Record turnout for Singapore gay rally amid religious protests


  • World
  • Saturday, 28 Jun 2014

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - One of the largest crowds ever recorded in Singapore for a civil society gathering turned out on Saturday at a gay rights rally, against a backdrop of noisy opposition from religious groups in the run-up to the event.

An estimated 26,000 people descended on Hong Lim Park for the "Pink Dot", an annual event since 2009 that aims to discourage discrimination against same-sex couples.

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