STOP THE KILLINGS
Weekly column written for the Singapore Unbound newsletter. Sign up here . Message “SINGAPORE, STOP THE KILLINGS” projected by The Illuminator onto the building housing Singapore’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on November 2, 2022. The NYC-based Singaporean organizer explained, “The goal is to name and shame on the international arena, to increase awareness outside of Singapore and show our support for those in Singapore fighting for justice." The shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs last Saturday, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was a tragedy. The repercussions of the shooting will live on, not only for the wounded and the families of the dead, but also for the LGBTQ community everywhere, who are reminded, once again, that they are not safe even in what is supposed to be a "safe space." Tragic in a different manner is the Singapore state's judicial murder of prisoners on death row. State-sanctioned execution and a mass shooting appe