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S'pore holds first LGBTQ rally, Pink Dot, since gay sex decriminalisation

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June 25, 2023

HUNDREDS of people wearing pink attended Singapore's annual "Pink Dot" LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held since the city-state decriminalised gay sex last year.

S'pore holds first LGBTQ rally, Pink Dot, since gay sex decriminalisation

Brandishing rainbow flags and sporting glittery makeup, participants gathered in a downtown park-the only place in Singapore where protests are allowed without any police permit.

"I'm celebrating today because it's been a really long fight," said Ernest Seah, a gay 58-year-old artist, while sitting on a pink inflatable couch. "And you know, it's great that love wins and the government understands that."

Singapore's parliament last year repealed a British colonial-era law that penalised sex between men with up to two years in jail, although the statute was not actively enforced.

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