Dr Thio Su Mien upset over sexuality programme

Dr Thio upset over sexuality programme

HIGHLIGHTS of comments at press conference by senior lawyer Thio Su Mien on her key role in bringing about the change of leadership at the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).

ON AWARE'S SEXUALITY PROGRAMME

'I started thinking, 'Hey, parents, you better know what's happening,'' she said. 'I talked to parents. I said: You better do something about this, otherwise your daughter will come back and say, 'Mum, I want to marry my girlfriend. Or your son will say: 'Dad, I want to marry my boyfriend.''

These parents were flabbergasted, she said, adding that such sexuality education was taking place in the United States and Europe and was not new.

'What is happening in society is that we are redefining marriage, we are redefining families,' she said.

'So I'm a concerned citizen and if people are so ignorant, I think I want to teach them.'

AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF LESBIANS?

'And this is something which should concern parents in Singapore. Are we going to have an entire generation of lesbians?'

Insisting that she was not anti-homosexual, she said: 'I have nothing against lesbians or homosexuals personally. On a personal front, I've ministered, I've counselled them.

'They are in pain. And very often from families where you have abusive fathers, they do things with their daughters and the daughters revolt, rebel against society.

'We understand this is what it's all about.'

REFOCUSING ON ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF AWARE

'I find to my dismay that Aware seems to be only very interested in lesbianism and the advancement of homosexuality, which is a man's issue,' she said. 'Can we re-focus on the excellent objectives of Aware? Go back to its original purpose for it being an NGO?' she asked.

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