Transbefrienders is proud to have a diverse and dedicated team of more than 30 talented cisgender, transgender, and gender-diverse individuals contributing to our cause. 

Their tireless efforts and commitment to the community are deeply appreciated. Our core team includes:

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• Seth Tjia (He/Him) - Director.
  Seth has been an active member of Transbefrienders since 2020, contributing his expertise in transgender-related scientific research. Prior to joining the organization, he provided valuable resources and summaries of scientific literature for international online communities. He has also authored several national reports that highlight issues of the local transgender community. Seth is a molecular biology researcher and currently serves as the director of Transbefrienders.

• Tan Joo Hymn (She/her) - Director.
  Joo Hymn is an active volunteer in civil service groups and past-president of AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and a founding member of SAFE (Supporting, Affirming and Empowering our LGBTQ friends and family). She is also a trainer, lawyer and an early childhood educator.

• Dr Khoo Hoon Eng (She/Her) - Director.
  Dr Khoo has held key positions in the education field and civil service groups including Faculty of Medicine (NUS) and AWARE. She is also the founder of SAFE Singapore.

• Dr Zheng Zhimin (She/Her) - Director.
  Dr Zheng is a consultant psychiatrist in private practice with over 10 years of experience in general psychiatry in the public sector. She specialises in gender & sexual minority mental health and established the Gender Care Clinic in the public sector in August 2016.

• Coen Teo (He/Him) - Co-Founder/Operations Manager.
  The idea of befriending was inspired by the peer support he received from a trans woman on SGButterfly, an online forum for transgender Singaporeans in the 2000s. Coen began his community work by documenting his transitioning journey on YouTube and providing information to transgender Singaporeans. He has contributed to several other LGBTQ+ groups, including Pink Dot SG, over a decade of advocacy.

• Rafa (He/Him) - Co-founder/Programme Manager.
  Having understood the lack of information and resources for FTM folks back then, Rafa helped to fill in the gaps for transgender folks to improve their lives. He co-founded Bissu in 2017 as a community building group to empower the LGBTQ+ minority in Singapore, and has since started organising FTM workshops, gatherings and events to bring the community together, providing the much needed information, resources and safe space. Rafa co-founded Transbefriender in 2019. 

• Ellie (She/Her) - Co-facilitator.
  A trans woman currently doing research work in the University of York in the UK. While in the UK, she has also been joining a transgender support group, and learnt a lot about facilitating such groups from them, so she is bringing this back to Singapore! During her free time, she likes to play video games like Dead by Daylight, Company of Heroes and Sims. She also likes to watch anime, and read various fiction and non-fiction books.

• Aderyn (She/They) - Co-facilitator.
  She is a non-binary trans woman staying in Singapore, currently studying a degree in Sociology and Anthropology, and they hold social issues of inequality and discrimination close to their heart.​ During her free time, she enjoys playing video games, watching cartoons, making music and playing Dungeons and Dragons! As the co-facilitator of the support group and the one who named TransNB Friends, they hope to meet other trans + non-binary folks who join us N B friends with you!

Each team member brings unique experiences and perspectives, contributing to the organisation's ability to provide comprehensive support and understanding to the transgender and gender-diverse community in Singapore.