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...more delicious workings of karma that Singapore, which criminalizes homosexuality, should have as its leading young poet an openly gay man. But while Cyril Wong relishes waving "a purple flag" in socially conservative faces, his work expands beyond simple sexuality - being "just a gay poet," as he puts it - to embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds. His latest volume of verse, Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light, is due to be published this month, hopefully to burnish further the international reputation that the previous five collections have established...
...Wong ran afoul of Singapore's censors when they threatened to pull National Arts Council funding from his second volume due to the gay content of some poems. But he learned to cope with the restrictions, and they haven't prevented him from attaining mainstream acceptance, represented by his winning the Singapore Literary Prize in 2006. If he's proud, Wong doesn't show it. Self-deprecating and mirthful, he describes himself as lazy, living off his partner's patience and generosity. Though he cites the succinct, confessional styles of American poets Sharon Olds and Raymond Carver as his most...
...York City picket lines in the Comedy Central show's signature faux news style, conceding the producers' point that it's hard to measure the value of online content: "Online, intrinsic worth is measured in things like number of tears shed over Britney Spears by a heartbreakingly gay teenager," Ross says, before he is interrupted with a note that Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, is suing Youtube for $1 billion for using its content online. After a news clip featuring Viacom head Sumner Redstone, Ross explains, "When you're not paying him, you owe him $1 billion. When...
Five students and one University employee gathered to commemorate the ninth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes people who have died from anti-transgender violence in the past year. The event was hosted by Harvard’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA...
Kellaway is one of a set of identical triplets. She and her sister identify as gay women and their brother is transgender...