*What I Wished My Parents Said When I Told Them I Was Gay: Real LGBTQ Coming Out Stories & Resources for Support from Sassy Mama, Jun 2019. "After all, affection is never easy for Asian families. Unlike our Western counterparts, we tend to internalise a lot of issues, and we have to counter cultural pride, generation gap, and a lack of awareness and/or education."
*What It’s Like to Come Out in Singapore, Where Gay Sex is Still Illegal from VICE, May 2019. "For Aliy, 16, who identifies as trans male, moving schools was a shocking experience. “In primary school, everyone is too young to understand what is going on, so I was accepted. "
*I'm Muslim, gay & still largely in the closet. But I hope you will read my story. from Mothership, June 2019. "I kept all my thoughts and feelings to myself, without discussing them with anyone else, as I did not feel comfortable sharing them with others."
*What It’s Like Being Gay in Singapore, Where Homosexuality Is Still Illegal from Another Man, Nov 2018. "In Asian families, we rarely talk about our feelings, unlike our Western counterparts. We avoid confrontation and the ‘coming out’ conversations are rare."
*'We are not freaks of nature': Singapore transgender woman from Asiaone.com. "We are not freaks of nature, it's not our choice that we are this way. So don't treat us like a circus for you to point and laugh at."
377A: Singapore to end ban on gay sex, Singapore will repeal a law that bans gay sex, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state. On the other hand, prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also had said the government would ensure better legal protection for the definition of marriage as one between a man and a woman. This would effectively make it harder for gay marriage to be legalised. BBC, 22 Aug 2022
The Purple Alliance - "The Purple Alliance is made up of a group of Singaporeans committed to supporting LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer and other) individuals."
Pink Dot SG - "Pink Dot Sg is a non-profit movement started in 2009 by a group of individuals who care deeply about the place that LGBT Singaporeans call home."
Singapore officials void same-sex couple’s legal marriage, Washington blade, 25 July, 2017
Singaporeans rally for gay pride amid ban on foreigners, CNN, 1 July, 2017
*Majority of Singaporeans uncomfortable with religious leaders speaking up on LGBT issues: IPS study from Straitstimes, Oct 2019.