Two Mahjies He Knew Growing Up Were Actually A Couple, According To His Mother Majies – nannies who brought up our pioneer generation in Singapore in the 1930s to 1970s – have to take a vow of celibacy. This means they weren’t allowed to marry, and most of them remained single for the rest of their lives. Or so we thought. A Singaporean wrote a heartfelt Facebook post on Monday (23 Jul) about low-key love affairs between Majies, as told by his mother. In particular, two of his grandaunts, who had a hidden love story that he wasn’t aware of while growing up. Read Miak Siew‘s post in full here, we summarise it after the jump. Source Passions of the cut sleeve Miak’s mother began the tale matter-of-factly, This lgbt thing is not something new from the West. We have it in Chinese society all this while. In fact, the Chinese community used to refer to it as 断袖 (duàn xiù) — which means “passions of the cut sleeve”. She tells her son that she’s confused why it’s now called 断背 (duàn beì) or “brokeback” now. He humorously explains that Lee Ang’s film 断背山 (Brokeback Mountain) may just have something to do with the […]
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