Ava Leong was a trans woman from Penang. She & her transgender community were vibrant performers in the 1950s to 1960s: always donning beautiful kebayas & sarongs.
Trans people have always existed in Malaysia.
lance being so desensitised to people not choosing him that his love for keith becomes a bruise that only hurts when you press on it vs keith who doesn't have a single nonchalant bone in his body grappling with the sheer enormity of his feelings and getting his ass beat
Im am a big fan of Keith being so helplessly in love with Lance after the war, and Lance being sort of indifferent cause he learned Keith leaves and its best not to get your hopes up.
the way the tags directly correlate with each country’s society. like yes of course developed strict ass singapore is on the freakiest shit. indonesia and malaysia repressed conservative muslims are into angst. thailand, the most openly freaked out imo, creating high academia
Cannot stand when folks cite disability as a need for genAI. Data centers are poisoning and disabling people around the world, and will inevitably lead to even more disablement thought climate impacts. I wont use a tool that actively harms others and my future self. 1/2