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* Action for AIDS (AfA) [3]- a gay-supported and gay-supportive AIDS advocacy and AIDS services charity started by a group of doctors in 1988. It organised successful campaigns to break down the 'only homosexuals get AIDS' stereotypes, to change the 24-hour cremation rule and to create greater AIDS awareness in school sex education. It publishes 'The Act', a free periodical which provides Singaporeans MSMs with safe-sex and AIDS-related information.
* Heartland [4]- the gay Singapore Buddhist discussion group spearheaded by activist Kelvin Wong in 2003.
* Safehaven [5]- a Christian group which has been gathering since 1998 for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Gay affirmative and made up of different age groups, backgrounds and religious traditions.
* The Free Community Church [6]- a Christian network offering the support of small groups and a Sunday service at Yangtze Building. Inaugurated in 1999.
* Adventurers Like Us (ADLUS) [7] - the Singapore sports and outdoor activities network for gays and lesbians. It was started by Kelvin Wong, who later handed over its management to Ethan Lim. The group has both a website and an active mailing list: [8]. The mailing list is the main communication hub for the network. The website was revamped in September 2006 to become more user-friendly. ADLUS activities encompass many sporting activities and the group is also actively involved in promoting sports and outdoor activities in the GLBT community. The website also list major events in the Singapore sports scene. They were the network that helped send Singapore's first sports team to the Gay Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
* Women's Nite [9]- Started by Charmaine Tan and Eileena Lee in 2002, Women's Nite provides a safe, neutral and alcohol-free space for lesbians and bisexual women in Singapore to gather and discuss the issues relevant to their lives. Talks and workshops are also held. It runs on the last Saturday of every month. Charmaine Tan, Eileena Lee, Tan Hui Yee, Amanda Lee, Gea Swee Jean and Sylvia Tan are the women working behind the scenes [10] for The Women's Nite.
* Spaces centre for counselling and development [11]- a private, non-profit counselling and development agency conceived in 2001 by counsellor and psychologist Clarence Singam. However, it has been inactive since 2005.
* Oogachaga support group [12]- started by artist Jason Wee and friends Steve Wong and Kenneth Lau in 1999, its torch was handed to counsellor Clarence Singam in the early 2000s and is now carried by Bryan Choong and Y.Y. Teh.; mainly for young men in their 20s who are making major life decisions about career, friendship, relationship, and family. Oogachaga talks have become highly-anticipated guidance and mutual revelation sessions for the gay community (see Singapore gay conferences). Oogachaga also runs support groups for gay men and lesbians. On 18 Feb 2006, Oogachaga started the OCMSM (Oogachaga Men-who-have-Sex-with-Men) hotline, Singapore's first hotline manned by gay volunteers. This community outreach service enables MSM to talk about issues regarding their sexuality issues or to find out more information on HIV and STI.
* MenAfterWork (MAW) [13]- a group that organises strictly non-sexual social outings for gay men. Formed by Shenzi Chua in the 1990s. It currently appears to be inactive, with some of its activities taken over by Friends Like Us.
* Friends Like Us (F.L.U.S., pronounced "flas") [14]- an LGBT social enterprise which aspires to be the nexus between business, innovation and community work. They are committed to reaching out to diverse members of LGBT society with the primary objective to better lives through entrepreneurial and other community projects. Net proceeds from their ad hoc activities and events including Dragon Boat racing, inline skating, kayaking, movie outings, a dating club, gatherings and trips, are used to fund community service initiatives including their Caresports, Careout and Carefund programmes. Address: Blk 1 #01-13 Yishun St 23 YS-ONE Singapore 768441. Tel: 96315540.
* SAFE Singapore (Supporting, AFfirming and Empowering our LGBTQ friends and family; see website, Fridae article) - a support group founded in December 2006 by a team of 4 heterosexual women to provide information and resources for straight people struggling to accept their queer friends and relatives.
* CACTUS (Community Action for Us) [15] - a non-profit social group for LGBT people in Singapore. It aims to function like a community club, having its members actively volunteering to organise social events and activities. Its goal is to improve the social well-being of its members and the gay community at large.
* Pelangi Pride Centre [16] - Started by Dinesh Naidu, Charmaine Tan and Eileena Lee in Dec 2002 and currently managed by Charmaine Tan, Lai Nam Khim and Eileena Lee. Pelangi Pride Centre is a GLBTQ resource centre which provides a library/archives, information resources and a community space for sexual minorities. Located at Bianco (above Mox Bar & Cafe), 21 Tanjong Pagar Road, the Centre operates from 4 to 8pm every Saturday. Events are held regularly every 2nd Saturday of the month. For more information, email contact@pelangipridecentre.org or go to www.pelangipridecentre.org
* yOUTh [17] - a GLBTQ group for teenagers and young adults formed in 2006 by J. Kwek (one of the personalities featured in the book "SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century), E. Tay and B. Xue. It provides support to individuals between the ages of 16 and 21. yOUTh emerged from its low-profile background in 2007 to organise and publicise its talks and social outings to the GLBT community at large. Their e-mail address is: young.out.here@gmail.com
* Rainbower [18] - a social group for gay men set up by former Oogachaga 5 support group member, A. Chan. It seeks to organise social, strictly non-sexual, outings once a month to foster bonding, friendship and support between homosexual men in Singapore.
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