Under one roof : lesbians and their Malay Muslim families

• Main Author: Hafizah Syed Ismail
• Other Authors: Tam Chen Hee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35493
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This qualitative study of eleven in-depth interviews aims to describe and analyse the experience of Singaporean Malay Muslim lesbians in their thirties who are still staying in the family home, and how they reconcile homosexuality with religious membership. The dilemma these women face is with reg...