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The personal, real-life stories in I Will Survive have raised issues that many of us may either have some experience with, or encountered in our friends or family members, including:

  • ADDICTIONS
  • BISEXUALITY
  • BULLYING
  • COMING OUT
  • HIV/ AIDS/ STIs
  • MARRIED & GAY
  • MENTAL ILLNESS
  • PARENTS OF LGBT CHILDREN
  • PARTNER VIOLENCE
  • RELIGION
  • SUICIDE, SELF-HARM & SUICIDE GRIEF
  • TRANSGENDER ISSUES
  • WOMEN

If you’d like some additional support or information, here are some local services based in Singapore , as well as international resources, organised alphabetically by issue.

For a more extensive list of Singapore-based resources, please refer to the Resources section.

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GLBT violence in relationships

Do you know someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and caught in a violent relationship with their partner, like Wee Lee in his story "Let go of your fears" ?

Or maybe someone you know is being abusive towards their girlfriend or boyfriend? Here is an article that explains what is GLBT domestic violence, and where to get help and support.

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GLBT violence in relationships

Do you know someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and caught in a violent relationship with their partner, like Wee Lee in his story "Let go of your fears" ?

Or maybe someone you know is being abusive towards their girlfriend or boyfriend? Here is an article that explains what is GLBT domestic violence, and where to get help and support.

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10 things I learnt from compiling I Will Survive:

10. Words can be hurtful, or empowering.

9. Human relationships are important.

8. Make no assumptions about people.

7. Sometimes emotional pain can be unbearable….

6. But support and hope can come from the unlikeliest sources.

5. Trying to be normal can feel so abnormal.

4. Being GLBT is an important part of life, but it’s not the only part.

3. We have allies.

2. It’s not just about coming out.

1. The human spirit is indomitable.

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“I was so badly affected that I contemplated suicide. I just couldn’t take it anymore. Everything that held meaning for me – family, work religion – was collapsing, and it seemed like there was nothing left. I went through a painful year of constantly enduring the feeling of extreme loneliness, as if I had been forsaken by everyone around me, including my family members, work colleagues, even God. It was a loneliness so deep that I could not see any way out of it. Nobody came up to offer any help; it seemed to me as if no one was willing or prepared to do so.”

~Thomas is a civil servant in his fifties. He lives with his wife and two children, and identifies as bisexual. His story, and many others, can be read in the ebook.

Click here to read more about suicide & how you can help.

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Let go of your fears

Wee Lee, 29 years old, works as a marketing executive. He is a survivor of same-sex violence in his previous relationship.

"The saddest thing in life is to deny to yourself who you are. Rather than conform to what others expect of you, you have to first accept yourself."

Find out more about how you can help a friend who may be affected by an abusive partner or boyfriend. Or maybe get some help for yourself too.

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Struggling between your sexuality (gay, bisexual) or gender identity (transgender) & religion?

Read how one gay man reconciles his homosexuality with his religion.

"I hope people can read my story and understand that it’s about connecting religion with sexuality. It’s really just about being comfortable with who you are, rather than living with those painful feelings of guilt, and then trying to embrace religion into your life."

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