Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said: “You don’t have to be gay to be a supporter – you just have to be human.”

In this episode of SPEQ:TRUM podcast, I speak with Kelly Leow, a fervent and passionate straight ally of the LGBTQ+ community.

So I first met Kelly back in 2018, when we had the following conversation.

At the time, she was heavily involved as a volunteer with the T Project, Singapore’s first social service and homeless shelter for the transgender community.

Kelly had just overseen a fundraising campaign to pay for the T Project shelter's building lease.

The T Project was also preparing to open a community space called the Alicia Community Centre, and it has since opened in Kovan in Singapore.

These days, Kelly is no longer as involved at the T Project.

Instead, she now works at AWARE Singapore, the gender equality organisation, as a communications manager.

But her support for trans communities in Singapore is still strong.

Listen in on why she feels so strongly about this, and why having straight allies such as Kelly is sometimes even more powerful for the community and it causes.

Host: Jamie Nonis

Audio Editor: Natasha Pestana