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LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
📖 [Discussion] "rib/cage: Of Self and Belonging"
🗓: 29 Aug, 11am to 1pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/ribcage-of-self-and-belonging-book-talk-by-the-other-book-club-tickets-1997888764075
🏐 [Sports] ACAVE: Captain's Ball
🗓: 5 Sept, 1pm to 3pm
📍: Katong
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcd5f98vOmu
🏋🏿♂️ [Sports] Out in SG: Bootcamp & Pool Party
🗓: 12 Sept, 12pm onwards
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/2155937334978158
💬 [Workshop] The Social Upgrade
🗓: 12 Sept, 2pm to 6pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/the-social-upgrade-2
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| 2 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇮🇳 Proposed Indian foreign funding law overhaul could further pressure LGBTQ groups
"For a small community organization, that means losing everything we have built almost overnight, with no court hearing first."
🔻
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/08/24/proposed-indian-foreign-funding-law-overhaul-could-further-pressure-lgbtq-groups
🏳️🌈 German artist Anne Imhof on love, LGBTQ visibility and control ahead of her Hong Kong show
Award-winning artist talks about her ballet-infused work at Tai Kwun, challenges of working in Hong Kong and how falling in love inspired her.
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3364818/german-artist-anne-imhof-love-lgbtq-visibility-and-control-ahead-her-hong-kong-show
🏳️🌈 ‘Find out who you are, and do it on purpose’: unabashedly herself, Dolly Parton was an icon to LGBTQ fans
Alongside her legacy as an unparalleled musical force, she will live on as a beacon of kindness, warmth and generosity.
🔻
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/26/dolly-parton-lgbtq-fans
🇮🇳 Chennai International Queer Film Festival returns for 14th edition with global lineup, panels, and performances
"We have had a lot more people coming in—not just from a privileged background, but also from the less privileged background who just want to come, collaborate, and understand what queerness is."
🔻
https://www.indulgexpress.com/msociety/2026/Aug/21/chennai-international-queer-film-festival-returns-for-14th-edition-with-global-lineup-panels-and-performances
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| 3 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🔮 [Fundraiser] Project X: Tarot Readiner & Bracelet Making
🗓: 28 Aug, 6.30pm to 9pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBQZfWzVLl
🍿 [Discussion] QueerNUS: Snack and Yap
🗓: 31 Aug, 7pm to 9pm
📍: NUS
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcY80owD8sN
💬 [Support] Aces Going Places: Support Circle
🗓: 5 Sept, 3pm to 5.30pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/acesgoingplacessg/p/DcTAU-FsWlf
🛶 [Sports] ACAVE: Kayaking
🗓: 13 Sept, 9am to 1pm
📍: Pasir Ris
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/acave.sg/p/DcXtTimvOJL
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| 4 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🏳️🌈 Higher grades and belonging: Trans students thrive when their teachers support them
Actions as simple as asking for and affirming a student’s name and pronouns can make trans students feel substantially safer and more likely to succeed in the classroom.
🔻
https://19thnews.org/2026/08/lgbtq-support-safety-classrooms-teachers
🇨🇳 Swiss drag queen faces Chinese repression
"I haven’t performed in Shanghai for six months because it's impossible. Drag queens are a sensitive issue."
🔻
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/human-rights/swiss-drag-queen-faces-chinese-repression/91919116
🇯🇵 Japan’s New LGBTQ+ Awareness Plan Is A Start, But Rights Can’t Wait.
The gap between visibility and equality is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
🔻
https://gaysifamily.com/lifestyle/japans-new-lgbtq-awareness-plan-is-a-start-but-rights-cant-wait
🇹🇼 Taiwanese novelist Nathalie Chang shares insights on literature, democracy, and LGBTQ+ rights
The ideas of a "democratic Taiwan" and a "rainbow Taiwan" have developed alongside each other, each drawing inspiration from the other.
🔻
https://pancouver.ca/taiwanese-novelist-nathalie-chang-shares-insights-on-literature-democracy-and-lgbtq-rights
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| 5 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🚐 [Testing] Free Anonymous HIV Testing
🗓: 22 Aug, 10pm onwards
📍: 31a Keong Saik Rd
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDHy9alHa0
🎞️ [Screening] Girls Like Girls
🗓: 25 Aug, 5.30pm
📍: Filmhouse
🔻
https://filmhouse.sg/film/163/girls-like-girls
👟 [Sports] Out in SG: Frisbee
🗓: 28 Aug, 7pm to 8.30pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1555590882414024
💬 [Discussion] My Family Matters
🗓: 6 Sept, 2pm to 5pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAZ6wcDEV5
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| 6 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇮🇩 The Violence We Don’t Talk About: Queer Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Amidst the Already Shrinking Safe Space
Communities, which should ideally provide spaces where survivors can seek support and justice, do not always provide that protection.
🔻
https://www.konde.co/2026/08/the-violence-we-dont-talk-about-queer-survivors-of-intimate-partner-violence-amidst-the-already-shrinking-safe-space
🏳️🌈 How mainland Chinese drag collective House of Linglong is defying the odds
The weekend takeover represented a rare opportunity to create, celebrate and simply exist.
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3364399/how-mainland-chinese-drag-collective-house-linglong-defying-odds
🇹🇭 Thailand’s first openly gay senator attends World Pride in Amsterdam
"It was a coalition of efforts between the civil society organizations, the LGBTQ organizations, and also the Pride movement in Thailand."
🔻
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/08/19/thailands-first-openly-gay-senator-attends-world-pride-in-amsterdam
🇰🇷 Harisu Clarifies 'No-Pay' Ad Rumor: "I Received 60 Million Won for Six Months, and the Chairman Strongly Recommended Me"
Harisu is known as South Korea's first transgender celebrity.
🔻
https://www.sportschosun.com/en/celebrity/2026-08-19/202608190100111120007063
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| 7 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🚐 [Testing] Free Anonymous HIV Testing
🗓: 22 Aug, 10pm onwards
📍: 31a Keong Saik Rd
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDHy9alHa0
🎞️ [Screening] Girls Like Girls
🗓: 25 Aug, 5.30pm
📍: Filmhouse
🔻
https://filmhouse.sg/film/163/girls-like-girls
👟 [Sports] Out in SG: Frisbee
🗓: 28 Aug, 7pm to 8.30pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1555590882414024
💬 [Discussion] My Family Matters
🗓: 6 Sept, 2pm to 5pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAZ6wcDEV5
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| 8 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
💬 [Discussion] Kopi/Teh
🗓: 28 Aug, 7pm to 9.30pm
📍: Oogachaga
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBGOV2vexo
📽️ [Discussion] OnlyFriends: Bugis Street
🗓: 29 Aug, 4.30pm to 6.30pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/onlyfriends-bugisstreet
🍵 [Gathering] SAPS Sangam Socials
🗓: 5 Sept, 7pm onwards
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/saps-sangam-socials
🏸 [Sports] ACAVE: Badminton
🗓: 5 Sept, 8pm to 10pm
📍: Aljunied
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDMO0_hd8v
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| 9 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🏳️🌈 Badminton star Kirsty Gilmour urges greater acceptance of LGBTQ rights in Asia
Gilmour urged broader progress across a region where the community largely continues to face discrimination and stigma.
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3364175/badminton-star-kirsty-gilmour-urges-greater-acceptance-lgbtq-rights-asia
🏳️🌈 Is Loving BL Fetishising Queer Men? The Ethics of Being a Fujoshi
Do I recognise the people represented by my fantasy as full human beings when they are no longer entertaining me?
🔻
https://gaysifamily.com/culture/is-loving-bl-fetishising-queer-men-the-ethics-of-being-a-fujoshi
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s Transgender Community Is Facing Growing Repression
Vigilante mobs are attacking transgender people as the government takes steps to codify anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes into law.
🔻
https://thediplomat.com/2026/08/indonesias-transgender-community-is-facing-growing-repression
🇳🇵 Nearly two decades on, trans men remain invisible in Nepal’s menstrual policies
"I didn't think about side effects or how it would affect my physical health. I just wanted to change my body to the way I felt about it."
🔻
https://asianews.network/nearly-two-decades-on-trans-men-remain-invisible-in-nepals-menstrual-policies
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| 10 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
👟 [Fair] Out in SG: Outdoor Fair 2026
🗓: 15 & 16 Aug, 11am to 10pm
📍: Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
🔻
https://theoutdoorfair.com
🎞️ [Screening] I Want Your Sex
🗓: 18 Aug, 5pm onwards
📍: Filmhouse
🔻
https://filmhouse.sg/film/161/i-want-your-sex
🎳 [Sports] ACAVE: Bowling
🗓: 27 Aug, 7.30pm to 9.30pm
📍: Planet Bowl
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/Db8IR24B7BB
🎭 [Theatre] 3 Queens
🗓: 3 to 13 Sept
📍: Wild Rice
🔻
https://bookmyshow.sg/en/events/3-queens/3QUEENSS
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| 11 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇻🇳 LGBT couple gifted gold, land-use right certificates at wedding ceremony
"We are over 30 years old. Having been together for so long, even without this ceremony, our feelings wouldn't change."
🔻
https://vietnamnet.vn/en/lgbt-couple-gifted-gold-land-use-right-certificates-at-wedding-ceremony-2542187.html
🇹🇭 From Inclusion to Impact: LGBTQ+ Diversity in Thai Business
"Rainbow washing is not simply an ethical problem. It can also become a management and reputational problem."
🔻
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/932552108/from-inclusion-to-impact-lgbtq-diversity-in-thai-business
🇭🇰 The legacy of Ellen Joyce Loo, trailblazing Hong Kong guitarist who spoke her truth
"I know the world is imperfect. So is my music and myself. But having you, who would still need perfection?"
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3362246/legacy-ellen-joyce-loo-trailblazing-hong-kong-guitarist-who-spoke-her-truth
🇭🇰 37th Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Announces 75-Film Lineup Led by Joan Chen, Tiger and ZsaZsa Zaturnnah
HKLGFF returns in September with a strong lineup of Asian queer cinema films.
🔻
https://asianmoviepulse.com/2026/08/37th-hong-kong-lesbian-and-gay
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| 12 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🥗 [Meetup] Out in SG: Grumpy Old Gurls
🗓: 22 Aug, 11am to 1pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1586599556444106
🎤 [Karaoke] Karaoke Night
🗓: 23 Aug, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/karaoke-night-aug-2026
💬 [Gathering] Threads of Belonging
🗓: 29 Aug, 7pm to 9.30pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/sapridesg/p/Da-tJccur6F
🪷 [Discussion] Every Heart Has a Story
🗓: 30 Aug, 10am to 12pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/press-to-pause-earth-2
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| 13 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇸🇬 Furniture brand Castlery launches debut designer collection with Queer Eye star Tan France
"I hope the audience will appreciate the collection as something unique and hopefully classic."
🔻
https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/furniture-brand-castlery-launches-debut-designer-collection-with-queer-eye-star-tan-france
🇮🇳 The Regressive Turn in India's Transgender Law
On issues concerning benefits and rights, transgender persons want society to recognise through the state and its apparatus that they are placed on par with other groups.
🔻
https://thewire.in/law/the-regressive-turn-in-indias-transgender-law
🇮🇩 Indonesian Islamic body warns against cross-dressing in Independence Day games
The warning comes amid rising fear following attacks on gay people and a regulation classifying LGBTQ culture as a security threat.
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363510/indonesian-islamic-body-warns-against-cross-dressing-independence-day-games
🇲🇾 M’sian Muslim unveils same sex engagement on social media; accused as attempt to gain asylum
"Homosexuals exist and their orientation cannot be forcefully changed."
🔻
https://focusmalaysia.my/msian-muslim-unveils-same-sx-engagement-on-social-media-accused-as-attempt-to-gain-asylum
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| 14 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🔖 [Launch] SQ21 Book Launch: Ching, Cally & Bhas
🗓: 15 Aug, 6pm to 8pm
📍: Book Bar
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbkpCbAj76k
🛶 [Sports] Out in SG: Kayaking
🗓: 16 Aug, 8.45m to 12pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1511916850259930
🎤 [Performance] Colours of Love: Love in Pantone by SMC
🗓: 23 Aug, 3.30pm onwards
📍: Esplanade Recital Studio
🔻
https://smclove.peatix.com
✍️ [Workshop] Press to Pause Art Jam: Earth – Animals
🗓: 29 Aug, 2pm to 4pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/press-to-pause-earth-2
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| 15 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🏳️🌈 The hidden stories of China’s LGBTQ Catholics
The history of pastoral ministry for LGBTQ Catholics in China is a chronicle of exploration, a journey from anonymity to community.
🔻
https://outreach.faith/2026/08/the-hidden-stories-of-chinas-lgbtq-catholics
🇹🇼 Taiwan’s government has failed to update process to change gender markers on ID documents
"The primary goal should be lowering the barriers to legal gender recognition, particularly by abolishing the mandatory surgery requirement."
🔻
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/07/31/taiwans-government-has-failed-to-update-process-to-change-gender-markers-on-id-documents
🇮🇳 Get SC, ST & queer judges in Supreme Court—Guruswamy
"This is not about bringing in four more judges. You solve issues when you work with the Constitution."
🔻
https://theprint.in/judiciary/indias-1st-openly-gay-mp-guruswamy-has-advice-for-govt-put-more-women-queer-judges-in-top-court/3006288
🇹🇭 Bangkok and Barcelona enter WorldPride 2030 final bidding stage
Advancing to the final stage marks an important milestone for the global movement promoting rights and gender diversity.
🔻
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40069419
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| 16 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🧋 [Meetup] Kampung Kiki
🗓: 8 Aug, 2pm to 4pm
📍: Oogachaga
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DbZ9rrxTvc3
🎞️ [Screening] Amoeba
🗓: 15 Aug, 2pm onwards
📍: Filmhouse
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https://filmhouse.sg/film/50/amoeba
🥊 [Sports] Grit x ACAVE: Intro to Boxing
🗓: 16 Aug, 3pm to 4.30pm
📍: Lion Heart MMA
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https://www.instagram.com/acave.sg/p/Dbftb2dBJ7O
🛎️ [Trivia] JeoPROUDy VI
🗓: 16 Aug, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Proud Spaces
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https://proudspaces.sg/events/jeoproudy-vi
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| 17 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇮🇩 Critics lambaste anti-LGBTQ syllabus plan for religious schools
They are calling the policy a misplaced priority that risked fueling discrimination.
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https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/critics-lambaste-anti-lgbtq-syllabus-plan-for-religious-schools
🏳️🌈 Beloved beyond borders: An exhibit on Japanese and Southeast Asian queer comics
The exhibition reveals how queer narratives acquire distinct forms and meanings as they cross borders.
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https://tribune.net.ph/2026/07/06/beloved-beyond-borders-an-exhibit-on-japanese-and-southeast-asian-queer-comics
🇮🇩 Making a fuss about LGBT: A moral panic
What threatens Indonesia is not the private sexual orientation of its citizens, but the pervasive corruption within its ruling class.
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https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/making-a-fuss-about-lgbt-a-moral-panic
🇮🇳 India Supreme Court ruling could shape the future of LGBTQ rights
"We have already seen parliament’s ability to make laws related to LGBT rights, and it does not give optimism."
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https://76crimes.com/2026/07/28/india-supreme-court-future-lgbtq-rights
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| 18 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🍺 [Gathering] Out in SG: Drunk Powerpoint Night
🗓: 12 Aug, 8pm onwards
📍: HOST Queer Space
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1833836048069007
🧗🏾 [Sports] ClimbingQTs: Outpost Climbing
🗓: 15 Aug, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
📍: Outpost Climbing
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http://instagram.com/p/DbUaFMVT06K
🎤 [Meetup] Aces Going Places: Karaoke & Kiki 2.0
🗓: 16 Aug, 2pm to 5pm
📍: Proud Spaces
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https://proudspaces.sg/events/aces-karaoke-kiki-2-0
👟 [Sports] Rainbodhi: When Your Mind Runs Wild
🗓: 16 Aug, 6pm onwards
📍: Stadium MRT
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Dag06H8zTJo
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| 19 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇸🇬 Self-radicalised teen’s plan raises concerns about safety of LGBTQ+ community
This latest report serves as a reminder of the continued need for vigilance from everyone in Singapore to guard against extremist religious radicalisation, hatred and bigotry.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-self-radicalised-teens-plan-raises-concerns-about-safety-of-lgbtq-community
🇰🇭 $1.5B Global Aid Drop Threatens Asia’s HIV Care But Cambodia Hits Targets
Across the region, countries are expanding HIV self-testing, community-led monitoring, differentiated service delivery and access to oral and long-acting HIV prevention medicines.
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https://kiripost.com/stories/15b-global-aid-drop-threatens-asias-hiv-care-but-cambodia-hits-targets
🇮🇳 Why the trans community fears exclusion in the ongoing SIR
"They just told me that I am beyond help and nothing can be done about it."
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https://scroll.in/article/1094483/why-the-trans-community-fears-exclusion-in-the-ongoing-sir
🏳️🌈 Behind a haze of smoke, dreamlike portraits of queer Muslim life
"By reclaiming your own relationship to jinn, you stop giving power to others weaponizing it against you."
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/style/queer-muslim-france-photography-camille-lenain
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| 20 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
💬 [Wellness] Hypnotherapy
🗓: 30 Jul, 7.30pm to 8.30pm
📍: Online
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DaP7hkzEwuU
🍹 [Party] Tropical Temptation
🗓: 31 Jul, 9.30pm onwards
📍: Bar Nkd
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DbACewgiZ0a
🎞️ [Screening] Girls Like Girls
🗓: 7 Aug, 8.30pm onwards
📍: Filmhouse
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DbNsRTnMgPh
🌱 [Gathering] Nasi Ulam Workshop with Sendok Rakyat
🗓: 9 Aug, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Proud Spaces
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https://proudspaces.sg/events/nasi-ulam-workshop
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