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Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, Singapore's only openly gay (former) political candidate, today announced his decision to quit the Singapore Democratic Party as his coming out two months earlier had caused debate. In an exclusive column for Fridae, he reveals his "one concern in mind that cannot wait for history to take its course", and his plans to get more involved in LGBT and other human rights issues.

Pink Dot Okinawa, which is the first public LGBT-affirmative event in the prefecture, attracted 800 participants on Sunday, July 14.

Japan's southernmost prefecture will be having their own Pink Dot event on July 14, in support of LGBTs. Co-organiser Hideki Sunagawa tells Fridae guest writer in Okinawa, Muneerah Bee, how he came to be inspired to organise the event in his home city.

Three well-known public personalities – Michelle Chia, Ivan Heng and Mark Richmond – have been named the 2013 ambassadors of Singapore's fifth-installment of Pink Dot, a rally to support the freedom of LGBT people to love.

The fifth annual event to support the freedom to love will be held on June 29.

Some 10,000 or more Singaporeans are expected to join the Pink Dot rally on Sat, June 30 to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Singapore but for some of us, it may not be easy or possible to be there...

Barclays Bank becomes the first bank and joins Google to support Singapore's largest LGBT-supportive public rally to be held June 30.

On June 30, 2012, Singaporeans will, for the fourth year running, gather at Hong Lim Park to form a human pink dot in support of the belief that everyone deserves the freedom to love, regardless their sexual orientation.

An estimated 10,000 people turned up at Hong Lim Park on Saturday as a show of their acceptance of LGBTs in Singapore, and support for inclusiveness, diversity and the freedom to love.

Google Singapore has become the first international company to officially support Pink Dot 2011. Fridae speaks with Google's Ann Lavin and finds out how Google Singapore came to support the event, its commitment to workplace diversity and what they really mean when they say "being yourself is a job requirement".