A reader complements this post on the slow sexual awakening in Singapore:
I was surprised you didn’t mention Pink Dot, Singapore’s now annual version of gay pride. It’s been going on now for five years, and when I first heard about it and saw a video for it, I cried given how beautiful it was. It’s about support and not so much a show of pride. It’s specifically aimed at all who want to show support coming together to say LGBT people are loved despite that country’s continued laws against homosexuality. Everyone wears pink (and no one is singled out, therefore), and at night, they hold up pink lights forming a pink dot.
This year there were over 26,000 who attended. (Yes, that pails in comparison to San Francisco’s 1M people who attended this year’s gay pride. But it’s a stunning example of change that’s truly needed and wondrous to behold.) Evidently they tried to move to a bigger venue, but the government wouldn’t allow it. So they all crowded in.
The Dish 