“Champions of the Year”: The people who make violence possible.
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was started as a day of vigil and memorial for the sex workers who were murdered in the U.S. Today, Dec 17th has become an international day of solidarity to end violence against one of the most vulnerable parts of society. This photoset aims to call out […]
Project X forms coalition with 9 other CSOs, submits Shadow Report for Universal Periodic Review
Download the full report here: ALMOS UPR Report 2015 MEDIA STATEMENT BY ALMOS ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW As Singapore prepares to engage other United Nations member states on its human rights record at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2016, it is clear that much more needs to be done by the […]
An open letter to the Straits Times on their discriminatory representation of trans people.
On the 7th of December 2015 the Straits Times published this article, contained in which were a slew of discriminatory remarks and representations of the trans community. In response, Pavarne Shantti wrote an open letter to the Straits Times to clarify some of the offending points in the article. Her open letter was not published […]
“They Only Do This to Transgender Girls”: Report
Late 2013, we approached by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, upon being recommended by a local professor. They wanted to reach out to groups working on LGBT issues with the hope of producing a full human rights report. We exchanged a few long distance emails, and finally agreed upon […]
Taiwan Pride 2015: Reminiscing My Walk of Unity
When I was told my trip to Taiwan for ILGA 2015 conference will end with a must-be-present event call Pride Parade, I was skeptical about it as I was also told the event was similar to Pink Dot and the parade ASEAN People’s Forum organized but only that this parade has gay men under dressed, […]
Youth Voices Count In My Heart
Youth Voices Counts (YVC) is a regional network of young people who are leaders and advocates on MSM and Transgender issues (and other related issues like sex work and HIV/AIDS) . As part of their advocacy, YVC came up with a program where they would want to create more leaders of young people from different […]
Ah Boys to Bullies: Part 2 – Voices from the Sisters
Ah Boys to Bullies is a call for a change to stop bullying. To educate the bullies and to stand up for the ones who are bullied from time to time for many reasons. As a researcher and writer, I met up with a few transgender women or sisters to have a good […]
Ah Boys to Bullies: Part 1
“Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Since the inception of major education reform in the 80’s, Singapore’s education system has blossomed into a globally recognized model for excellence – ranking 5th in the world in a 2012 education survey conducted by Pearson Group, and […]
In Support of Amnesty International’s “Draft Policy on Sex Workers’ Human Rights”
Amnesty International recently came under fire for coming up with a draft policy that calls for the decriminalisation of sex work. In particular, many celebrities signed an open letter to ask Amnesty vote against decriminalisation (which is what sex workers globally are calling for). As such, the Global Network for Sex Work Projects (NSWP) has come up […]
On Safety, Relationships, and Coming Out as a Sex Worker: Interview with Alia
Sex work has been known as, “the world’s oldest profession” throughout the era of human civilization. However, even until today, societal and cultural level of acceptance towards sex workers has always been of prejudice and social stigma. In Singapore we rarely hear voices from our local sex worker women on why they choose to work […]