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Homophobes Rip Pride Flag Off Queer Singaporean Woman’s Home Twice

Queer Singaporean Sheni Nedumaran was investigated by the police for hanging up a Pride Flag, then had her Pride flag ripped off her window by vandals.

LGBTQ Singaporeans Share Their Experiences With Discrimination

Dear Straight People, If you think that the LGBTQ community in Singapore has it easy, think again. A group of Singaporeans came forward to share their experiences with discrimination using #HateHurts in a fundraising effort for Oogachaga – Singapore’s ONLY community based counselling centre for the LGBTQ community. (Note: The fundraising effort has ended) 1.

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12 LGBT Asians From Around The World Share Their First Coming Out Experience

Dear Queer People, The only thing more nerve racking than coming out is coming out for the first time.  Uncertainty is a scary thing. And it’s exacerbated by the fact that the consequences can be dire should things not pan out as planned. But for many of us, coming out is a rite of passage that

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Out Of The Closet: Sheni Shares Her Story

Dear People, Meet 28-year old Singaporean Sheni Nedumaran. Sheni is a pansexual. Yes, a pan-sexual. Human sexuality don’t just comprise of hetrosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality. Despite the fact that high profile celebrities like Miley Cyrus has come out as pansexual, pansexuality is one of the many other alternative sexualities that don’t receive much media coverage…

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Find Out Just How Clueless Most People Still Are About Pink Dot

Dear Straight People, Pink Dot has been held in Singapore for close to a decade and surprisingly, most people are still pretty clueless about it. Part social experiment, part Pink Dot awareness campaign, we gathered a group of straight and LGBT individuals… And made them answer the following questions: 1. When was Pink Dot first

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