IndigNation was

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's annual, month-long lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer pride season, first held in August 2005 to coincide with the republic's 40th National Day.

Background

IndigNation begun as a series of

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-themed events meant to fill in the gap that Singapore's banning of the

Nation parties Singapore's first public LGBT pride festival, IndigNation, took place during the month of August in 2005, with a second annual IndigNation in August 2006. Previous gay celebrations, exemplified by the Nation parties held annually in Singapore s ...

created. With the promise that Prime Minister

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made in August 2004, allowing indoor talks to proceed ahead without a license from the police, it was an ideal time to organize talks, workshops, and related events as part of the line-up for IndigNation.

Credits

Fridae.com, Asia's largest gay and lesbian portal, has supported the festival since its inception through media and financial sponsorship through its Fridae Community Development Fund, and fundraising events. A gala screening of the film Wilde about Irish-born playwright, Oscar Wilde, in May 2008 raised S$10,000 for Indignation and provided a seed fund to establish the Rascals Prize, a biennial award for the best research work related to the subject of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT) and Singapore. In 2009, the fundraising gala premiere of a biopic about America's first openly gay, publicly elected politician, Harvey Milk, raised S$14,000 for Indignation, Pinkdot Singapore and gay filmmaker Loo Zihan's new project. In the same year, the fundraising gala premiere of Ang Lee’s ''Taking Woodstock'' raised S$6,000 for Indignation and other LGBT-related community projects in Singapore.

References

External links

IndigNation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Indignation LGBT events in Singapore Festivals established in 2005 Electronic music festivals in Singapore Music festivals established in 2004 LGBT festivals in Asia