Young Out Here

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Young Out Here
Founded 2006
Headquarters
Area served Local
Focus(es) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Youths
Method(s) Support Groups, Events, Workshops
Website young-out-here.blogspot.com

Young Out Here (YOH) is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth community group based in Singapore. The community group is the first and longest running non-profit volunteer group of its kind in Singapore.[3][4]

History

Young Out Here was established in 2006 by four teenagers, and started out as a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer youths between the ages of 16 and 21. The group provides a safe, secular place for these people to gather together and discuss issues related to what issues they may face in life. The group begun because of the lack of focus on youths in the community for these groups.[5] The group's inaugural run of their support group begun in January 2007, with other runs following there after.

  • Young Out Here's first run (YOH1), commenced in January 2007 and concluded in July 2007.
  • Young Out Here's second run (YOH2) commenced in December 2007 and concluded in June 2008.
  • Young Out Here's third run (YOH3) commenced in November 2008 and concluded in April 2009.
  • Young Out Here's fourth run (YOH4) commenced in May 2010 and concluded in September 2010.
  • Young Out Here's fifth run (YOH5) commenced in March 2011 and concluded in August 2011.
  • Young Out Here's sixth run (YOH6) commenced in August 2012 and concluded in February 2013.

Young Out Here used yOUTh as their organizational acronym until 2009, when it was simplified to YOH. During this period, the group also began its venture into event organization, starting with "Labels and Love", and also begun publishing the group's blog.[6] Due to this expansion of focus, the group now refers to itself as a "queer youth community group" instead of the previous "queer youth support group".

Support Groups

YOH

Young Out Here's core program remains to be the closed support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youths who are 16 to 21 years old.[7] The objective of the support group program is to provide gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youths in Singapore a safe, secular, and inclusive environment for them to meet like-minded individuals, where they can build healthy relationships, build healthy self identities, and learn about the community at large.[8][9][10]

Each YOH run consists of 13 sessions, each covering various issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youths.[11] Each session is limited to 10 to 15 participants with balanced number of males and females to provide a gender neutral environment.

Events

Labels and Love

Labels and Love was a forum and workshop organized by Young Out Here in March 2009, with the help of Oogachaga. The workshop involved a personal sharing of the experiences of a mother and her gay son. An approximate number of 40 participants attended the event.[12][13][14]

Outrace

Outrace, jointly organized by Young Out Here, Oogachaga and dirrtyremixes, was held in August 2009 to coincide with the annual IndigNation. In this event, teams were set to compete against each other, racing to various LGBT related locations in Singapore, a la The Amazing Race. They had to overcome challenges and obstacles at each pit-stop. These were designed with educating the teams about Singapore's LGBT history in mind. The first team to arrive at the final pit-stop won a prize.[15][16][17][18]

Ties that Bind

Ties that Bind was a workshop organized by Young Out Here in March 2011, with the help of Oogachaga. The theme of this workshop was Coming Out; as a lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or queer youth to family members. The objective was to create a platform for queer youths to discuss and share ideas pertaining to the theme, rather than the advocation of coming out, as participants each have different situations and comfort levels to work with.[19][20][21]

"I AM" Project

On Pink Dot 2011, Young Out Here set up a booth at Hong Lim Park in a project where people are invited to pen down their thoughts, identity, or a statement beginning with "I am".[22][23] They may then choose to take a photo of themselves with their statement, which may be uploaded to the group's social media page in the user's discretion.[24]

"Light Up Your Dream" Project

Young Out Here was invited as one of the 19 community groups[25] to set up a booth at Hong Lim Park for Pink Dot 2012. This marks the second year that Young Out Here organized an event on Pink Dot. For this project, the event-goers are invited to write down their hopes and dreams down, and use a flexible fluorescent tube to tie their hopes and dreams on Young Out Here's makeshift glowing tree.[26][27]

Climb Every Mountain

On the 29th of March, 2013, Young Out Here invited Cason Crane, a youth mountaineer climbing the Seven Summits in an effort to raise funds for The Trevor Project, to share his story with youths in Singapore.[28]

References

  1. ↑ ブレイク(1993) p.887
  2. ↑ 小関(2006) p.53-54
  3. ↑ "Home". Oogachaga. Oogachaga. 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Singapore gay couple respond to judge's ruling against them". Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
  5. ↑ AM (14 June 2011). "Pink Profiles: Young Out Here". pinkdot.sg : Supporting the freedom to love. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2012. 
  6. ↑ YOH (2011). "About YOH". Queer Youth Group: For the Youths - By the Youths!. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2012. 
  7. ↑ "About YOH". Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
  8. ↑ "YOH Support Group". Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Head Butt". 
  10. ↑ "Support for Young Queers". 
  11. ↑ "Step OUT With YOH". 
  12. ↑ http://www.oogachaga.com/events
  13. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78404887304&v=info
  14. ↑ http://pinkdotsg.blogspot.com/2011/06/pink-profiles-young-out-here.html
  15. ↑ http://indignationsg.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/programme/
  16. ↑ http://www.oogachaga.com/events
  17. ↑ http://www.trevvy.com/sgboyx/index.php?showtopic=31535
  18. ↑ http://pinkdotsg.blogspot.com/2011/06/pink-profiles-young-out-here.html
  19. ↑ http://www.oogachaga.com/tiesthatbind
  20. ↑ http://young-out-here.blogspot.com/2011/03/ties-that-bind.html
  21. ↑ http://pinkdotsg.blogspot.com/2011/06/pink-profiles-young-out-here.html
  22. ↑ http://rainbowartsproject.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/i-am-project-by-young-out-here/
  23. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150221548681460.336677.164475421459
  24. ↑ http://young-out-here.blogspot.com/2011/06/pinkdot-2011-whats-yoh-doing-at-pinkdot.html
  25. ↑ http://pinkdot.sg/community-groups/
  26. ↑ http://young-out-here.blogspot.sg/2012/06/youve-watched-this-years-pinkdot-video.html
  27. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQczaVXYrw
  28. ↑ http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-teenage-mountain-climber-meet-lgbt-youth-singapore280313

External links

See also

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender topics in Singapore
Main article: LGBT in Singapore
Law
History
Organizations
People
Events
Culture
Media
Transgender
Category:LGBT in Singapore
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