threaten to file a police report

When contacted, TMJC principal Pamela Yoong confirmed that the school was alerted by a member of the public, and identified one of the two teenagers in the photo as a TMJC student.

In response to media queries, Yoong said:

“We then advised the student that it would be in his interest to remove the post to protect his privacy and wellbeing. We did not mention the filing of a police report. We have always taught our students to behave with propriety on-line and in all other situations.”

[Guest Sigh]

https://mothership.sg/2019/01/tmjc-gay-kiss-instagram-hwz/

[Guest Tyu]

What’s wrong with the self-righteous “normal’ people?  Looking at their comments, they are “abnormally” sick. 

[Beefycub]

it's been circulating around for the past few days

gotta give it to the netizens for their online sleuthing skills in finding both their instagrams and pics 

bf is model wanna-be, probably considered good-looking to most of u, i guess

 

[Guest disclosed yourself]

Probably they (the straight people) will have get used to it...  seeing guys kissing in public...

What shoes that the younger ones are more daring.

 

Can the Junior College really interfere that people post on their private social media?

 

 

 

 

 

 

He kuukuu tangaengae nui; he parera apu paru.

[Guest Guest]

22 minutes ago, Guest disclosed yourself said:

Probably they (the straight people) will have get used to it...  seeing guys kissing in public...

What shoes that the younger ones are more daring.

 

Can the Junior College really interfere that people post on their private social media?

 

Typo or bad English?  LOL

[Guest guest]

7 hours ago, Guest Sigh said:

https://mothership.sg/2019/01/tmjc-gay-kiss-instagram-hwz/

 and look at what the wording on the picture say.... Can't believe in this era and in a educated country, there are still people saying HIV is spread by gays! 

[KINKYMALAY]

Sad...

[Dan 28]

Did the straights question that a lot  of actions and words by the straights or human beings were  forbidden in the past few decades ...and now it is acceptable ? Are the straights being dumb or what ? 

Edited January 31, 2019 by Dan 28

[Guest disclosed yourself]

2 hours ago, Guest disclosed yourself said:

Probably they (the straight people) will have get used to it...  seeing guys kissing in public...

What shoes that the younger ones are more daring.

 

Can the Junior College really interfere that people post on their private social media?

 

 

 

 

 

 

He kuukuu tangaengae nui; he parera apu paru.

 

Edited due to public demand:

 

Probably they (the straight people) will have get used to it...  seeing guys kissing in public...

What shows that the younger ones are more daring.

Can the Junior College really interfere what people post on their private social media?

 

 

 

 

 

Tatai tangata ki te whenua, ngaro noa, ngaro noa.

 

 

[LeanMature]

Why such a big hooha ?  Kissing between men not covered under 377A , so ?

[Latte]

Wish I was that brave at their age .... sigh

[Hanzothetan]

the most absurd comment was 'hope that they get HIV' or something similar.. WTF is this man...

Edited February 1, 2019 by Hanzothetan

[Alponsu]

6 hours ago, Hanzothetan said:

the most absurd comment was 'hope that they get HIV' or something similar.. WTF is this man...

 

Yes, frankly I was flabbergasted by the lack of awareness on such issues.

[LeGrad]

9 hours ago, Latte said:

Wish I was that brave at their age .... sigh

 

IKR. Kudos to the couple for standing up for their RS and for acceptance and visibility for the LGBTQI community.

[Guest guest]

I know, I knos, becos its a 17 yrs old JC student, that is the problem. 

 

if both are 25 year old adults, kiss in public , take foto and publish , 

 

then no problem lahb, adult mah , can choose, 

 

adults have rigth to choose , jc student considered, geeenaa. still a kid.

[Garyl]

Too emotional..

and they are too young to forsee the repercursions. Be grateful that their teacher or someone cared enough to bother on this.