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Estate Planning – Personal Property And Finance (Part 5 of 6)

From the big picture to the micro aspects, we started with the objectives of Estate Planning and why it’s important to our community, Wills, the different forms of a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) and the Advanced Medical Directive (AMD). We’re now onto quite possibly the most exciting topic – personal property and finance. There […]

Planning Your Finances Towards Surgery

In 1973, Singapore legalised sex-reassignment surgery. Post-operative transsexual people can change the legal gender on their identity cards (but not their birth certificates). This is probably when most of us start looking for ways to update our gender on that pink card.  Dealing with medical finance is an issue that we cannot afford to stuff into […]

Do Not Be Exposed… Cover Yourself with Health Insurance

Let’s talk about health insurance, shall we? Health insurance is part and parcel of everyone’s life, no matter which community you are from. For a simple reason, medical costs in Singapore don’t come cheap. While the room and board charges can be low, this is only a portion of the total make up of your […]

Family Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples in SG

For quick access:  Assisted Reproduction Technology and Home Insemination Adoption Surrogacy Summary Family Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples in SG   “If you are gay, does that means you can only adopt? Will your partner be considered a legal guardian then?”  In February alone I was asked this question thrice. Nevermind that people around me assumed […]

LGBTQ+ Couples: Things to Consider When Buying A Home Together

When I first started writing about LGBTQ+ property issues, a lot of people asked me what’s so different about the queer community and their property purchase? Isn’t a property purchase the same for all? You simply choose to buy a private or HDB, depending on your available budget and needs. When purchasing a flat from […]

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