The Qurrent: Weekly Updates by Prout

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🏊🏽‍♀️ [Sports] Out in SG: Lap Swimming 🗓: 14 Oct, 6.30pm to 8pm 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1149815491036409 💬 [Discussion] SEMEJA – At The Table 🗓: 18 Oct, 11.30am to 2.30pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/semeja 🥁 [Comedy] SCB Comedy presents ANNIE YANG 🗓: 23 Oct, 8pm to 10pm 📍: HOST Bar 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd7lr_nzQDv 🥂 [Party] Witches Loving Witches 🗓: 31 Oct, 10pm onwards 📍: MDLR 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdtHPWyoL20 — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇹🇼 Gay bar raid tests Taipei’s queer-friendly image ahead of Pride parade “I’m not cool with this. This city used to claim that it was queer-friendly.” 🔻 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rare-police-raid-of-taipei-gay-bar-sparks-angry-protest 🇮🇳 In ‘Aman’, a Trans Man’s Pregnancy Complicates the Meaning of Masculinity "By placing a trans man at its centre, the film exposes how fragile our definitions of gender truly are." 🔻 https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/in-aman-a-trans-mans-pregnancy-complicates-the-meaning-of-masculinity 🇰🇷 For Dew Kim, K-pop, faith and queer bodies meet onstage “It is a point outside of everyday life, outside of normality. Spiritual things, queer things and artistic things all have that in common.” 🔻 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261002/k-art-focus-for-dew-kim-k-pop-faith-and-queer-bodies-meet-onstage 🇯🇵 What Rui Takahashi’s Coming Out Means for Japanese Men’s Sports In a country where openly gay male athletes remain rare, that visibility is itself a change. 🔻 https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/rui-takahashis-coming-out-japanese-mens-sports — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🎤 [Hangout] QueerNUS: Jamming Session 🗓: 7 Oct, 7pm to 9pm 📍: NUS 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd5FmdiTP2K 🎩 [Drag] Manimal Crossing 🗓: 9 Oct, 8pm to 10pm 📍: Rabbit's Hole 🔻 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manimal-crossing-tickets-1999638152543 🎨 [Workshop] Chaos, Colours And Compassion: The Art Of Self-Kindness 🗓: 10 Oct, 4pm to 6pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/chaos-colours 💬 [Discussion] The Weight Of The Unspoken: Caregiver Grief In The LGBTQ+ Community 🗓: 15 Oct, 7.30pm to 9pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/the-weight-of-the-unspoken — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇮🇳 India Law Change Affects Transgender Healthcare "When I want to move on, when I want to earn a respectful life, I don’t get a TG (transgender) card." 🔻 https://www.tabla.com.sg/news/india/india-law-change-affects-transgender-healthcare 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s top Muslim body wants to replace ‘LGBT’ with term that includes sexual abuse "Many LGBT+ people, especially trans women, that mostly work in entertainment or other informal jobs, beginning to lose job opportunities because they are considered to pose a ‘risk’ to the event organizers." 🔻 https://76crimes.com/2026/09/28/indonesias-muslim-replace-lgbt 🇯🇵 Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi comes out as gay "I’ve been able to face myself this far because of the time I spent with Ryo, the family, teammates, team staff, and everyone involved who have supported me." 🔻 https://qnews.com.au/japanese-volleyball-player-rui-takahashi-comes-out-as-gay 🇭🇰 Cyclone review: Philip Yung’s transgender drama is bold, lyrical and utterly divisive The film takes its name from the protagonist’s chosen alias – a literary allusion that may enlighten and confuse audiences in equal measure. 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3369188/cyclone-review-philip-yungs-transgender-drama-bold-lyrical-and-utterly-divisive — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🎤 [Concert] T4T4T4T 🗓: 6 Oct, 7.15pm onwards 📍: Room 526 🔻 https://www.roomfivetwosix.com/events/t4t4t4t 🎃 [Hangout] Kampung Kiki 🗓: 10 Oct, 2pm to 4pm 📍: Oogachaga 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdsYoKnT9hL 🎱 [Sports] ACAVE: Billiard 🗓: 11 Oct, 2pm to 4pm 📍: The Stance Billiards 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddpt8VYh0Er 💬 [Discussion] Living Together, Living Well 🗓: 17 Oct, 3.30pm to 5.30pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdvQ-U5kpyh — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇮🇳 For India’s Hijra women, rising heat comes with dangerous trade-offs For a traditional trans and intersex community pushed to the margins of employment, housing and healthcare, heat can have cascading effects. 🔻 https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/for-indias-hijra-women-rising-heat-comes-with-dangerous-trade-offs 🇯🇵 Transgender man seeks recognition as father of biological child "We want to have a society where sexual minorities can have families as a matter of course." 🔻 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/transgender-lawsuit-father 🇲🇾 In Malaysia, a mother’s love offers her trans daughter refuge Rozi, 58, struggled to accept it at first, but what troubled her more was the thought that rejecting Hana might push her out of the family altogether. 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3368824/malaysia-mothers-love-offers-her-trans-daughter-refuge 🇯🇵 In “We Exist,” Japanese LGBTQ stories prove that queerness is not an import Before the acronym LGBT ever came about, there have people in Japan who exist in the way we now consider non-normative, and the vocabulary to describe them has existed as well. 🔻 https://tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/in-we-exist-japanese-lgbtq-stories — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🏊🏾 [Sports] Out in SG: Lap Swimming 🗓: 30 Sept, 6.30pm to 8pm 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1085460390587130 🍵 [Hangout] SAPS Sangam Socials 🗓: 3 Oct, 7pm onwards 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 http://proudspaces.sg/events/saps-sangam-socials 🏸 [Sports] ACAVE: Badminton 🗓: 3 Oct, 8pm to 10pm 📍: Aljunied 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddk5bqMPilK 🍕 [Hangout] Pizza Pool Party 🗓: 11 Oct, 12pm to 3pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/pizza-pool-party-a-pizza-making-and-poetry-social — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🏳️‍🌈 How ‘Boys Love’ Conquered Asia Many BLs allow viewers to witness intimacy and vulnerability stripped of expectations of how people are “supposed” to behave. 🔻 https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-boys-love-conquered-asia 🇸🇬 T4T4T4T to celebrate trans & non-binary artists with inaugural Singapore concert this October "We're doing this to bring our community together for a night of great music." 🔻 https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/t4t4t4t-to-celebrate-trans-non-binary-artists-with-inaugural-singapore-concert-this-october 🇮🇳 In a first, Karnataka university introduces transgender reservation in LLB course Karnataka State Law University decided to provide transgender reservation following a Karnataka High Court direction. 🔻 https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/karnataka-university-introduces-transgender-reservation-in-llb-10889476/lite 🇮🇳 Beyond the front lines: What sustains civic leadership among young women and queer people in India For queer participants especially, a duality marks their civic lives: the same gendered backlash, alongside what often feels like an intentional exclusion, even from progressive spaces. 🔻 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/young-women-queer-civic-leadership-india — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 💻 [Hangout] Powerpoint Party 🗓: 3 & 4 Oct, various timings 📍: Wormhole 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdNycZnmlDl 🏸 [Sports] Out in SG: Badminton 🗓: 4 Oct, 3pm to 5pm 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1996260914413632 💬 [Launch] Queer Affirming Therapy Code Of Practice 🗓: 10 Oct, 10am to 1pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/launch-of-cop 🌈 [Celebration] Taiwan Pride 2026 🗓: 31 Oct 📍: Taipei 🔻 https://www.taiwanpride.lgbt — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇰🇷 SPAF brings global and experimental works to Seoul this fall "It's a space where different lives, senses and perspectives meet and intersect to create meaning." 🔻 https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10874594 🇮🇩 Appeal to Indonesia to stop listing ‘LGBTQ culture’ as a national threat "The human rights situation for LGBTIQ people in Indonesia is deteriorating rapidly." 🔻 https://76crimes.com/2026/09/18/appeal-indonesia-to-stop-listing-lgbtq 🇮🇳 Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments Months after she began treatment earlier this year, India’s parliament amended the country’s transgender law, and the clinic where she was receiving care stopped her medicines. 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367806/indian-transgender-patients-left-limbo-following-legal-amendments 🇹🇼 Boys’ Love and Soft Power: How Danmei Crackdowns in China Creates an Opportunity for Taiwan With Taiwan’s clear openness to the LGBTQ+ community, the country has been able to create a popular product that China is no longer able to provide. 🔻 https://globaltaiwan.org/2026/09/boys-love-and-soft-power — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🚐 [Testing] Free Anonymous HIV Testing 🗓: 19 Sept, 9pm to 11pm 📍: 29 Neil Road 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdQhaOUlKgu 📖 [Discussion] The Other Book Club: Roadkill for Beginners 🗓: 24 Sept, 7.30pm to 9.30pm 📍: Sing Lit Station 🔻 https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-other-book-club-book-discussion-session-sep-2026-tickets-1999522923891 🥊 [Sports] GRIT Boxing 🗓: 27 Sept, 3pm to 4.30pm 📍: Lion Heart MMA 🔻 https://forms.gle/fBNRDuhyGwCet2F68 🎤 [Hangout] Intergenerational Karaoke Confessions 🗓: 9 Oct, 6.30pm to 10pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/intergenerational-karaoke-confessions — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🏳️‍🌈 Art, surveillance and the politics of memory in Southeast Asia "It is sad to know that our lives are so intertwined with being policed and surveilled because we are the embodiment of resistance." 🔻 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/15/world/southeast-asia-moral-policing 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body proposes criminalizing LGBTQ people, advocacy "They are definitely confused by mixing identities, in this case sexual orientation, with sexual behavior and actions that are understood as violations or offenses, that are sodomy and sexual indecencies." 🔻 https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/09/15/indonesias-top-muslim-clerical-body-proposes-criminalizing-lgbtq-people-advocacy 🇮🇳 ‘We weren’t shy. We were queers in leather!’ Sunil Gupta on his momentous photographs of gay life "I think part of my journey has been to put Indian gay men into cultural history." 🔻 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/sep/16/queers-in-leather-sunil-gupta-momentous-photographs-gay-life 🇮🇳 Inside India’s first transwomen rescue squad, trained in Kolhapur "We have been helping people during disasters or rescue needs but faced discrimination. However, now we are getting recognition and, most importantly, an identity." 🔻 https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/kolhapur-district-forms-indias-first-transgender-disaster-management-rescue-team-maharashtra-10876379 — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 💬 [Discussion] Show & Tell: Stories About Dating and Ballroom From Our Community 🗓: 20 Sept, 1pm to 6pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdJeZNvoLbi 🎞️ [Screening] Aces Going Places x Out in SG Scream Queens: Resident Evil 🗓: 20 Sept, 7pm onwards 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1352505783627447 🏋🏻‍♀️ [Discussion] Queer Bodies, Health & Fitness 🗓: 25 Sept, 7pm to 9.30pm 📍: Oogachaga 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/oogachagajuicepress/p/DdIkhs8zaCd 🥮 [Celebration] Aces Going Places: Mooncake Potluck 🗓: 26 Sept, 7pm to 9pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DdIakxLxKmA — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇵🇭 Batangas university acts on alleged harassment of transwoman student "Dress codes and institutional rules must never be used as a justification for violating a student’s dignity, bodily autonomy, and fundamental rights." 🔻 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2304105/batangas-university-acts-on-alleged-harassment-of-transwoman-student 🇭🇰 A year after lawmakers veto equality bill, LGBTQ Hongkongers still hope for change "Until such time the government announces what it intends to do … I guess we are sort of in a holding pattern." 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3367307/year-after-lawmakers-veto-equality-bill-lgbtq-hongkongers-still-hope-change 🏳️‍🌈 ‘Authentic’: Chinese-Canadian director’s queer love story starring Joan Chen "Whether she is a queer woman or not is secondary to her being a human being. Love is love, and desire is desire, right?" 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3367045/authentic-chinese-canadian-directors-queer-love-story-starring-joan-chen 🇸🇬 Inside Lenne Chai’s Nostalgic Vision of a Queer Singapore "It was my bid to show how joyful, ordinary and innocent our dreams of love and marriage are, in contrast to the way those same dreams were being demonized in public discourse." 🔻 https://www.thephoblographer.com/2026/09/12/inside-lenne-chais-nostalgic-vision-of-a-queer-singapore — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🥂 [Fundraising] AWARE Ball: Hopepunk 🗓: 19 Sept, 6.15pm onwards 📍: Shangri-La 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DbDSA_Wm07o 🎨 [Workshop] Press to Pause Art Jam: Water – Ocean 🗓: 26 Sept, 2pm to 4pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://proudspaces.sg/events/press-to-pause-5 🎈 [Celebration] ACAVE: 8TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY 🗓: 27 Sept, 3pm to 6.30pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/acave.sg/p/Dc_Y5Umh0qN 🛍️ [Fair] Rainbovali Bazaar 🗓: 3 Oct, 1pm to 6pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbe0yaKk6XV — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🏳️‍🌈 Why Pride is facing a backlash - from inside and outside the LGBT community "Corporate funding has been pulled back and that has caused a real challenge for Pride organisers to balance the books." 🔻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj63jyl09jxo 🇯🇵 Japan should define DEI before writing it into law Japan is adopting the language of DEI while its only working metric assumes the very biological definition that Western self-ID frameworks have spent more than a decade trying to displace. 🔻 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/04/japan/japan-should-define-dei 🇲🇾 LBGT haters shouldn’t smear Penelope Wong’s personal life just because her spouse is of same gender "You care so much about other people’s sexual orientation yet aren’t bothered at all that our leaders are plundering wealth of the rakyat and nation?" 🔻 https://focusmalaysia.my/lbgt-haters-shouldnt-smear-penelope-wongs-personal-life-just-because-her-spouse-is-of-same-gender 🇨🇳 Shan Jiang, Yvonne Shuyu Zhang and Sol Ye Talk “Ephemera”, Shanghai and Fleeting Romance There was value in presenting a community that could also be funny, romantic and spontaneous without denying the validity of darker stories. 🔻 https://asianmoviepulse.com/2026/09/shan-jiang-yvonne-shuyu-zhang-and-sol-ye — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🎲 [Hangout] qUNI: Board Games Session 🗓: 13 Sept, 2pm to 6pm 📍: Proud Spaces 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc5ULpWyxOL 🍺 [Fundraising] F&B Gives Back 🗓: 13 Sept, 4pm onwards 📍: In Bad Co 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DcqLf_hT5Yo 🧘🏽 [Wellness] Out in SG: Hot Yoga 🗓: 19 Sept, 5.30pm onwards 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1051559230833779 🧗🏽‍♀️ [Sports] ClimbingQTs: September Climb 🗓: 26 Sept, 6.30pm to 9pm 📍: Fit Bloc Telok Ayer 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc6RxfOzS38 — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Monday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇮🇩 Cultural Context, Joy, and Community: Lunar Boy and the Realities of Queer Experience in the Global South We are so much more; we are of a rich history and culture that’s under constant threat of being forgotten if we don’t preserve it through our own stories. 🔻 https://reactormag.com/lunar-boy-and-the-realities-of-queer-experience-in-the-global-south 🇹🇼 Crafting ‘Affective Relatedness’: How Emotions Move Taiwanese Gay Men Towards Fatherhood "I was so moved I could not talk properly. It was wonderful beyond any words." 🔻 https://taiwaninsight.org/2026/09/01/crafting-affective-relatedness-how-emotions-move-taiwanese-gay-men-towards-fatherhood 🇰🇷 Why Korea’s gender equality minister nominee faces nationwide backlash She has also supported the adoption of legislation that would protect the LGBT community, including a comprehensive antidiscrimination law and provisions that would recognize same-sex couples and decriminalize same-sex sexual acts between soldiers. 🔻 https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/why-koreas-gender-equality-minister-nominee-faces-nationwide-backlash/12856286 🇮🇳 I wanted to tell a transgender love story beyond the usual stereotypes: Karthik Sharma "The film is not merely about sexual identity, but an exploration of love, acceptance, relationships, culture and the challenges faced by the transgender community." 🔻 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/i-wanted-to-tell-a-transgender-love-story-beyond-the-usual-stereotypes-karthik-sharma/articleshow/133650126.cms — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp

LGBTQ+ EVENTS: 🎞️ [Screening] Mysterious Skin 🗓: 8 Sept, 7.40pm onwards 📍: Filmhouse 🔻 https://filmhouse.sg/film/167/mysterious-skin-4k-restoration 🌭 [Discussion] QueerNUS: Snack and Yap 🗓: 9 Sept, 7pm to 9pm 📍: NUS 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcu3cy6j_bw 🚐 [Testing] Project X: Free & Anonymous HIV Testing 🗓: 16 Sept, 6pm to 9.30pm 📍: Little India 🔻 https://www.instagram.com/p/DcvYAomThRC 🥮 [Outdoor] Out in SG: Mooncake Festival Walk 🗓: 19 Sept, 5.30pm onwards 📍: TBA 🔻 https://www.facebook.com/events/1565687815572611 — 📥 See an event that should be on here? Tell us at bit.ly/qurrentevents 💖 Keen to volunteer for LGBTQ+ events and groups? Sign up here anytime, anywhere: bit.ly/prouthearts 🤗 Bring a friend to an event! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/proutapp. We send LGBTQ+ Asian news and events updates every Monday and Thursday 🏳️‍🌈 Get connected to critical service providers today: www.proutapp.com

Good Thursday! Here is what's #Qurrent today: LGBTQ+ NEWS 🇳🇵 Nepal LGBTQ+ group marks Pride with vigil for flood victims BDS said it wanted to “remember, mourn, support and care together” rather than hold its usual celebration. 🔻 https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/31/nepal-flood-pride-vigil 🇮🇩 What rainbow? LGBTQ Indonesians on edge as hostility mounts "I self-censor on social media. Before I repost certain photos, I think about whether it could trigger questions." 🔻 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/336867/what-rainbow-lgbtq-indonesians-on-edge-as-hostility-mounts 🇲🇾 Malaysian under fire for competing at transgender beauty pageant in Thailand "Religious authorities will work with the relevant agencies to examine possible action under existing laws." 🔻 https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366087/malaysian-under-fire-cross-dressing-beauty-pageant-thailand 🇮🇳 Delhi High Court asks Centre, police to frame SOP for arrest, detention of transgender persons Previously individuals were searched "without any enquiry into their gender identity, without seeking self-declaration, and without consent". 🔻 https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/delhi-high-court-asks-centre-police-to-frame-sop-for-arrest-detention-of-transgender-persons/cid/2177994 — See an Asian LGBTQ+ story that should be on here? Tell us via Messenger: m.me/proutapp