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LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🍺 [Gathering] Out in SG: Drunk Powerpoint Night
🗓: 12 Aug, 8pm onwards
📍: HOST Queer Space
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1833836048069007
🧗🏾 [Sports] ClimbingQTs: Outpost Climbing
🗓: 15 Aug, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
📍: Outpost Climbing
🔻
http://instagram.com/p/DbUaFMVT06K
🎤 [Meetup] Aces Going Places: Karaoke & Kiki 2.0
🗓: 16 Aug, 2pm to 5pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/aces-karaoke-kiki-2-0
👟 [Sports] Rainbodhi: When Your Mind Runs Wild
🗓: 16 Aug, 6pm onwards
📍: Stadium MRT
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dag06H8zTJo
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| 2 | 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.
🔻
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.
🔻
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."
🔻
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."
🔻
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/style/queer-muslim-france-photography-camille-lenain
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| 3 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
💬 [Wellness] Hypnotherapy
🗓: 30 Jul, 7.30pm to 8.30pm
📍: Online
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaP7hkzEwuU
🍹 [Party] Tropical Temptation
🗓: 31 Jul, 9.30pm onwards
📍: Bar Nkd
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbACewgiZ0a
🎞️ [Screening] Girls Like Girls
🗓: 7 Aug, 8.30pm onwards
📍: Filmhouse
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbNsRTnMgPh
🌱 [Gathering] Nasi Ulam Workshop with Sendok Rakyat
🗓: 9 Aug, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/nasi-ulam-workshop
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| 4 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇳🇵 What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal
Because legal work for openly transgender people in Nepal is virtually nonexistent, it is quite literally sex work or starve.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/23/usaid-nepal-sex-workers-reporter-qa/1aae8cc2-8650-11f1-9cec-0fb26676f07e_story.html
🇮🇩 The anti-LGBTQ push and the securitization of identity
The regulation categorizes the "spread of LGBTQ culture" as a nonmilitary threat, which is defined as unarmed activities that potentially jeopardize state sovereignty, territorial integrity or public safety.
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https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/analysis-the-anti-lgbtq-push-and-the-securitization-of-identity
🇸🇬 3 S'porean self-radicalised youths detained under ISA, 1 planned attacks on SAF personnel & LGBT schoolmates
The youths were at varying stages of planning and preparing for the local attacks when they were arrested.
🔻
https://mothership.sg/2026/07/3-self-radicalised-youths-attack-saf-lgbtq/
🇭🇰 Hong Kong artist channels Leslie Cheung film Farewell My Concubine for intimate live show
It is a fitting prelude to An Intimate Surrender, artist Isaac Chong Wai’s first solo live-art commission in the city he grew up in.
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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3361734/hong-kong-artist-channels-leslie-cheung-film-farewell-my-concubine-intimate-live-show
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| 5 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
👟 [Sports] Singapore Frontrunners: Sunset Way
🗓: 25 Jul, 8am onwards
📍: Queenstown
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbA1PXHExdM
🍺 [Gathering] Swap Beers, Swap Ideas
🗓: 26 Jul, 4pm to 7pm
📍: Handlebar
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/Da-CCB1kT0d
💻 [Hackathon] Same But Different Hackathon
🗓: 15 Aug, 11am to 5pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/same-but-different-hackathon
💬 [Discussion] Queer Allyship & Civic Engagement: In Conversation with Ho Kwon Ping
🗓: 22 Aug, 2.30pm to 5pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/ho-kwon-ping
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| 6 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s anti-LGBT education push raises concerns about stigmatising youth
"We already have a regulation on this matter. Our culture also tends not to normalise LGBT."
🔻
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/lgbtq-indonesia-defence-policy-national-security-threat-6255191
🇮🇩 Mob attacks on transgender women in Bogor spark outrage
"There has been a sharp increase in hate speech and discrimination in health and education services in recent months."
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https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/07/21/mob-attacks-on-transgender-women-in-bogor-spark-outrage
🇮🇳 Mental wellness app launched for transgender persons
“Though we have been regularly holding counselling sessions for the transgender community for over 15 years, we found that they were unable to sustain their personal self-esteem among societal challenges.”
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/mental-wellness-app-launched-for-transgender-persons/article71245666.ece
🏳️🌈 Why luxury brands are falling for Asia’s queer romance shows
Stars of 'boys' love' and 'girls' love' dramas are becoming fashion ambassadors, as labels chase their unusually devoted fan bases.
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https://www.ft.com/content/170f8585-7756-4012-9027-a248e87d615b
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| 7 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
📖 [Discussion] Happy Stories, Mostly
🗓: 23 Jul, 7.30pm to 9.30pm
📍: Sing Lit Station
🔻
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-other-book-club-book-discussion-session-july-2026-tickets-1992770498204
🔖 [Launch] SQ21: Singapore Queer Families in the 21st Century
🗓: 29 Jul, 7pm to 9pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/book-launch-sq21
💬 [Discussion] Relationships In The Queer Community
🗓: 31 Jul, 7pm to 9.30pm
📍: Oogachaga
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/oogachagajuicepress/p/Da4f98nzL__
🥂 [Party] Happy National Gay
🗓: 8 Aug, 10pm onwards
📍: MDLR
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/Da5EeRhIIAD
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| 8 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s anti-LGBT education push raises concerns about stigmatising youth
"We already have a regulation on this matter. Our culture also tends not to normalise LGBT."
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3360548/indonesias-anti-lgbt-education-push-raises-concerns-about-stigmatising-youth
🇰🇷 Daegu Queer Festival Chairman Fined 500,000 Won for Noise Violation
"The assembly was peaceful, no other violations were confirmed besides the noise issue, and Bae expressed his intention to comply with legal regulations in the future."
🔻
https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/07/19/GLILCMCUDZH2RDAMV5GBT3P34I/
🏳️🌈 At 32, how a university lecturer became Mr Gay Japan’s first Taiwanese finalist
“What I teach in Taiwan is the Japanese language. But actually, my master’s thesis was on LGBTQ education.”
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3359162/32-how-university-lecturer-became-mr-gay-japans-first-taiwanese-finalist
🇸🇬 Common Room play
The play 'Common Room' offers an anti-drama snapshot of queer youth conversations and daily life in Singapore.
🔻
https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/ants-chuas-debut-common-room-is-anti-drama-about-how-queer-youth-talk-and-play
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| 9 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🏓 [Sports] Out in SG: Tennis Collective
🗓: 11 Jul, 1pm to 3pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1008268025124083
👚 [Hangout] QueerNUS: Thrifting
🗓: 11 Jul, 2pm onwards
📍: Haji Lane
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaNN6BYj-2d
🎭 [Theatre] Common Room
🗓: 16 Jul to 2 Aug
📍: Drama Centre Black Box
🔻
https://checkpoint-theatre.org/event/common-room
✂️ [Gathering] Crafternoon
🗓: 19 Jul, 2pm to 6pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/crafternoon
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| 10 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇯🇵 Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
"Rather than LGBTQ+ rights, I see this as an issue of the rights of those who want to give birth."
🔻
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/29/japan/society/lgbtq-fertility-treatments
🏳️🌈 Online same-sex romance series embrace AI ‘freedom’
"In Asian societies where LGBTQIA discourse often remains on the margins, AI may help create alternative visual archives, speculative histories and new forms of public discussion."
🔻
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/07/01/2003860026
🇭🇰 Hong Kong LGBTQ community gathers for pre-internet-era art show despite storm warning
Part of the hotel’s Pride Month programming, the exhibition arrives at a divisive moment in Hong Kong regarding LGBTQ rights.
🔻
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3358487/hong-kong-lgbtq-community-gathers-pre-internet-era-art-show-despite-storm-warning
🇳🇵 Nepal’s first transgender lawmaker is just getting started
"I felt like I was the only person in the world whose biological body and mental identity were different."
🔻
https://asianews.network/nepals-first-transgender-lawmaker-is-just-getting-started
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| 11 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🌼 [Workshop] Press to Pause Art Jam: Earth – Flora & Fauna
🗓: 5 Jul, 4.30pm to 6.30pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/press-to-pause-art-jam-earth-flora-fauna
🏊🏻♂️ [Sports] Out in SG: Lap Swimming
🗓: 8 Jul, 6.30pm to 8pm
📍: TBA
🔻
https://www.facebook.com/events/1563121145536093
🏸 [Sports] ACAVE: Badminton
🗓: 11 Jul, 8pm to 10pm
📍: Aljunied
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaC8z_uB4pX
💬 [Discussion] My Family Matters
🗓: 19 Jul, 10am to 1pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/my-family-matters
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| 12 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇸🇬 Thousands show up at Hong Lim Park for 18th Pink Dot rally
"We hope that our presence here will give young queers a bit more hope."
🔻
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pink-dot-rally-lgbtq-community-hong-lim-park-6210706
🏳️🌈 The Pride movement and the illusion of irreversible progress
LGBTQ gains across Asia are being overshadowed by democratic backsliding.
🔻
https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/the-pride-movement-and-the-illusion-of-irreversible-progress
🇨🇳 China: Social Media, Films Censored Around Pride Month
"LGBT people in China are entitled to equality and basic rights, not hostility and marginalization."
🔻
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/06/25/china-social-media-films-censored-around-pride-month
🇵🇭 PH ranks third among 9 Asian economies in LGBTQ+ acceptance
The findings, however, do not point to a uniformly accepting society.
🔻
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/328814/study-ph-ranks-third-among-9-asian-economies-in-lgbtq-acceptance
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| 13 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
👟 [Sports] Pink Fest Run
🗓: 27 June, 7.45am to 10.30am
📍: Marina Bay
🔻
https://pinkfest.sg/events/pink-fest-run
🍩 [Gathering] QUASA: Pink Dot Potluck
🗓: 27 Jun, 2pm to 7pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/quasasg/p/DZzLzv4GZS0
🥂 [Party] HYPER: Pink Ball
🗓: 27 Jun, 10.30pm onwards
📍: OUE Sky
🔻
https://pinkfest.sg/events/hyper-presents-pink-ball-2026-at-oue-sky
🍕 [Gathering] Aces Going Places’ Potluck Welcome Party
🗓: 11 Jul, 2pm to 5pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://pinkfest.sg/events/aces-going-places-potluck-welcome-party
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| 14 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇯🇵 Japan to roll out nationwide LGBTQIA+ education for the first time
Universities would revise curricula to ensure that people training to become healthcare professionals and teachers have in-depth knowledge of sexual diversity.
🔻
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-15/japan-rolling-out-lgbtqia-education-for-the-first-time/106775430
🇮🇳 How Karnataka can set a model for rest of India by protecting transgender rights
Currently, Karnataka has not enacted any state-specific rules under the 2019 Act. The 2026 amendment gives the Karnataka government the perfect opportunity to do so.
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https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/how-karnataka-can-set-a-model-for-rest-of-india-by-protecting-transgender-rights-4049092
🇲🇾 Malaysian government replaces the term ‘LGBT’ with ‘deviant culture’
"The more we utter, write, or state it (the term LGBT), the more ‘pop-out’ content related to it will appear."
🔻
https://globalvoices.org/2026/06/23/malaysian-government-replaces-the-term-lgbt-with-deviant-culture
🇮🇩 Rights groups oppose calls to criminalize LGBTQ people
Earlier this week, the Human Rights and Democracy Civil Society Network denounced recent proposals by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and House of Representatives members to impose criminal penalties on LGBTQ people in Indonesia.
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https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/06/19/rights-groups-oppose-calls-to-criminalize-lgbtq-people
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| 15 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🏠 [Discussion] Haus of Pride: A LGBTQ+ Property Planning Session
🗓: 25 June, 6pm top 8.30pm
📍: Telok Ayer
🔻
https://pinkfest.sg/events/haus-of-pride-a-lgbtq-property-planning-session
🎤 [Gathering] Please Sing Casually: DIVA NIGHT
🗓: 26 Jun, 8pm to 9.30pm
📍: Proud Spaces
🔻
https://proudspaces.sg/events/please-sing-casually-diva-night
🍑 [Party] Two Queens Asia: Pride Pink Party
🗓: 27 Jun, 10pm onwards
📍: MDLR
🔻
https://pinkfest.sg/events/two-queens-asia-pink-dot-edition-2026
💬 [Discussion] LIT Queer Fest: Bloodline or Chosen Family?
🗓: 11 Jul, 10am to 2pm
📍: Ju Space
🔻
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmlvi_nTw6
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| 16 | Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇰🇷 Beautiful Seouls
"Before entering, viewers encounter queer identity already aestheticised, branded, and made available for circulation."
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https://ocula.com/magazine/spotlight/sunpride-seoul-spectrosynthesis-queer-art
🇮🇩 Indonesian university’s removal of LGBT article sparks uproar
"Such actions create a chilling effect that discourages critical inquiry and silences student voices."
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https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-universitys-removal-of-lgbt-article-sparks-uproar/113883
🇲🇾 Anwar government joins in the scapegoating of queer Malaysians
The increasing repression reflects a broader political calculation in which scapegoating the LGBTQ+ community placates conservative political factions and signals moral authority to Malay–Muslim voters.
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https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/06/16/anwar-government-joins-in-the-scapegoating-of-queer-malaysians
🇮🇳 Transgender pleas shifted to top court as HC proceedings face nationwide stay
Either the top court may hear the batch of petitions or consolidate them and transfer them to one of the high courts for adjudication.
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https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/supreme-court-stays-hc-hearings-on-challenge-to-transgender-rights-amendment-prnt/cid/2165697
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| 17 |  Will we see you tomorrow at Inclusive Careers Fair? 🥳
Grab your free ticket (if you haven’t!) & get ready to meet fabulous employers who are committed to building workplaces where everyone belongs.
Whether you’re exploring new opportunities, making connections, or simply curious about what’s out there, we’d love to see our #PROUT fam there!
We’ll be there with our new “Regardless Of” postcards, bookmarks, fans, stickers & more 💜
🎟️: https://inclusivecareersfair-2026.peatix.com | 1 668 |
| 18 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
👟 [Tour] Of Communities and Spaces
🗓: 20 June, 4.30pm to 7.30pm
📍: Telok Ayer
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https://pinkfest.sg/events/of-communities-and-spaces-pride-lgbtq-tour-by-rontoursthelioncity-2
🎧 [Gathering] Love Frequency: Pink — A Community Day
🗓: 21 Jun, 11am to 6pm
📍: Proud Spaces
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https://proudspaces.sg/events/love-frequency-pink
🧗🏿♂️ [Sports] Pre-Pink Dot Climb
🗓: 26 Jun, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Lighthouse Climbing
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DZo7BmyxOBr
💖 [Celebration] Pink Dot 18
🗓: 27 Jun, 4pm to 7pm
📍: Hong Lim Park
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https://pinkdot.sg
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| 19 | Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today:
LGBTQ+ NEWS
🇯🇵 Transgender town assemblywoman in Japan sues man for 2 million yen over online slurs
"I felt as if my right to live and my existence as a human being were being denied."
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https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260616/p2a/00m/0na/004000c
🇳🇵 Nepal’s LGBTQI+ rights gains remain out of reach for many
"Things that might take two or three hours for a cisgender person can take two or three years for us."
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https://asianews.network/nepals-lgbtqi-rights-gains-remain-out-of-reach-for-many
🇯🇵 Faith leaders hail Japan’s plan to raise LGBT awareness
"People are different. Diversity is also a wonderful quality for a community to have."
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https://www.ucanews.com/amp/faith-leaders-hail-japans-plan-to-raise-lgbt-awareness/113848
🇮🇳 Desi Danmei? Indian Gay Love Is All Over Instagram and YouTube
"The response was very good, and that is when I realised there is a huge audience in India that wants to watch queer stories."
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https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/features/insight/pride-month-desi-danmei-indian-gay-love-is-all-over-instagram-and-youtube
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| 20 | LGBTQ+ EVENTS:
🎞️ [Screening] Cactus Pears
🗓: 19 June, 8.30pm onwards
📍: Filmhouse
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https://filmhouse.sg/filmhouse-singapore/booknow/947
🛶 [Sports] Out in SG: Kayaking
🗓: 21 Jun, 8.45am to 11am
📍: TBA
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1643734576932097
🎤 [Hangout] Karaoke Night
🗓: 21 Jun, 7pm to 10pm
📍: Proud Spaces
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https://proudspaces.sg/events/karaoke-night-4
🎸 [Party] Queer Trivia Night 90s Throwback Social
🗓: 24 Jun, 7.30pm to 9.30pm
📍: Christina's
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https://www.sevenrooms.com/experiences/christinassingapore/queer-trivia-night-at-christinas-5265292189155328
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