For many of them, necessities such as stable housing, gainful employment, and affordable childcare remain painfully out of reach.
Society
A look at the grassroots organisers working to platform marginalised issues and democratise Singapore’s political space.
By living abroad, a Singaporean journalist becomes more aware of her own social conditioning, and attempts to rewire her “authoritarian brain”, in the process opening herself up to more of life’s possibilities.
"How could I compete when other people’s brain waves march to the beat of a steady hand–and mine dance to jazz?" asks the young writer who was handed an epilepsy diagnosis in childhood.
A 17-minute documentary that follows Julianna Maria Hedger, 34, a transwoman, as she navigates her transitioning and gender reassignment journey with the support of her loving family, culminating in a shared liberation and euphoria.
In this excerpt from her chapter in Why Not? Thinking about Singapore's tomorrow, sociologist Teo You Yenn discusses the conditions that will enable people to exercise choice, autonomy, and ethical agency as they live the lives they want.