Record-breaking attendance at Pink Dot 2013

An estimated record-high of 21,000 people turned up at Hong Lim Park on Saturday evening for this year's Pink Dot rally, forming a sea of pink at the Speaker's Corner.

Straight and gay, young and old, they were there to show their support for Singapore's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) community and to campaign for equal rights regardless of sexual orientation.

This year's Pink Dot ambassadors were actress and television host Michelle Chia, sportscaster Mark Richmond and well-known thespian Ivan Heng.

The issue of gay rights have been in the news recently. Earlier in April this year, a petition by two gay men to the Singapore High Court asking for Section 377a to be repealed was rejected. They are in the process of appealing again.

For years, activists such as Maruah, a local human rights non-governmental organisation, have been calling for the Singapore government to repeal the section because it is a “critical first step” towards eliminating discrimination against homosexuals.

This year’s Pink Dot turnout of 21,000 is a marked increase from 2012's 15,000. In its first year, 2,500 people attended Pink Dot. This number grew to 4,000 in 2010 and 10,000 in 2011.

sauce

Reading the comments in the article makes me smh.... its always religion and 'western liberalism'..... come up with better arguments will ya. Im moving to New Zealand...

 heres a pretty pic of how it looked at night

Also, since i assume most of you dont know what Section 377A is, its basically a law where if two men do the thing then they are considered criminals and can face up to 2 years of jail time.

Don't remind me about this... I just waded through an LGBT-pride parade today in central London, along Oxford/Picadilly Circus. Don't remind me about what I saw, and what those people were doing.

Hadriel

Don't remind me about this... I just waded through an LGBT-pride parade today in central London, along Oxford/Picadilly Circus. Don't remind me about what I saw, and what those people were doing.

Hadriel

omg wat.

i also sort of didnt go for pinkdot this year because i heard some of them just come to get hook ups and i firmly believe that that is not the point of the event so yea