# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-au
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:33.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-au"
name: "Alex Au"
slug: "alex-au"
description: "Alex Au Waipang, also known by his Internet pseudonym as Yawning Bread, is an advocate of LGBT rights in Singapore. Au is a blogger and activist who provides analyses of Singaporean politics, culture, gay issues and miscellaneous subjects on his blog. He is also the co-author of two books, People Like Us: Sexual Minorities in Singapore and a French-language treatise on homophobia entitled L'Homophobie."
tagline: "Singaporean activist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Alex_Au_%28Yawning_Bread%29_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             15.24641638225256
  historical:           7.21566
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80%E5%81%89%E9%B5%AC"
    title: "區偉鵬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ألكس إيه يو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "اليكس ايه يو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Au"
    title: "Alex Au"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Au"
    title: "Alex Au"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Au"
    title: "Alex Au"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Au"
    title: "Alex Au"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Au"
    title: "Alex Au"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4716643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump