Young Out Here (YOH) is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth community group based in Singapore.
[1][2] 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.
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.
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] 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".
[7] 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.