Ring Us!

Hi everyone

Just to share that PPC now has a mobile number so you can ring us if you need assistance on our location, renew books etc! We are reachable at +65 8410 3938 between the hours of 4-8pm every Saturday!

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FREE Books!

Hi everyone

Thanks to the generosity of the community, we're over-run with certain titles and hence we are donating these books back to members of the public. The next time you're at PPC, check out our FREE Books box and take whichever titles that catch your fancy.

At the moment, we have books like "Last Watch of the Night", "Becoming a Man" both by Paul Monette, "The Culture of Desire" by Frank Browning, "Accidental Activist" by Candace Gingrich and many others... first come, first served! :)

See you at PPC!

Event - Coming Home: Discussions from Abroad

6 of February 2010 @ PELANGI PRIDE CENTRE

"Coming Home: Discussions from Abroad"

Details at a Glance
Date: 6 February 2010 (Sat)
Time: 4pm
Venue: Pelangi Pride Centre
Cost per person: $6 (cost of 2 soft drinks and finger food)

RSVP: This event is by invitation only.
As there are LIMITED seats, prior registration is required.
To get an invitation - please email [pelangipridecentre at yahoo dot com] with your name (in full), contact number, the name/s of your guests.

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Coming Home: Discussions from Abroad

To discuss the experiences of people who have gone abroad and come back to Singapore. Unscripted and unrehearsed, come listen and share in the experiences of gay Singaporeans who have seen the other side of the fence and have decided to come home. What are their feelings about coming home?

Where is home? Is it tied to a physical location?

What is home? How do you define it?

Why do you call Singapore home?

Can you be an openly gay person in Singapore?

Who should attend this event?

Those who have always wondered what is it like on the other side of the fence and adjustments, differences and experiences of those who have lived aboard. Those that are in transition, those that have gone abroad and back and those that are still searching for the meaning of home.

Panel Members

Leow Yangfa graduated after 3 years of study at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom. Since returning to Singapore in 1999, he has been working & volunteering in the social services sector. He is also a proud uncle to 5 princesses who were born in 3 different countries.

Aaron Ho is a PhD candidate and studied under Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. He taught at Queens College, City University of New York and is published in _Genders_ and _General Themes in Literature_ (forthcoming). He is interested in Darwinism, film studies, Victorian literature, Singapore gay history, queer theories and men.

Nicholas Deroose is currently a Journalism Junior at Temple Univeristy Philadelphia and is about to head off for a semester in Shanghai where he will no doubt have a fabulous time.

Leona Lo
Amazing transgender activist

Event - 11 days North East Thailand with 3 gay men and 2 lesbians

30 of January 2010 @ PELANGI PRIDE CENTRE

Pelangi Pride Centre presents - "11 days North East Thailand with 3 gay men and 2 lesbians"

Details at a Glance
Date: 30 January 2010 (Sat)
Time: 4pm
Venue: Pelangi Pride Centre
Cost per person: $6 (cost of 2 soft drinks and finger food)

RSVP: This event is by invitation only.
As there are LIMITED seats, prior registration is required.
To get an invitation - please email [pelangipridecentre at yahoo dot com] with your name (in full), contact number, the name/s of your guests.

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11 days North East Thailand with 3 gay men and 2 lesbians

You may think that after seeing Angkor Wat and Borobudur, there are no more ancient cities to top them. Well you are wrong. You need to go to Esaan.

*Descending the 15 naga stairways towards the prang of Phanom Rung
*Finding 500bahts in toilet of a restaurant run by sistas in Phimai
*Noodle soup next to ancient ruins of Lopburi
*Getting lost within a banyan tree in Sai Ngam
*Dancing amongst sunflowers in the plains of Khao Jeen Lae
*Phad thai, pink century eggs, kai yeang and khao niaow on the night train up north.
*The white temple and golden toilets of Chiangrai's Wat Rong Khun
*Checking out a temple of silver in Wualai Road
*Learning how to cook a vegetarian feast from Mai Kaidee
*And singing My Way in a karaoke bear bar in Bangkok


At the end of last year, 5 guys and girls scooted off to Bangkok and spent the next 11 days exploring the North East Thailand, aka Esaan, a land of rich history and human poverty. Yeah, it was rough at times trying to sleep on public buses and trains. Sometimes, you even have to yell at fellow backpackers to "Knock it off!!" In a harsh land of dry infertile soil, people descended
from the Khmers still try to eke a living there; while sending their children overseas for a better life as unskilled migrant workers. And a most heartwarming surprise was discovering how transgender people are so well accepted in the rural society.

Getting out of the 1000baht per night comfort zone meant sleeping in quaint guesthouses, learning to wait for the bus, getting to eat street hawker food in night markets, meeting the friendly locals, contributing to local economy at the most direct level; and looking out for by including each other into your personal space.

Of course, when you put 3 gay men and 2 lesbians together for 11 days & 10 nights, you will get a lot of talk of size, shapes, curves, colour, hair, chubs, monks, sistas, mei nu ........ which will be featured.

Come and see for yourself what a great time we had!

Event Day Postponed!

Hi everyone

Sorry we'll be postponing Event Day because we need more time to organise the event. More details will be out shortly. In the meantime, come by and visit us on Sat, 16 Jan from 4-8pm.

Take care!