LGBT

[Still under construction, but for one overview of Singapore's LGBT community, including organisations, see Roy Tan's comprehensive listing here. The knowledge architecture of this page is meant to facilitate sense-making in terms of understanding needs, assessing gaps and why they are there, and offer leads to possible solutions. Where there are existing repositories and resource directories, we need only to point towards them and act as an index. Where there are none, then it is useful to collate and catalogue.]

Overview

This overview provides a synopsis of the current knowledge base. Having considered all the information in the LGBTQ pages: 1) What are the priority issues that deserve attention, 2) What are opportunity areas that community or voluntary organisations can already take action on, and 3) What knowledge gaps deserve further investigation?

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Actionable Opportunity Areas

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Knowledge Gaps

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Definitions

LGBTQ

[identify target group and define who is included or excluded in this category: you want to get it just right: not too broad that it includes those you may not want to include, and not too narrow that it excludes those you want to help. You might be too exclusive: e.g. defining ‘vulnerable’ seniors as ‘low-income’, but you may want to include those without family support. Therefore, you may want to define vulnerable as ‘poor and/or with low family support’. You might be too inclusive: e.g. ‘latchkey kids’ may include those who have working parents, or those with serious behavioural problems.]

To get an overview of terminology, see SAFE Singapore's glossary here

Overview of Key Issues & Areas of Needs

Click the links below to go directly to specific areas of interest: [Not yet linked to the specific segments or pages]

Community Integration	↘
		Social Inclusion Public awareness & acceptance
Family Acceptance	→
Legal Rights	↗

Areas of Needs / Desired Outcomes

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Inclusive School Environment

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Informal Networks Inter-University LGBT Network

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Resource Directory

If there are already good and constantly updated directories out there, we only have to create a hyper link to them

Local Informational Resources

Pelangi Pride Centre

• https://www.pelangipridecentre.org/
• A resource space and library for sexual minorities in Singapore, hosted by Free Community Church

SAFE Singapore

• http://safesingapore.blogspot.com/
• Information and resources to help friends, parents, and family members of LGBTQ persons understand their loved ones better; and to share experiences
• Started by parents, families and friends of LGBTQ

Online Discussion Forums, Mailing Groups

• See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Singapore#Cyberspace
• Mad Tea Party: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/madteapartysg/info

LGBTQ friendly Religious Groups

Free Community Church

• https://www.freecomchurch.org/
• [Clarification: mostly gay community?] "We have straight Christians in our midst too" https://www.freecomchurch.org/resources/faith-and-lgbtq-faq/

As-Salam Singapore

• https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/as-salam/info
• For LGBTQ Muslims in Singapore

Advocacy & Public Education Groups

Pink Dot SG

• http://pinkdot.sg/
• Annual event at Speakers' Corner started in 2009

Social Service Agencyies

Oogachaga

• https://oogachaga.com/
• Counseling services