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Living in Singapore, I think we've got everything -
different cultures, different beliefs,
different races, different kinds of people.
It's great that Singapore has communities now
that support the freedom to love.
The attitude is definitely changing.
People dare to show and they have the courage to love.
Slowly but surely...
more and more people are accepting.
We should embrace and celebrate our differences.
My first time attending Pink Dot was 2009.
I attended the one last year - 2013.
Think I've been to the last 3 years'.
2010, 2011, 2012.
I remember the year...
we had helicopter with the Singapore flag flying past.
It was like a happy National Day.
I literally had tears in my eyes.
I went to Pink Dot with my uncle and my auntie.
I down went with my sister, as well as my mum.
When they are there, it affirms their acceptance of me.
I want my sons, who are both gay
to be happy and to live fulfilled lives.
I want my mum to accept me as a transgender.
to be included and not just cast out.
I would wish for people to stop judging and
stop asking why we are gay
because actually we are just born this way.
If I could I want bullying to stop
because I went through it.
It's hurtful.
It leaves a scar.
And you lose your self-confidence
and your self-esteem and your self-worth
very quickly if you're being bullied
or if you're being called names.
If everyone can be more tolerant then
less of us would be hurt.
I want to find love.
Someone who's always there for me
during my good times and my bad times.
To be able to bring my own boyfriend or partner home.
We've been together for 6 years.
8 years.
We've been together for 17 years.
I wish one day we could move in and stay together.
I would love to share a place with my future partner.
It doesn't have to be big.
David always wanted a high floor.
So, it has got to be a penthouse.
I think i want to live in a society that's fair.
So that our LGBT families and friends
can consider coming back home.
I want my cousin to feel like this is a different place
than the one that she left.
This is a group that is still receiving
a lot of rejection by a majority of our people.
But there will be people like us,
families like us who believe that
you deserve to be loved just like anyone else.
All of us should really love them, appreciate them.
This is who they are and this is what they are.
So if you are going to shove people aside because of their differences,
then Singapore's not going to be a very nice place to live in.
This year, I really wanna go to show my support my friend
whom I've secretly been supporting all this while.
Even if you don't have a relative who is LGBT
just go, be supportive.
I believe that
when we come together it's powerful.
And I believe that 21,000 people last year
was extremely powerful.
It's really great to see how Pink Dot has come so far.
I've seen it grow bigger and bigger
and hotter and sweatier.
We could not have imagined
20,000 people gathering, supporting us.
It's completely inspiring to be part of that.
When I saw everyone putting their lights to the sky...
I really felt the whole park
and the thousands of people there really bonding
and coming together.
I wish my mom would come with me
to Pink Dot for just one time.
Because I honestly believe
it might change her mind.