Events
Proud Spaces is thrilled to launch the Singapore Queer Memory Project (SQMP) – a multi-year project to reclaim Singapore’s queer history. The initiative commences with Connecting Our Pasts: The Storyteller Series.
This series offers audiences an opportunity to connect and converse with storytellers sharing their part in our history and in making community in Singapore. The first in the series features queer change-makers who have been participating in queer life and organising for decades. Ask and share about growing up pre-repeal and times of active surveillance and harassment. Hear how Singapore has changed, and hasn’t.
On 18 September, we will focus on pivotal moments and untold stories that have shaped the gay and trans community over the past three decades. A lively q&a is encouraged. The next day – 19 September – we’ll shift focus to the experiences of queer women in an equally captivating conversation. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate queer history from diverse perspectives.
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Meet Our Speakers
Russell Heng (He/Him)
Journalist, Academic & Playwright
Russell Heng a former journalist, academic and playwright was at the forefront of queer activism in the 1990s and early 2000s when Singapore’s queer activism was taking shape. He was a founding member of People Like Us (PLU) and IndgiNation. In recent times he has been an active advocate for blue collar foreign migrant workers through his work with TWC2 (Transient Workers Count Too)
June Chua (She/Her)
Founder of The T Project & Alicia Community Centre
June Chua co-founded The T Project with her late sister Alicia in 2014 to support Singapore’s transgender community through social services and a shelter for the homeless. In 2018, she established the Alicia Community Centre, the country’s first drop-in centre for transgender people, focusing on youth support and resources. Her advocacy has earned international recognition, including honours from AWARE, APCOM, and Attitude Magazine, as well as participation in the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Programme.
Alex Au (He/Him)
Activist for Gay Rights & South Asian Migrant Workers Rights
Alex Au gets sucked into things he never intended to be doing. Over thirty years in the private sector, sanity saved only by dabbling in gay activism (no, it was not queer activism) in the 1990s. Nearly twenty years blogging, nothing prepared him for this, just dived in. Then Russell came along and dragged him into crowds of South Asian migrant workers. Been busy since. No time for sex.
Clarence Singam (He/Him)
Founding Member of Proud Spaces
Clarence Singam is a founder of Oogachaga, Free Community Church and IndigNation. He is currently working with others to establish Proud Spaces.