I am Homosexual and I Don't Think we Should Call for a Boycott of IKEA

In the simplest of all forms, two wrongs do not make a right.

I am a homosexual, and indeed I have been subjected to mild discrimination one time or another. But I have been lucky being in this country - I haven't been called names, nor beaten up or raped. When one accidentally refers me as a guy (especially if I suit up), I find it amusing.

Perhaps a little traumatizing too, when being shouted at in the Ladies. But it must've been more traumatizing for the old lady who thought a guy was next to her cubicle listening to her pee.

I don't mind being stared at - my hair is blonde and I have 9 tattoos littered around my body like a sticker book.

As a result of being a minority (I have no numbers here but God has it been hard finding lesbians to date), I am inevitably more sensitive to tolerance. Coupled with the diversity of my family, I understand the importance of tolerance in a society.

The lack of which has lead to one death too many.

The lack of which has lead to one war too many.

I detest Lawrence Khong and I pity him. I genuinely do.

But he is for God to judge. Not me. Perhaps he will at some point commit a crime Amos Yee style but I'm not about to let my evening be ruined by a bigot like him.

The call for boycott of IKEA Singapore for sponsoring Lawrence Khong's circus act by some homosexuals is not one I understand.

I understand the angst if IKEA Singapore has never sponsored a gay play by an openly gay director. But they have.