Singapore’s LGBTIQ+ festival Pink Dot will not take place in its usual arena of Hong Lim Park this year, but the organisers have found a new way to celebrate. Since 2008, the protest event and Pride celebration has been held in Hong Lim Park – the only legal space for protest in the small Asian […]
Thousands of Singaporeans gathered in Hong Lim Park to declare ‘We Are Ready’ as the island nation’s long ‘Pink Dot’ campaign to decriminalise homosexuality entered it’s tenth year. This year the campaign operated under the banner ‘We Are Ready’ highlighting that it is time for Singaporeans to look at removing sections of the penal code […]
Singapore’s Pink Dot celebration will be off limits to foreigners as the government puts additional restrictions on the gay rights event. Since it first began in 2009 Pink Dot has attracted larger crowd each successive year with over 28,000 people gathering in Hong Lim Park to shine a pink torch lights into the air as […]
An image of two men kissing on a train in Singapore has gone viral after a fellow passenger snapped a photo and penned an opinion piece about the public display for All Singapore Stuff. “I was kind enough to take the pic without a direct shot of the boy’s face. I respect everyone’s rights, but […]
A Singaporean man has been charged over threats he made online directed towards the nations’s LGBT community. The New Straits Times has reported that Singaporean citizen Bryan Lim appeared in court charged with using an electronic recording to incite violence. Lim alleged posted an open Facebook comment on the page of a group opposed to […]
Singapore has declared foreign companies will no longer be allowed to sponsor events aimed at LGBT groups. The island state’s Ministry of Home Affairs has ruled that events held at Singapore’s Speaker’s Corner can no longer be sponsored by overseas companies. The decision is a hug blow for Pink Dot the annual event that has […]
Singaporean activists has highlighted LGBTIQ rights in the Island nation with the annual Pink Dot celebration. Now in its seventh year, the event attracted a record crowd of 28,000 people. The event has grown from humble beginnings in 2009 when 2,500 people attended the first event. Last night’s gathering drew a crowd more than ten […]
State media censors in Singapore have banned the sale of a ‘Life With Archie” comic due to its frank depiction of same sex marriage. Released in 2012, the cover features the interracial same sex wedding of Kevin Keller and his partner Clay Walker. The comic was banned earlier this year but news of its prohibition […]
Singapore’s Pink Dot celebration has drawn a record 26,000 people. Now in it’s sixth year the event has grown from humble beginnings in 2009 when 2,500 people attended the first event. Held in Singapore’s official protest spot ‘Speaker’s Corner’ the event now takes over all of Hong Lim Park and surrounding areas. The 2014 event […]
Singpore’s Pink Dot LGBT celebration will be on June 28th this year. Now in it’s sixth year the event has progressively grown. In 2009 2,500 people attended the first event. Last years event filled Speaker’s corner in Hong Lim Park with a crowd of 21,000 people holding pink lights made from torches and mobile phones. […]
