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DESCRIPTION:https://www.fridae.asia/tc/agenda/8492\n\nBooksActually\np r e 
 s e n t s\n\nI WILL SURVIVE :\nPersonal Gay\, Lesbian\, Bisexual and Trans
 gender Stories in Singapore\nedited by Leow Yangfa\n\n: LAUNCH :\n17th May
  2013\, Friday\n7.30pm at Math Paper Press\n(No. 62 Neil Road)\n\nJoin us 
 at 62 Neil Road on 17 May to mark the International Day Against Homophobia
  & Transphobia (IDAHO). [http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/]\n\nThis eve
 nt will feature excerpt readings by special guests\, question & answer\, a
 nd a book signing session with the editor.\n\n: SPECIAL GUESTS :\n\n~ Ovid
 ia Yu\, award-winning novelist\, short-story writer and playwright. Among 
 her many works are The Woman in a Tree on the Hill\, Three Fat Virgins\, H
 itting (On) Women\, and Miss Moorthy Investigates.\n\n~ Tania De Rozario\,
  award-winning writer and visual artist\, whose latest collection of poetr
 y Tender Delirium has just been published by Math Paper Press.\n\n: ABOUT 
 THE BOOK :\n\nWhat is it like to be gay and experience bullying in school 
 or National Service? How do you deal with being rejected by your family an
 d religious group because of your sexual orientation? How are women's expe
 riences different or similar to men's? What does one go through in an abus
 ive same-sex relationship\, or when one loses a partner to suicide? What d
 oes a transgender man or woman go through in Singapore? When you have been
  diagnosed with a life-long illness\, how do you continue living?\n\nThis 
 collection brings together real-life experiences of love\, grace\, faith\,
  dignity and courage from 21 ordinary gay\, lesbian\, bisexual and transge
 nder people in Singapore who have survived extraordinary circumstances.\n
 \nWe will live. We will thrive. We will survive.\n\n: ABOUT THE EDITOR :\n
 \nLeow Yangfa has spent most of his adult life involved in social services
 \, including a previous job in a statutory organisation\, and volunteer wo
 rk with an HIV/ AIDS group in Singapore and a charity for the homeless in 
 London. He is professionally trained in social policy and social work.
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SUMMARY:I Will Survive - The Book Launch
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