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We'd have loved to include an index at the back of SQ21, but in the end we just didn't have the time to get it to the presses. Solution: SQ21 the blog. Ta-da! (Plus, this one's searchable.)

Adoption – 4, 217

Allies - see Hoon Eng 204-217; also 40-43, 133, 162, 177

Army - see Nicholas 118-137; coming out to campmates, 125-127, 131, 135, 227

Bisexual experiences – see Elsin 6-17; also 11, 12, 184, 227, 228, 229

Books - 37, 81, 83, 84,191, 208, 215, 229

Brothers - coming out to 14, 50-51, 140, 224; gay brothers, 140, 151, 153, 210

Buddhism – 38, 226

Butch-femme culture - 114-115, 176, 184, 185

Children – gay adoption 217

Christianity – see Cyrus 138-153, also 10,11, 31, 38, 65-66, 74, 73, 82-84, 89, 142, 167, 174, 176, 177, 226; coming out at church - 143-144, 150; gay church groups 148-149, 152-153

Civil Service - 227

Civil society – 226; also see Volunteerism

Class divide - 183

Clubbing, 8, 17, 29

Coming out – see About Coming Out, 224-237; to gay community, 174; to oneself, 11, 64, 72, 117 to straight partner, 73; also see Army, Brothers, Fathers, Friends, Mothers, Public visibility, School

Counselling – 39, 74

Couplehood - see Living together; Relationships - long-term

Dating - see Relationships, short-term

Deafness - see Daniel 94-103

Doctors – 124, 227

Emigration -172, 185

Ex-gay – see Petrina 62-75, Cyrus 138-153; also see Reparative therapy

Extended family - 20, 28, 30, 31, 35, 42, 46, 51-52, 117, 176-177, 190, 202

Family gatherings – 20, 31, 117, 176; also see Holidays

Fathers, see Alphonsus 18-31; 17, 40, 47, 50, 51, 58-61, 73, 109, 156, 168, 176-177, 190, 202, 207, 210-212, 221, 224; being outed to, 21; fathers of partners, 28

Feminism – 172, 184

Femmes - see Butch-femme culture.

Friends – coming out to – 222; straight friends - 36-7, 39-40, 48, 65-75, 110, 224; gay and lesbian friends 68-75,

Gay history - see History

Gay men’s experiences, see Alphonsus 18-31, Jeremy 32-43, Mohammad Irwan 44-61, Dominic 76-93, Daniel 94-103, Nicholas 118-137, Cyrus 138-153, Rizal 154-169, Yangfa 186-203, Yi-Sheng 218-229; also see 74-75, 172-173, 183

Gay women’s experiences – see Lesbian and bisexual women’s experiences

Gender - mistaken identity, 108, 114

Government - 87, 124, 135

History - see Sheila 170-185; also 227

Heterosexuality - acting heterosexual, 120-121; heterosexual relationships - 12, 64-65, 70-73, 158

Hinduism - see Sheila 170-185; also 174, 178-180, 227

HIV/AIDS – 24, 83, 194, 200-202, 207, 214

Holidays – Chinese New Year, 17, 30, 31, 202 Christmas, 17, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, 51-52, 58-60

Homophobia - 133, harrassment – 35, 37, 79, 106-107, 112, 136, 157, 172-173

Internet – 90, 160, 182, 183, 229

Islam – see Mohammad Irwan 44-61, Rizal 48, 49; also 156, 166, 169, 226, 227

Lesbian and bisexual women’s experiences – Elsin 6-17, Petrina 62-75, Lu 104-117, Sheila 170-185; also see 221, 227-229

Living together – 16-17, 25-29, 161-169

Marriage; opposite-sex 70-73, 202; same-sex, 12-17, 183, 217

Media - depiction of gay people – 28, 87-88; outing yourself to the media; 58-61, 87-88, 90-91, 109

Mothers, see Jeremy 32-43, Mohammad Irwan 44-61, Hoon Eng 204-217; also 24, 25, 34-35, 156, 159, 199, 202; coming out to, 12-14, 49, 73, 109, 150-151, 190; coming out to involuntarily, 34; mothers of partners, 14, 28

Moving out - 160-169

National Service, see Army, also Police NS-157

Neighbours - 222

Parents – see Fathers and Mothers

Police - 157, 172, 175

Progress - 4

Public visibility - see Lu 104-117; also 172-173, 175, 184

Queer –as a term 221

Race - 56, 122, 182-184; interracial relationships – see Rizal 154-169; also 47, 52, 57, 183; racism - 57, 116, 183

Rape and sexual violence – 172, 183

Relationships – short-term, i.e. dating – 37, 74, 96-103, 112, 159; long-term - see Elsin 6-17, Rizal 154-169, also 25-29, 47, 51-52

Reparative therapy - 38, 145-148, 153, 227

School, see Jeremy 32-43, Dominic 76-93; 53-56, 64-65, 156, 174, 189, 191, 222; coming out at, 37-39, 56, 123

Siblings – see Brothers and Sisters

Sisters – 50-51, 109, 163, 190, 202, 224

Societies, gay – 123, 199, 212

Sports - 123

Straight - straight allies of gay people, see Allies; straight friends - see Friends - Straight friends; straight relationships - see Heterosexuality.

Transgender people - 4, 174, 178, 179, 184, 229

University – 83-84, 192-200

Visibility – see Public visibility

Volunteerism – see Yangfa 186-203; also 179

Women’s experiences – see Lesbian and bisexual women’s experiences

Work – 222, 227

Youth – see Jeremy 32-43; Mohammad Irwan 44-61; see also School