What Discrimination Looks Like for Transgender Students in Singapore | Rainbow Guide to Life

In January 2021, a transgender student posted a Reddit post that detailed how the Ministry of Education had allegedly prevented her from receiving hormonal therapy to treat her gender dysphoria condition. In response, a group of protestors demonstrated outside the Ministry, waving placards that read “#FixSchoolsNotStudents” and “Trans students will not be erased”.

The viral post and the conversations that ensued thereafter surfaced the many issues young queer people face on a daily basis.

In a recent Universal Periodic Review submitted to the United Nations by TransgenderSG, Sayoni and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), it was reported that 77.6% of openly transgender students faced negative experiences in schools. These negative experiences range from intentional misgendering, to being sent to conversion therapy to being forced to use a bathroom they felt uncomfortable or unsafe in.

VICE World News host Christopher Khor meets with the founder of The T Project, June Chua, trans students Kaeden Lim and Lune Loh to find out more the obstacles and difficulties they have to navigate.

@11:45 - Due to an error introduced during editing, this story originally spelled the TransBefrienders name as "Transgender BeFrienders." The correct spelling is TransBefrienders. We regret the error.

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