Business and Technology

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Singapore: How LGBT Activists Are Marshaling Support From Singapore’s Private Sector

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Plans for an annual festival in Singapore supporting LGBT rights came under threat last year when the government denied sponsorship requests from multinational companies. In the end, however, the Pink Dot festival went ahead with the backing of more than 100 Singaporean companies.

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Japan: Kirin beer company toasts same-sex marriages for its employees

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The Kirin craft beer subsidiary Spring Valley Brewery also supported this year’s Tokyo Rainbow Pride event and had a booth there, with the rather catchy slogan that “both people and beers are all different, and are all good.”

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South Africa: Stanford tourism association suspends homophobic Beloftebos wedding venue

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The Western Cape town of Stanford has condemned the Beloftebos wedding venue’s discriminatory policy of refusing to host same-sex weddings.