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How housing policies discriminate against and penalise LGBTQ+ couples in Singapore // LGBTQ+ Rights in Singapore
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During this year’s National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced housing policy changes that will soon benefit queer Singapor... -
Anti-LGBTQ fake science is spreading in Singapore
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We've published a video that summarises this (long) article on Instagram, and we recommend watching and sharing it! In July 2022, a school coun... -
Singapore’s Section 377A repeal and constitutional amendment to protect marriage: what do they really mean?
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Singapore’s Parliament has announced on 20 October two bills: one that seeks to repeal (i.e. remove) s377A, and another to amend the Constitution ... -
377A will be repealed, but what's next?
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Section 377A will be repealed On 21 August 2022, during the National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Singapore ... -
Is Singapore safe for LGBTQ+ foreigners? A comprehensive guide
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Singapore is one of the countries that still criminalises sex between men. On top of that, systemic censorship and oppression of LGBTQ+ folks is pervasive here.
Yet our senior politicians often claim that no LGBTQ+ discrimination exists. What, then, is the truth of the matter? Is Singapore really safe for LGBTQ+ foreigners?
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What’s stopping the police in Singapore from arresting gay men again?
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Since 1989, police in Singapore have conducted numerous "anti-gay" operations to bait and arrest queer men. Even today, they refuse to explain why they conducted these operations (we asked).
Before you brush this off as something for the history books: their latest operation might have happened in 2010. And the worst part? Nothing appears to prevent them from continuing such operations again today.
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Queer representation in media: the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Queer representation comes in many forms, and it isn’t always positive. On top of that, even accurate and compelling forms of queer representation can (surprisingly) upset queer folks. Representation is a nuanced topic, not just because diversity is difficult to depict, but also because different forms of representation can achieve very different outcomes.
It’s time for us to take a trip down the complex path of queer representation in media.
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What coming out in Singapore is like: 7 people share their stories // LGBT Rights in Singapore
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Content warning: some of the stories below mention self-hate, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and familial rejection. We’ve added content warnings t... -
How schools in Singapore suppress LGBTQ+ identities // LGBT Rights in Singapore
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Schools in Singapore have been suppressing, erasing, and bullying LGBTQ+ folks for decades. Yet this form of institutionalised discrimination has been so successful that most people don’t even notice that it exists.
Here’s how it works.
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The reality of “conversion therapy” practices in Singapore // LGBT Rights in Singapore
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In recent months, the topic of “conversion therapy” piqued public interest. Heated arguments were made for and against “conversion therapy” programmes, but few featured the voices of abuse survivors. This article takes a comprehensive look at so-called “conversion therapy” practices in Singapore. Here’s everything you need to know. -
Locked up at home for a month — Tom’s story of conversion abuse in Singapore
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Tom’s parents enlisted the help of their church to perform abusive acts on their son — all with the hopes of turning him straight. -
“Being gay is the biggest sin” — Iani’s story of “conversion therapy” in Singapore
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Ustazs convinced Iani’s parents that an evil spirit was causing their child to be lesbian. They engaged in “conversion therapy” practices until Iani collapsed from a mental breakdown.
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“It hurts when I touch myself now” — Sam’s story of “conversion therapy” in Singapore
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For nearly 30 years, an unassuming church in Singapore has been providing “counselling” services to LGBTQ+ folks. One man tells us how it destroyed his life. -
Bisexuality vs Pansexuality: the war within the LGBTQ+ community, explained.
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The bisexual and pansexual online communities appear to be at war with each other.
And it’s painful to watch, to say the least. Insults are hurled around as people from both camps call each other’s sexuality exclusive, transphobic, harmful, fake.
But why is this happening? How did members of the LGBTQ+ community — a community that’s all about diversity — end up attacking each other with such vehemence?
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Here are all the anti-LGBTQ regulations in Singapore // LGBT Rights in Singapore
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LGBT individuals in Singapore face harsh setbacks in their quality and cost of living. Many of these can be traced back to S377A and marriage laws, which legitimise all institutional discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. Here are all the ways LGBTQ+ people are paying for being queer in Singapore. -
This is why we don’t get LGBTQ+ representation in Singapore // LGBT Rights in Singapore
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Nearly all aspects of life in Singapore are systematically filtered by large, powerful institutions to remove, reduce, and vilify LGBTQ+ voices. Here's all the ways LGBTQ+ representation is systematically, actively, and pervasively removed from Singapore’s society.
