IndigNation 2015

IndigNation 2015 was the tenth anniversary of IndigNation, Singapore's LGBT pride season and the eleventh event since the inaugural one in 2005. It was the first to be held during the month of September instead of in August, like all the previous ones.

The graphic designers of the posters used to advertise the various events were long-term gay couple Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, as for the past few years.

Individuals joining the organising committee for the very first time included MOVE Community founder Andrew Chan, performance poet Stephanie Dogfoot, Prashant Somosundram, proprietor of bars Artistry and Red Baron where certain events were held.

The following teaser poster was used: 

=Programme=

HAPPY & FREE & PARTY


The opening event of IndigNation was advertised thus:

"OPEN INDIGNATION 2015 WITH A BIG BANG!

Sundown and outdoors, IndigNation, Singapore’s longest running LGBT festival, marks our country’s 50th birthday and opens an 11th year of resistance with what started it all in the first place — an outdoor party. Except this one is for the whole community! A sundown cook-out, space for children to play, music from the best among us and a dance party till late with the DJs who’ve always made us dance at our favourite clubs. SEE YA!!!!!"

It will be held on 5 September 2015 from 5pm till date at Red Baron, 45 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks. 

Inter-Uni Mixer
5 Saturday 2015, 6pm-10pm

VENUE DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED TO REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS

Register for the InterUni Mixer 2015 hosted by various groups from the Inter-University LGBT Network, Singapore now. Connect and network with new friends from the various universities in a casual social setting. Dinner will be provided. Venue will be released upon registration and there is a S8 participation fee to defray the costs of catering dinner. This event is open to all from the NUS, Yale-NUS, NTU and SMU community, including current students, staff and alumni. There are limited spaces so please register early. Participation will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and subject to diversity considerations to ensure fair representation of the various institutions.

Akka 3
Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September 2015 8pm at Goodman Arts Centre Black Box.

"The beauty of life lies in the imperfections within..."

Following the critical success of Akka in 1991 end Akka - The End in 2014, Avant Theatre presents the next exciting installment. Akka 3 The AKKA series focuses on the exploring the plight of Indian transgender women in Singapore and the trials and tribulations they undergo to uphold their identity against social prejudice. PRESENTED IN TAMll WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

FOR TICKETING ENQUIRIES. PLEASE CALI 9899 *002.

RATING: R16 (TRANSGENDER THEME)

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ORGANISED BY AVANT THEATRE

Riot!
7pm at TAB, 442 Orchard Road.

Hosted by Becca D'Bus.

When drag queens get to create exactly the show the/ve always wanted, what you get are very low aspirations and even lower morals. There is glitter in the gutterb but this RtOT! is not in the streets, so you can qet very drunk. RIOT! is Singapore's only regular drag revue and especially for IndigNation. RIOT! will entertain, and maybe announce the birth of a new beginning. WWW.RIOTORAGSHOW.COM

One of Us
Sunday, 13 September 2015. SUN	ONE OF US 4 PM ARTISTRY 17 JALAN PINANG SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: DR KHOO HOON ENG	One of Us Affirming our common humanity. one story at a time Told from the perspective of non-LGBT persons, these stories send a message that the LGBT individual is not apart and though different in some aspects from a straight person, this person is 'One of Us*. We hope these moving portraits will serve to make it easier for LGBT people as well as their family, friends and colleagues to find resolution and affirmation in their lives. We like to invite you to hear these extraordinary stories. Bring your family or a straight friend along. Limited seats available. Kindly register your interest early via email to oneofus.sgQgmail.com with your name and number of people attending. ORGANISE0 8Y MOVE COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAFE SINGAPORE PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY PROJECT SO/100 VENUE SPONSOR ARTISTRY WWWFACEBOOK.C0M/EVENTS/16200i1044942917

Kink Dot: An evening of alternative queer erotica
Wednesday, 16 September 2015 at 7:30pm.

BOOKS ACTUALLY 9 YONG SIAK ROAD 6* warned: this is not a family-friendly event - unless your family is really cool, in which case, congratulations!

Our evening of queer kink litarature will feature raadings by poet Marylyn Tan and short story writers O Thiam Chin and Oalilah Night, with additional texts from Singaporean-Canadian novelist Lydia Kwa. A discussion on BDSM issuas will follow. IK It) (PROJECTED)

Speakeasy #22
 Featuring Stephanie Dogfoot and Deonn Yang

Wednesday, 16 September, 8pm at Artistry, 17 Jalan Pinang.

Spoken word showcase Speakeasy focuses on two queer Singaporean poets: Stephanie Dogfoot and Deonn Yang.

Stephanie Dogfoot is an award-winning performance poet and host of various spoken word nights around Singapore. She has won national poetry slam championships in Singapore (2010) and the UK (2012), and gone on to represent Singapore at the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam in Reunion Island and the UK in the European Slam Championships and the Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris. She has been published in Griffith Review, QLRS, and the EtiquetteSG Body Boundaries anthology and has premiered a one-woman spoken word show Foreigner Go Home (With Me!) at the Edinburgh Free Fringe Festival in 2012. She is currently a member of the four-woman spoken word troupe Sekaliwags, helps to run the poetry night SPEAK and Story Slam Singapore, and is trying to invade the stand up comedy scene.

Deonn Yang is born and raised in Singapore, and is very proud of her identity as a Singaporean and Singlish expert. She is currently in her third and final year as an Acting student at LASALLE College of the Arts. The theatre has always been a big part of Deonn’s life and she actively tries not to imagine what her life would be without it. On days that she is not sprawled on the floor after a good rehearsal, she enjoys making people laugh and telling a good story. Deonn also enjoys wearing button-downs.

Allies Night
24 THU ALLIES NIGHT: WHERE LGBT PROFESSIONALS ANO ALLIES CONNECT 6 PM THE EXCHANGE 8 MARINA VIEW Join peers from mo<* then 60 companies at the CBD's newest LGBT social networking event. Allies Night. Hosted monthly by Marsh and McLennan Companies, and bald at The Exchange in Asia Square. Allies Night gives you the opportunity to find new connections and celebrate inclusivity. The first 100 people will gat a free cocktail and there will be 10% off food and lucky draws throughout the night.

Sex ed workshops
Saturday, 26 September 2015.

2-5 pm at 72-13, Mohamed Sultan Road.

Still recovering from your school's (or family's) poor excuse for *sex ed*? In this peer-led. discussion-based workshop, we take a queer and trans focus to issues of sex and sexuality, giving space for everyone to ask questions, share experiences, and learn from each other. Topics consent, and communication. safer sex.

Contradiction XI: Sexual History
Saturday, 26 September 2015.

7:30pm at 72-13, Mohamed Sultan Road.

Join us for the finale of the IndigNation: an evening of Singaporean LGBT writing, with a historical twist. Young writers and actors will perform extracts of texts by and about queer Sinqaporeans. ranging from police reports from the 18S0s and agony aunt columns from the 1970s to experimental novels from the 1990s and slam poems from the 2010s.

This is an alternative c*non of Singapore literature, celebrating our full ethnic and sexual diversity.

FEATURING WORKS BY ARTHUR YAP. IY04A KWA. SA BAR I AH. HARESH SHARMA. LEONA LO. ANO MANY. MANY MORE. R<1i) (PROJECTED)

=See also=
 * IndigNation: Singapore's first gay pride month
 * IndigNation 2006
 * IndigNation 2007
 * IndigNation 2008
 * IndigNation 2009
 * IndigNation 2010
 * IndigNation 2011
 * IndigNation 2012
 * IndigNation 2013
 * IndigNation 2014

=References and external links=
 * Mrigaa Sethi, "Local LGBT festival IndigNation is back, starting with an outdoor party at Gillman Barracks", SG.ASIA-CITY.com, 22 August 2015.
 * IndigNation SG's Facebook page:.
 * PLU's IndigNation website.
 * The older IndigNation Facebook page:.
 * A playlist of videos of past IndigNation events on YouTube:.
 * IndigNation Sg's YouTube channel:.

=Acknowledgements=

This article was written by Roy Tan.