What does a gay sensibility and the gay experience bring to art? Sama-sama, showcasing the works of 13 artists - of whom 1 is straight - gives clues to the answer. In their different ways, these works subvert habitual ways of seeing and thinking, contesting particularly questions of convention and permissibility.

Justin Lee’s The Queen of Happinness [...]

Rather than reinvent the wheel, here’s a link to the write-up by fridae.com.

Imagine going through one’s entire school life without being able to pee in peace. This was one of the more indelible accounts from a male-to-female (MtF) transsexual on 3 August, at the Echoes of Transsexuals forum.
RC told of how her school forbade her to use the girls’ toilet, but when she used the boys’ [...]

For general background about IndigNation, see About Indignation
Announcement of late changes: The talk “Celebrating couplehood” has been moved from 4 August to Monday 14 August. Venue and time remain the same.
Fairy Godfather (12 - 13 August 2006) has been rated RA18.

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15 Aug
Sama-sama art exhibition - [...]

It is the intention of IndigNation to be as open and inclusive as possible. Everybody - whether straight or gay - is welcome. However, there are three events for which the Media Development Authority has imposed an RA18 rating. You will need to be at least 18 years old to enter. They are:
Sama-sama art exhibition
1 - 15 [...]

72-13 (Theatreworks) is a conserved building that was once a rice godown. It does not have any prominent signage, but it’s one of the few old buidlings in an area of newer, taller buildings.
Most events at 72-13 start at 7:30 pm, so it should still be fairly bright when you arrive. 
In the evening, it’s quite a pleasant [...]

 
 
 
 
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Award-winning Malaysian writer, columnist and former journalist o.young (Ouyang Wenfeng) will launch his latest title An Asian Gay Man’s Coming Out Journey in Singapore this week.
In this book, written in Chinese, he gives an honest account of his experience coming out as a gay man during his recent years of teaching and research in the [...]

What is it like for men and women to grow up here, to come out their families, to find love and work and meaning? What are their stories? For the first time in Singapore, the book “SQ21 - Singapore Queers in the 21st Century” answers these questions.
Fifteen men and women including a mother of two [...]

Is there a woman in God? What is she like? A mother, a queen, a diva, a girlfriend? Or is God just all man and nothing much else?
Come and join our distinguished panelists comprising of Rev Yap Kim Hao, first Asian bishop of the Methodist Church in Malaysia-Singapore, Ms Ngiam Su-Lin a theological student and [...]