“supporting the freedom to love” – Paerin Pink Dot

Pink Dot Sg is a non-profit movement started in 2009 by a group of individuals who care deeply about the place that LGBT Singaporeans call home. It is a group for everyone, straight and gay, who support the belief that everyone deserves the freedom to love. With openness and acceptance, we hope to bring LGBT Singaporeans closer to their family and friends

Pink Dot started their first event in Hongling Park.
Hongling park: You need a permit to protest at Hongling park, speeches, performances, demonstrations can be done without licenses. As long as you follow certain rules: 2008, rules were liberalized and it became possible to work within legal boundaries and fight for LGBT. Marches and protests aren’t allowed.

in 2009, they formed their first human pink dot, to show the increasing acceptance in the
Singapore society of LGBT citizens. 2500 people attended.they wanted the dot to get bigger each year to show the evolving of society as more and more people accept LGBTs. The general public was advised against participating, fearing the backlash from the government

In 2011, the park was filled 10,000 people attended in forming the pink dot

2012 – 15,000 people attended – their first ‘night dot’

2014 – 26,000 people attended – a heart created in the middle

2015 – 28,000 people attended – ‘love’ created in the middle

In 2017, the government tightened the rules. No Singapore controlled companies can sponsor the event and they lost their funding. Only Singaporeans and PRs were allowed to assemble in the park. Any others that were caught, organizers will be caught for violation of public order act. They had to check NRIC for everyone coming in and barricade the park. If the park was overcrowded, they would be charged again.They started asking  Singpaoreancompaniess to stand up and become part of this event and last year they got 120 proud Singaporean sponsors.

2017 – a rainbow created

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