Articles &
Published Works

Articles &
Published
Works

Articles &
Published Works

Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence

Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence

The Missing Anthology – Jalan Besar Volume

Project X is proud to launch our inaugural volume of The Missing Anthology: Jalan Besar Volume. It contains submissions by sex workers for sex workers. The submissions range from theatre pieces, poetry, personal essays, non-fiction, an artwork, and even thriller!

Enhancing Online Safety for Users in Singapore

Project X Submission for Public Consultation Paper Issued By The Ministry of Communications and Information

“The Forced Sterilization of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in Singapore”

LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School, Volume VI, 2015-2016

Action Steps to be a Trans Ally

Infographic/cartoon done by Project X, 2013

They Only Do This to Transgender Girls – Singapore Report Final

Abuses of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore, Project X & Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, 2015

Public Morality in Sex Spaces

2013, guest article on S/pores

The Case for Anti-Discrimination Legislation-From an Unexpected Quarter

Guest article on Yawning Bread

2017 White Paper Relocating the Health of Transgender Sex Workers from the Margin

The Care White Paper Series, 2017

2017 Singapore CEDAW Stakeholders Report by Project X – 68th Session

by Project X – 68th Session, 2017

The Impact of the Coronovirus Disease on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore

Impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the sex work industry and assessed how it has impacted the health and social conditions of sex workers in Singapore.

The Right to Sexual Health

Presented at the Singapore AIDS Conference 2012 – Analyses key barriers to safer sex faced by sex workers.
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The Right to Sexual Health
Presented at the Singapore AIDS Conference 2012 – Analyses key barriers to safer sex faced by sex workers.
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2017 Singapore CEDAW Stakeholders Report
by Project X - 68th Session, 2017.
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease on the Health & Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore
Guest article on Yawning Bread.
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2017 White Paper Relocating the Health of Transgender Sex Workers from the Margin
The Care White Paper Series, 2017.
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The Case for Anti-Discrimintaion Legislation- From an Unexpected Quarter
Guest article on Yawning Bread.
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Public Morality in Sex Spaces
2013, guest article on S/pores.
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They Only Do This to Transgender Girls – Singapore Report Final
Abuses of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore, Project X & Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, 2015.
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Action Steps to be a Trans Ally
Infographic/cartoon done by Project X, 2013.
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“The Forced Sterilization of Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming People in Singapore”
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LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School, Volume VI, 2015-2016.

Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence

Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence

The Missing Anthology – Jalan Besar Volume

Project X is proud to launch our inaugural volume of The Missing Anthology: Jalan Besar Volume. It contains submissions by sex workers for sex workers. The submissions range from theatre pieces, poetry, personal essays, non-fiction, an artwork, and even thriller!

Enhancing Online Safety for Users in Singapore

Project X Submission for Public Consultation Paper Issued By The Ministry of Communications and Information

“The Forced Sterilization of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in Singapore”

LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School, Volume VI, 2015-2016

Action Steps to be a Trans Ally

Infographic/cartoon done by Project X, 2013

They Only Do This to Transgender Girls – Singapore Report Final

Abuses of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore, Project X & Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, 2015

Public Morality in Sex Spaces

2013, guest article on S/pores

The Case for Anti-Discrimination Legislation-From an Unexpected Quarter

Guest article on Yawning Bread

2017 White Paper Relocating the Health of Transgender Sex Workers from the Margin

The Care White Paper Series, 2017

2017 Singapore CEDAW Stakeholders Report by Project X – 68th Session

by Project X – 68th Session, 2017

The Impact of the Coronovirus Disease on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore

Impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the sex work industry and assessed how it has impacted the health and social conditions of sex workers in Singapore.

The Right to Sexual Health

Presented at the Singapore AIDS Conference 2012 – Analyses key barriers to safer sex faced by sex workers.
2013, guest article on S/pores
Abuses of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore, Project X & Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, 2015
Infographic/cartoon done by Project X, 2013

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Kheng Leng

Social Worker | [email protected]

Social Worker
[email protected]

Kheng Leng is a Registered Social Worker with the Singapore Association of Social Workers. Prior to joining Project X, she worked extensively with youths-at-risk and on issues of intergenerational poverty in Singapore. She is experienced in pioneering innovative social services such as setting up a Collective Impact initiative to support the lower-income families at Spoooner Road and operationalising the first boarding campus for lower-income families at Spooner Road and operationalising the first boarding campus for lower-income youths at =Dreams.

Kheng Leng firmly believes that every person deserves to live their potential. She hopes to develop the social work services at Project X and provide our community with right resources and opportunities at whatever stage of their lives.

Kheng Leng holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Highest Distinction) from the National University of Singapore.

Vanessa Ho

Executive Director | [email protected]

Executive Director
[email protected]

Vanessa has been full-time with Project X since 2011, and as a result, has had many opportunities to meet and connect with sex workers in Singapore and around the world. Under her leadership, the organisation has grown from a small group of volunteers to one where there are three paid staff and a team of over 60 volunteers. Correspondingly, she has increased the annual operating budget of the organization five times, and is now recognized as the leading organization that empowers and assists women in the sex industry.

Vanessa has written and spoken extensively about sex work, human trafficking, rape culture, and LGBTQ rights in Singapore. She believes that if people can speak about sex, gender and sexuality in open and in non-judgmental ways, society will become a safer place for everyone.

Vanessa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Warwick, and a Masters Degree in Gender, Society and Representation from University College London.