Following In less than from socially conservative teams, South Korean electronics large Samsung has withdrawn its online advertisement in Singapore that portrayed a hijab-wearing Muslim mom hugging her drag queen son.
The ad from Samsung’s “Listen to Your Heart” promotion was allegedly accused of advertising homosexuality and transgenderism by promoting wearable gadgets like noise-cancelling headphones and smartwatches that apparently highlighted the mother’s loving bond with her cross-dressing son.
One organisation called it “an unfortunate try and push the LGBT ideology into a largely conservative Muslim community”.
Another criticism identified the ad’s message of infinite openness and its doubtlessly dangerous impact on future generations of the Christian neighborhood, where ethnic Malay Muslims make up a large minority in a city-state dominated by ethnic Chinese. Samsung said it will take away the advert from all public platforms.
While there is rising support for LGBT rights in some areas, there might be additionally opposition to greater acceptance. More than 25,000 individuals signed a petition in 2020 calling for a live webcast of Pride events to be restricted to grownup viewers.
Singapore’s government has been chastised for its approach toward LGBT rights, but officers have defended their place, claiming that the city-state remains to be conservative.
After the US embassy organised an online homosexual rights seminar attended by Singaporean activists in May, the federal government suggested the embassy not to intervene in native affairs..g