From legal challenges to photo shoots, read about the long and arduous journey it took to repeal Section 377A in Singapore.
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From Singapore’s own Stonewall event to an entrapment exercise that publicly humiliated 12 men, here are 3 major events in Singapore’s LGBT+ history you won’t learn in textbooks.
Dear Straight People, Yes, it’s not easy being LGBT in Singapore. But while Singapore isn’t exactly a very gay-friendly place, it’s a heck of a lot better now than it was a few decades ago. But don’t just take my word for it. Hear it from the following 5 Singaporeans over the age of 40 who will
Dear People, Meet 58-year old Singaporean Roy Tan; the unofficial historian of Singapore’s LGBT community. Older than Singapore herself, Roy has personally lived through Singapore’s LGBT history in its entirety. From the birth of Singapore’s first gay disco in an obscure seafood restaurant in the early 1970s to the police entrapment and caning of gay cruisers in