On the last Saturday in June the centre of Singapore's very sober business district turned distinctly pink. Lesbians, gay men and others converged there for the annual celebration of what organisers call the "Freedom to Love", also known as the "Pink Dot", in honour of the "little red dot" that Singaporeans like to call their city-state. It was the fifth such event, and the biggest so far; at 21,000 people it was in fact the largest ever civil-society gathering in the well-policed country.
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