Category: Dear People

Out Of The Closet: Irwin Tseing Shares His Story

Dear People, Meet 22-year old Australian Irwin Tseing! Born in Sydney, Irwin’s father is from Hong Kong while his mother is of English descent. Growing up, his inclination towards guys was something that he was always acutely aware of, but not something which he gave too much thought to. When I was young I always

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If You Are A Cynic Over The #PrayForParis Movement, Then You Should Read This!

Dear People, Just like the rest of you, I too have been caught up in the social media storm that has erupted in the aftermath of the horrific Paris terror attacks that occurred on the 13th of November. So I’m going to take a break from writing about LGBT related issues for once and instead,

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Out Of The Closet: Lokies Khan Shares His Story

Dear People,              Meet 23-year old Singaporean Lokies Khan! Currently serving his National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces, Lokies has done something few others dared to do. Despite the social stigma associated with homosexuality in the military, Lokies has very proudly declared that he’s gay, not just to the

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Out Of The Closet: Darius Zee Shares His Story

Dear People, Meet 27-year old Singaporean Darius Zee… a former homophobe turned LGBT rights activist! Darius’ same-sex inclination started when he was only in primary school. However, it wasn’t till he started his secondary school education that his homosexual tendencies became a lot more evident. Darius reflects that: I guess my inclination was only confirmed

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Why Travelling Is Over-rated!

Dear People, Millennials are obsessed with travelling. They fill themselves up with wanderlust by ogling at beautiful places that pop up on their Instagram feed. They create travel bucket lists on Pinterest. They constantly check for cheap airfares on the Internet. They save up religiously for their next big vacation. And they do all this

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How Connor And Oliver Gave Me Serious Gay Relationship Goals!

Dear People, It seems like every new American TV show nowadays has a token gay couple but one couple in particular stands out to me. I’ve been hooked onto the ABC hit series ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ ever since it premiered and one of my favourite things about the show is the relationship

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Move Over Homophobia, It’s Time To Talk About Biphobia

Dear People, You’ve probably heard of homophobia before. And maybe even transphobia. But chances are, most of you have never heard of biphobia before. When you consider the fact that biphobia is rampant in both the straight and LGBT communities, the lack of attention to it is honestly quite shocking. As the name itself suggests,

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5 Very Good Reasons Why You Need To Start Watching Scream Queens!

Dear People, I have a confession to make: I am absolutely hooked onto ‘Scream Queens’. The American horror-comedy series created by Ryan Murphy has become my new guilty pleasure and now, I’m going to try to make it your guilty pleasure as well! Here are 5 reasons why everyone needs to start watching Scream Queens!

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8 Mariah Carey Songs That Should Have Become Number 1 Hits!

Dear Straight People, With 18 number 1 singles under her belt, Mariah is indisputably the Queen of Billboard. However, here are 8 other Mariah Carey songs that deserve their spot at the peak of the Billboard charts as well! 1. All I want for Christmas is you (Billboard Hot 100 peak position: 21) More than 20 years

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Out Of The Closet: Audi Khalid Shares His Story

Dear People,                                Meet 27-year old Singaporean Audi Khalid! Born to a Malay family, homosexuality was a foreign concept to his parents. It was a topic that was rarely brought up nor discussed in the family. Never in their wildest dreams

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