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Young Out Here

May 09, 2024

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.[1][2]

Young Out Here
Founded2006
Legal statusInactive
FocusLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Youths
Location
Area served
Local
MethodSupport Groups, Events, Workshops

History edit

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 to discuss LGBT issues that they may face in life. The group begun due to the lack of focus on youths in the community during those days.[3] The group's inaugural run of their support group begun in January 2007, with other runs following thereafter.

  • 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's seventh run (YOH7) and eighth run (YOH8) commenced simultaneously in June 2013 and concluded in December 2013.
  • Young Out Here's ninth run (YOH9) commenced in May 2014 and concluded on 8 November 2014.
  • Young Out Here's tenth run (YOH10) will commence in July 2015.

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.[4] 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".

In May 2014, the group officially launched its official website.

As of 2019, the group is inactive and they have ceased their activities. Their website is now no longer accessible.

Support Groups edit

YOH edit

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.[5] 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.[6][7][8]

Each YOH run consists of 13 sessions, each covering various issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youths.[7] Each session is limited to 10 to 15 participants with balanced number of males and females to provide a gender neutral environment.

Events edit

Labels and Love edit

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.[9][10]

Outrace edit

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.[11][9][12]

Ties that Bind edit

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.[13][7]

"I AM" Project edit

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".[14][15] 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.[7]

"Light Up Your Dream" Project edit

Young Out Here was invited as one of the 19 community groups[16] 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.[7][17]

Climb Every Mountain edit

On 29 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.[18]

Project "We Are Not Afraid" edit

In June 2013, YOH upped the ante by building and painting a 9.6m x 2.4m large wall mural. The mural was covered in ‘bricks’ that symbolised the fears of today's LGBTQ youths. By removing these individual bricks, the mural was slowly revealed to showcase the hopes and dreams penned down by event-goers from the previous “Light Up Your Dreams” Campaign in Pink Dot 2012. One may think of it as a Berlin Wall of sorts for the LGBTQ youth of Singapore.

Project "Connecting Voices" edit

For PinkDot 2014, YOH gave PinkDot participants a chance to post LGBT-related questions on a specially designed ‘FAQ’ board and get responses in return from other participants at the event. Being inspired by the Japanese prayer structure, the project this year signifies a collective hope and support to each other. A lucky draw was also provided for two free tickets to The Laramie Project play at the Singapore Repertory Theatre.

YOH 10th Anniversary Exhibition edit

Pinkdot 2015 was held on 13 June 2015 at Hong Lim Park. It marks the fifth year of PinkDot celebrations in Singapore. Coincidentally it was also the 10 year anniversary of YOH since their inception. To commemorate this anniversary and at the same time, educate others about what YOH does, an exhibition of YOH history was put up. Suggestions were also canvassed from the public on how YOH can improve going forward. For this, goodie bags of neon-pink Sticky candy were given away in exchange for the ideas.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Home". Oogachaga. Oogachaga. 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Singapore gay couple respond to judge's ruling against them". 11 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. ^ AM (14 June 2011). "Pink Profiles: Young Out Here". pinkdot.sg : Supporting the freedom to love. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ^ YOH (2011). "About YOH". Queer Youth Group: For the Youths - By the Youths!. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  5. ^ "About YOH". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ^ "YOH Support Group". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Young-out-here.com". young-out-here.com.
  8. ^ "Support for Young Queers".
  9. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com.
  11. ^ Boom, 1 Peter (2 July 2009). "IndigNation Programme (30 Jul – 30 Aug 2009)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  13. ^ . www.oogachaga.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.
  14. ^ ""I Am" (Project) by Young Out Here". 21 June 2011.
  15. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  16. ^ "Community Groups".
  17. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : YOH @ PinkDot 2012: Hopes & Dreams. YouTube.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

External links edit

  • Young Out Here Official Website

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Gay Bisexual and Queer YouthsLocationSingaporeArea servedLocalMethodSupport Groups Events Workshops Contents 1 History 2 Support Groups 2 1 YOH 3 Events 3 1 Labels and Love 3 2 Outrace 3 3 Ties that Bind 3 4 I AM Project 3 5 Light Up Your Dream Project 3 6 Climb Every Mountain 3 7 Project We Are Not Afraid 3 8 Project Connecting Voices 3 9 YOH 10th Anniversary Exhibition 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editYoung 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 to discuss LGBT issues that they may face in life The group begun due to the lack of focus on youths in the community during those days 3 The group s inaugural run of their support group begun in January 2007 with other runs following thereafter 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 s seventh run YOH7 and eighth run YOH8 commenced simultaneously in June 2013 and concluded in December 2013 Young Out Here s ninth run YOH9 commenced in May 2014 and concluded on 8 November 2014 Young Out Here s tenth run YOH10 will commence in July 2015 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 4 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 In May 2014 the group officially launched its official website As of 2019 the group is inactive and they have ceased their activities Their website is now no longer accessible Support Groups editYOH edit 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 5 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 6 7 8 Each YOH run consists of 13 sessions each covering various issues related to gay lesbian bisexual and queer youths 7 Each session is limited to 10 to 15 participants with balanced number of males and females to provide a gender neutral environment Events editLabels and Love edit 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 9 10 Outrace edit 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 11 9 12 Ties that Bind edit 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 13 7 I AM Project edit 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 14 15 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 7 Light Up Your Dream Project edit Young Out Here was invited as one of the 19 community groups 16 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 7 17 Climb Every Mountain edit On 29 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 18 Project We Are Not Afraid edit In June 2013 YOH upped the ante by building and painting a 9 6m x 2 4m large wall mural The mural was covered in bricks that symbolised the fears of today s LGBTQ youths By removing these individual bricks the mural was slowly revealed to showcase the hopes and dreams penned down by event goers from the previous Light Up Your Dreams Campaign in Pink Dot 2012 One may think of it as a Berlin Wall of sorts for the LGBTQ youth of Singapore Project Connecting Voices edit For PinkDot 2014 YOH gave PinkDot participants a chance to post LGBT related questions on a specially designed FAQ board and get responses in return from other participants at the event Being inspired by the Japanese prayer structure the project this year signifies a collective hope and support to each other A lucky draw was also provided for two free tickets to The Laramie Project play at the Singapore Repertory Theatre YOH 10th Anniversary Exhibition edit Pinkdot 2015 was held on 13 June 2015 at Hong Lim Park It marks the fifth year of PinkDot celebrations in Singapore Coincidentally it was also the 10 year anniversary of YOH since their inception To commemorate this anniversary and at the same time educate others about what YOH does an exhibition of YOH history was put up Suggestions were also canvassed from the public on how YOH can improve going forward For this goodie bags of neon pink Sticky candy were given away in exchange for the ideas See also edit nbsp LGBT portal LGBT rights in Singapore List of LGBT organizations in Singapore List of LGBT rights organisationsReferences edit Home Oogachaga Oogachaga 2011 Retrieved 29 May 2012 Singapore gay couple respond to judge s ruling against them 11 April 2013 Retrieved 14 April 2013 AM 14 June 2011 Pink Profiles Young Out Here pinkdot sg Supporting the freedom to love Google Retrieved 29 May 2012 YOH 2011 About YOH Queer Youth Group For the Youths By the Youths Google Retrieved 29 May 2012 About YOH Retrieved 14 April 2013 YOH Support Group Retrieved 14 April 2013 a b c d e Young out here com young out here com Support for Young Queers a b OC Events Oogachaga com Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 Retrieved 2 May 2011 Log In or Sign Up to View www facebook com Boom 1 Peter 2 July 2009 IndigNation Programme 30 Jul 30 Aug 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link OUTRace 09 Trevvy Forums Archived from the original on 27 July 2011 Retrieved 2 May 2011 Ties that Bind Oogachaga com www oogachaga com Archived from the original on 2 March 2011 I Am Project by Young Out Here 21 June 2011 Facebook www facebook com Community Groups Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine YOH PinkDot 2012 Hopes amp Dreams YouTube Gay teenage mountain climber to meet LGBT youth in Singapore Gay Star News Archived from the original on 15 April 2013 Retrieved 14 April 2013 External links editYoung Out Here Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Young Out Here amp oldid 1174296550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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