Source: Hollywood Reporter, Variety Asia
HONG KONG – Singapore regulators have fined state TV broadcaster MediaCorp TV Channel 5 for what the regulators said was a show "promoting homosexuality".

MediaCorp TV Channel 5 has been fined S$15,000 (US$11,072) by the Media Development Authority (MDA) for airing an episode of the series, "Find and Design" that it saw as "normalizing" and "promoting" a gay lifestyle.

In the episode concerned, aired January 13, the host helped a gay couple to transform their game room into a new nursery for their adopted baby.

"The episode contained several scenes of the gay couple with their baby as well as the presenter's congratulations and acknowledgement of them as a family," the agency observed.

Singapore's Programme Advisory Committee for English Programmes (PACE) said that "a gay relationship should not be presented as an acceptable family unit," and noted that show was aired on a Sunday morning.

Earlier this month the MDA fined pay-TV operator Starhub ($7,200) for a commercial on MTV Mandarin Channel that included "romanticized scenes of two girls kissing (and which) portrayed the relationship as acceptable."

The MDA announced the latest fine Thursday night on its Web site. Under Singapore's penal code, homosexuality is outlawed and punishable of up to two years, although prosecutions are rare.

Full article: MDA fines MediaCorp for gay scene | Hollywood Reporter
MDA punishes Singapore TV for gay content | Variety Asia