Beyond 'Majulah': homonationalism and cruel optimism in pink dot

• Main Author: Ang, Abigail Zi Hui
• Other Authors: Christopher Holman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169672
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pink Dot is considered one of the most successful civil society movements in recent Singapore history. Pink Dot’s approach has been described in terms of ‘pragmatic resistance', where gay activists adhere to the formal law and cultural norms, while push the limits of those norms. They also work...