Edited by Executive Director of Oogachaga Leow Yangfa, this collection brings together the real-life voices and stories of 21 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Singapore. In a society that suppresses, misrepresents, and refuses space to queer lives, I Will Survive is a an extraordinary record of endurance. I Will Survive, edited by Leow Yangfa Photo courtesy of BooksActually Invitation to Treat is available from the National Library Board. Expect a heavy dash of heartache, cut through with the sparkle of Wong’s lively wit. Sprawling over three decades, Invitation to Treat‘s power lies in its ability to weave together all the threads of a rich life – from coming out to finding community, family to frayed marriages. Rounding up the trilogy is Jointly and Severably, and its lyrical tale of love turned sour. Wills and Secession sees Ellen now divorced from her husband and happily married to her wife in London – till she must return to care for her ailing father. First staged in 1993, Mergers and Accusations opens with smart, sharp-talking lawyer Ellen Toh in a heterosexual marriage of convenience with her best friend, and her foray into relationships with other women. Written over two decades ago by lawyer-slash-playwright Eleanor Wong, this trilogy was a pioneer in putting lesbianism under the spotlight. The Boy With The Flower That Grew Out of His Ass is available on BooksActually. It earns him his father’s hatred, and he learns to hide it from the world – until one day, he meets another boy with a queer appendage of his own. Famed poet Cyril Wong queers the fairytale with The Boy With The Flower That Grew Out of His Ass, a short story with a bitter punch that lingers long after.įirst published as a hand-stitched chapbook in 2005, this poignant tale tells of a little boy with a peculiar appendage blossoming from his ass. For those who stick out in a straight world? Not so much. All roads lead to a hetero happily-ever-after in your childhood fairytales.

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