Where Queens Ruled
August 16th, 2005 | Published in glbt | 4 Comments
A Double Bill
Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
Time: 1930
Location: Mox
A History of Gay Venues in Singapore
By Russell Heng
Today we head to the internet and a cluster of clubs, saunas and Maxwell Market to be with one another. But where did gay men and lesbians go before? What was gay life like 40 years ago? Where exactly did queens go to reign? Come and hear activist, academic and out gay man Russell Heng share his walk through gay history in Singapore.
Same-Sex Love In Classical South Asian Literature
(in English) By Sheo S. Rai
We constantly hear that homosexuality is an impurity invading Asia from the West. In this session, Mr. Rai questions this notion that same-sex love is contrary to Asian culture. He will trace and explore various ancient classical texts from South Asia particularly, India, that touch on same-sex love demonstrating that it has existed as an integral part of our Asian heritage and life.
Mox will be serving one-for-one house pours and specials on jugs.
August 16th, 2005 at 1:32 am (#)
Interesting.. I think I might just join in!
August 16th, 2005 at 1:37 am (#)
wish i could go. sigh. are you going? could you write up a detailed thingy on it? it would be awesome if you could. =P
August 16th, 2005 at 1:38 am (#)
Say hi then!
Ladyqueer: yep I’m going. Will take copious notes and definitely will have a lot to say about it… my two fav topics, being queer, and indian lit!
August 17th, 2005 at 4:48 pm (#)
Damn! I so wanted to go for the second talk, being Indian, but I couldn’t. One word: parents. grumbles