The Government announced in 2016 that it had intentions to undertake substantive reform of our criminal laws, to ensure that they remain relevant and up-to-date. A Penal Code Review Committee was convened by Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law in July 2016, and in August 2018, they released a 500-page report on the… [Read More]
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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… [Read More]