{{Short description|Annual LGBTQ+ event in Singapore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} thumb|Dr. Tan Chong Kee being introduced by Daniel, the chairman of the lecture "Same-sex Love in Classical Chinese Literature".
'''IndigNation''' is Singapore's annual, month-long lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer pride season, first held in August 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Queer History Timeline |url=https://oliviaparamour.github.io/queertimeline/ |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=oliviaparamour.github.io}}</ref> to coincide with the republic's 40th National Day.
==Background== IndigNation begun as a series of LGBT-themed events meant to fill in the gap that Singapore's banning of the Nation parties created. With the promise that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sg.asia-city.com/city-living/article/brief-history-gay-movement-singapore |title=A brief history of the gay movement in Singapore |publisher=SG Magazine |accessdate=15 August 2018}}</ref>
===Fundraising efforts=== 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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2010/04/05/9804.movie-gala-raises-s-10000-for-fridae-community-development-fund |title=Movie gala raises S$10,000 for Fridae Community Development Fund |publisher=Fridae |accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref> and fundraising events.<ref name="fridae1">{{cite news|author=Taking Woodstock Fundraising Gala Premiere |url=http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2009/10/14/9092.fridaes-taking-woodstock-fundraiser-raises-s-6000-for-gay-community-projects |title=Fridae's Taking Woodstock fundraiser raises S$6,000 for gay community projects |publisher=Fridae |date=14 October 2009 |accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="fridae2">{{cite news|url=http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2009/01/15/2197.fridaes-milk-fundraiser-raises-s-14000-for-gay-community-projects |title=Fridae's Milk fundraiser raises S$14,000 for gay community projects |publisher=Fridae |accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/06/19/2076.movie-fundraiser-raises-10000-for-singapores-pride-season-in-august |title=Movie fundraiser raises $10,000 for Singapore's Pride Season in August |publisher=Fridae |accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref>
In May 2008, a gala screening of ''Wilde'', a biographical film about Irish-born playwright Oscar Wilde, 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 LGBT and Singapore.<ref name="fridae2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2008/08/04/2098.singapore-gay-advocacy-group-launches-academic-prize |title=Singapore gay advocacy group launches academic prize |publisher=Fridae |accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref> In 2009, the fundraising gala premiere of ''Milk'', 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 film project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fridae's Milk fundraiser raises S$14,000 for gay community projects |url=http://www.fridae.asia/hk/gay-news/2009/01/15/2197.fridaes-milk-fundraiser-raises-s-14000-for-gay-community-projects |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=www.fridae.asia |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fridae1" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080609000249/http://www.plu.sg/indignation/ IndigNation website]
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