South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners.
But it touched off a wave of online criticism, with one group labelling it “an unfortunate attempt to push the LGBT ideology into a largely conservative Muslim community”.“We are against the ideology of mainstreaming homosexuality and transgenderism into a conservative society,” said “We are Against Pinkdot”, a group that opposes Singapore’s gay rights movement.
Following the backlash, Samsung said it was pulling the ad from all public platforms as it “may be perceived as insensitive and offensive” to some members of the local community. “To date, it is still unclear what these people were offended by — the fact that LGBTQ+ people exist in Singapore or that we are deserving of loving relationships, or both,” it said.
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