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Adrianna Tan
Adrianna Tan
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

i always say that the most democratic uprising that happened in my country, singapore, was when in 2009 a homophobic evangelical christian faction comprising rich chinese women (our karens) took over a feminist organization. they said 'AWARE' was 'promoting lesbianism'.

a huge furore ensued. they were beat back by a coalition of people who were shocked and horrified that a christian theocracy had a bold vision for secular singapore, and that they planned to execute on their vision.

one of the key christian instigators just passed. i hope she's in the afterlife she did not imagine for herself. she brought a lot of pain and suffering to the world.

here's an academic book about the whole ordeal: https://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/the-aware-saga

and here's a podcast about the whole thing (ep 8 talks about Thio, the person who just passed away): https://aware.org.sg/saga/

#Singapore#TootSea#AWARE#LGBTQ#Pride#Religion

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Adrianna Tan
Adrianna Tan
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

one of the things i can talk about for hours is the plan and vision of the chinese christian theocracy in singapore, because i grew up in it

it's basically the same as whatever the americans want for themselves, but chinese and white people instead of just white people.

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Adrianna Tan
Adrianna Tan
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

quietly updating the post to add an 'e' to 'furor' to make 'furore' because omg i have americanized myself thoroughly

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