One of Us

Stories of Friends & Family of LGBT Individuals in SINGAPORE

A Project By MOVE Community
Proudly Supported by Project 50/100


“One Of Us” is a project that showcases real life stories of family, friends and colleagues of LGBT people. Told from the perspective of non-LGBT persons, these stories relate how mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, and other relatives, as well as friends and colleagues, find out about, react to, perhaps cope with or are transformed by a LGBT person in their lives. These poignant vignettes of discovery, revelation and confession, doubt and crisis, worry and fear, and ultimately of love and its triumph over all else are an affirmation of our common humanity. They send the message that for each person in these stories, the LGBT individual is not apart, and that though different in some aspects from a straight person,  this person is “One of Us”. We hope these moving portraits will serve to make it easier for LGBT people as well as their family, friends and colleagues to find  resolution and affirmation in their lives.

“One of Us” is a project initiated by MOVE Community partnering with SAFE Singapore and supported by Project 50/100.  We welcome suggestions and collaborations from both LGBT and non-LGBT partners to make this project as complete and as meaningful as possible.


About MOVE Community
MOVE Community is a LGBT friendly social and community club based in Singapore and formed in 2013. It organises life-enriching social programmes for people to connect and care for one another. www.movecommunity.org


About Project 50/100

Project 50/100 is an alternative effort to commemorate Singapore’s 50th anniversary. As the name suggests, it will look back in time as well as forward to the centennial. The spirit is captured in the tagline “Alternative Narratives, New Perspectives, Different Truths”, and the motivation in the slogan “Because We Love Singapore”. www.project50100.wordpress.com


About SAFE Singapore
The parents, families and friends of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning) persons, who believe in a society that accepts, affirms and empowers everyone to participate fully in it, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. www.safesingapore.blogspot.sg

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We are now inviting you, as a family, friend and/or colleague of a LGBT person, to share your story with us – and with the world.

Complete this form or email us at oneofus.sg@gmail.com if you are willing to come forward to share your story with us.

We plan to publish your story online and in print. You and the LGBT person can choose to be named or to remain anonymous in the story.