Salty Xi Jie Ng draws power from a multitude of personas in order to reveal deeper truths about all of us.
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LGBTQ+ activist Ng Yi-Sheng ruminates on the decision to repeal S377A and reminisces about the road it took to get here.
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The recent announcement that S377A will soon be repealed is cause for celebration. Yet societal attitudes towards the queer community will not change overnight.
As another year passes, the question is less about whether we can see others, but about whether we can make people feel seen.
By conflating protectionism with traditional workplace discrimination, we risk creating a watered-down law that fails to address the real discrimination faced by people from from marginalised groups.
The nation as a concept is so new and limited. For most of recorded history people tended to identify with their city, town or village first. To cherish the Singapore of “Saint Jack” opens up a different kind of belonging.