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07-01-2017, 09:43 PM
Over 20,000 people lit up a park to celebrate pride
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More than 20,000 Singaporeans came to Pink Dot, the city's annual LGBTQ festival this year, according to organisers.
There were so many people who tried to join the event — which sported a rainbow theme this year — that the park where it was held had to be closed at 7 p.m. for capacity.
That's ** small feat considering the number of roadblocks the nine-year-old festival has encountered this year.
After the pride event's last edition (http://mashable.com/2016/06/06/pinkdot-singapore/) in 2016, the city's government barred foreign sponsors (http://mashable.com/2016/06/08/singapore-pink-dot-corporations/) and foreigners (http://mashable.com/2017/05/15/pink-dot-foreigners-barred/) from taking part in the event, and ordered organisers (http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pink-dot-rally-to-have-barricades-security-******rs-as-well-as-checks-of-bags-and-id) to set up barricades around the 2.32 acre park in response to changes in rules regulating demonstrations in the city. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/01/pink-dot-singapore-2017/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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More than 20,000 Singaporeans came to Pink Dot, the city's annual LGBTQ festival this year, according to organisers.
There were so many people who tried to join the event — which sported a rainbow theme this year — that the park where it was held had to be closed at 7 p.m. for capacity.
That's ** small feat considering the number of roadblocks the nine-year-old festival has encountered this year.
After the pride event's last edition (http://mashable.com/2016/06/06/pinkdot-singapore/) in 2016, the city's government barred foreign sponsors (http://mashable.com/2016/06/08/singapore-pink-dot-corporations/) and foreigners (http://mashable.com/2017/05/15/pink-dot-foreigners-barred/) from taking part in the event, and ordered organisers (http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pink-dot-rally-to-have-barricades-security-******rs-as-well-as-checks-of-bags-and-id) to set up barricades around the 2.32 acre park in response to changes in rules regulating demonstrations in the city. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/01/pink-dot-singapore-2017/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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