The following is a message from the organisers of Pink Dot:
This year, Pink Dot honours kinship and family – in support and in recognition of our parents, siblings, relatives and friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Singaporeans.
Growing up gay is never easy. But it is through the unconditional love, support and understanding of family members and friends that they are able to pull through; with the care, kindness and concern that sustains over periods of anxiety and hardship.
We believe that everyone inherently wants to feel accepted - like they belong.
This is why family values matter greatly to Pink Dot.
Beyond the emotional and psychological well-being that strong familial ties can provide, family values also go towards affirming who we are as a community and as a nation: cohesive and compassionate.
Yet, every family is different. No two grandparents, parents, children, siblings, uncles, aunties, etc, can be exactly the same.
We relate to everyone differently precisely because we recognise and appreciate, quite naturally, that every person is unique.
So what happens when "sexual orientation" is a trait that makes a loved one unique? Will you continue to love your gay parent, child, grandchild, sibling, cousin, nephew or niece unconditionally?
Come make Pink Dot with us on 15 May 2010 (Saturday) at Hong Lim Park! More than 2,500 people came last year and had a wonderful time. Help us enlarge the Dot this year to show the world that Singapore is a great place for everyone, straight or gay. Bring your families, friends and colleagues! To keep up to date with the latest information, befriend Pink Dot at http://www.facebook.com/pinkdot or join our Facebook Page.
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Reader's Comments
I remembered how it felt like world peace - simply marvelous. =)
This year I should be able to make it! And I'll bring my doggy along too!
Terribly sissyfying colour.
Maybe a pink dot in London too for S'eans and supporters abroad?
So pink colour horrifies you? Because it is the colour for women? Why such sexism and misogynistic views?
Because being a "woman" is less than being a man? That a man has to subscribe to "codes" of being a "man"?
Re the colour pink: the guy who criticised the choice does not know his gay history. Alongside Jewish people and Gypsies, gays were also sent to concentration camps in Hitler's Nazi Germany. All inmates were colour coded and the symbol the gay prisioners had to wear was a pink triangle. In the 60s this symbol was resurected as part of the gay pride movement.
In earlier times, lavender was a favoured gay signifier.
The person who does not like pink could perhaps think of the power of unity and wear this colour "just for one day," as Bowie sings in "Heroes." Yes, we can be heroes and heroines just for one day by showing solidarity. Dare to be, dare to live as yourself and yes laugh at and celebrate the colour pink. Hope to see u there and wearing pink Duke baby.
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