Podcast #28 – The Beginner’s Guide to Singapore’s Queer history (with Roy Tan) 18 Jun 2023 Long before Pink Dot and the repeal of Section 377A, Singapore had a colourful Queer history of recreation, repression, and resistance during the 20th century. Today, we speak to Roy…
Podcast #25- Journeying through Singapore’s little-known LGBT history (With Isaac Tng) 13 Mar 202313 Mar 2023 Singapore is a city renowned for its reputation as a stern, conservative environment. But history reveals a more colourful past, where queer people carved out spaces for their own voices…
Podcast #12 – Collecting the oral histories of Queer Singaporeans (A conversation with Hannah) 1 Sep 2021 Oral history is an increasingly popular method of recording the experiences of groups that may be left out of official documented archives or from national narratives. Today, we speak to…
Podcast #5 – The History of Singapore’s Fight Against AIDS (A Conversation with Roy Chan) 21 Mar 202116 Aug 2021 AIDS is an illness that still carries social stigma and moral indignation. The situation was especially worse during the 1980s and 1990s when most patients died painful deaths and moral…
Reviews Yogi’s Circuit Breaker Reviews 14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 During the Circuit Breaker lockdown period in Singapore that lasted from April 7 to June 1, I spent the time reading several books and watching shows on my to-do list.…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Circus of Books 9 May 2020 A conservative heterosexual Jewish couple wouldn't be out of place in a synagogue. But it certainly raises more than a few eyebrows when they are the owners of Los Angeles'…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong 15 Apr 2020 This is a landmark publication that provides an original contribution to queer research in two ways. Unlike most literature that looks at the experiences and issues facing youths, this book…
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