A great many thanks to those who dropped by our booth last month at Pink Dot 🙂 It was heartening to be back at Hong Lim Park for Pink Dot after 2 years, and seeing your support in person reinforces our hope and drive to continue serving the community. After all, books have always been […]
Category: Reviews
Review – “Sexual Minority Trauma & Healing”
On 4th June 2022, Pelangi Pride Centre hosted its first event since 2017, with the first session in a series of mental health talks. Presented by Maha Y. See, (PsyD in Clinical Psychology) with more than a decade of experience in the mental health field since 2006, he shared with an attentive audience his knowledge […]
Review – “The Law & You: How to plan for your LGBT family”
Pelangi Pride Centre was packed last Saturday when nearly 50 participants came to attend The Law & You: How to plan for your LGBT family by Indulekshmi Rajeswari, the editor of “Same but Different: A Legal Guidebook for LGBT Couples & Families in Singapore”. Our co-organiser Oogachaga was represented by Leow Yangfa who helped to […]
Review – “LGBTQ & Buddhism – Clearing Misconceptions”
The concept of “change” or impermanence, is the constant refrain in the ongoing evaluation of Buddhist teachings on homosexuality [1]. By his own perceptions, Venerable Phra Chun Kiang, at the by-invitation-only talk titled “LGBTQ & Buddhism – Clearing Misconceptions” held at the Pelangi Pride Centre, Singapore, 19 March 2016, encouraged Buddhist practitioners to question the […]
Clearing Misconceptions – LGBTQ and Buddhism
Clearing Misconceptions – LGBTQ and Buddhism by Yap Ching Wi Phra Chun Kiang, a Singaporean who ordained eight years ago, clarified misconceptions surrounding people who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans-sexual and questioning (LGBTQ) and Buddhism to 30 people at Pelangi Pride Centre on 19 March 2016. The Venerable gave a ten-minute talk on the notion […]