Purple (or pink) heart on the Furama City Centre!

And the community and its supporters gather for an annual formation of the 'Pink Dot'.

Eager to blend in and not get judged, I took off my black jacket, and that exposed my bright pink 2E4 class-tee that I received back in 2010. Forgive me, it's about the only pink shirt I have. Well, apart from the Student Council Publicity tee. Eww.

People were free, and I could sense the excitement and sense of lightness in the atmosphere. There was just no control; everyone had the freedom to hold hands with their partners, some wore short white FBTs, some cross-dressed. What everyone shared in common, though, was their happiness. I've honestly never seen so many people looking so happy within a small area.

And for that, I felt happy too.

I have liked many girls before, I won't deny. And I know the feeling of having the freedom to like them without feeling judged and isolated from the rest of the crowd. Having a crush felt magical. It's like you just like that person and you'll tolerate whatever she throws at you, and tries your utmost best just to see that beautiful smile on her face. You'd simply never do anything to hurt her.

Magical, isn't it?

And that kind of struck me when some of my friends came up to me and told me that they were gay. Obviously, being my friends, I too took a while to accept that.

So one day, I sat down, with Dark Mocha Frappucino on my left hand and my cheek on the other, and thought about it. If I can like someone and have that magical feeling, why can't LGBTs have the freedom to do that too?

Look, I'm not against the traditional family unit. I think it's always been the way forward for a sustainable population in the world. Put it simply, if everyone was LGBT, we'll all be dead by the 22nd century. And the fact that we all have a daddy and mummy makes sense, and it is the norm, and should be for the rest of human existence.

The main reason why I support the LGBT cause is because I want these people to feel integrated, belonged and not isolated from the rest. Yes, it isn't the traditional family unit, and it shouldn't need to be. But the society should not shove them aside and say, "Oh it's illegal and you'll be jailed and robbed of your NS term" (not that I'll mind really). All I want, and I'm sure many in the community would too, is for them to have the freedom to love without being under judicial suppression. I for one am not pushing to legalise gay marriage because that's a bit extreme and would defeat the purpose of 'marriage' being a gateway to the traditional family unit, which I'm not planning to attempt to abolish.

I remember talking to a guy from one of the many organisations that had booths at the Pink Dot 2015 event yesterday, and he mentioned something that makes a lot of sense. "It's time that Singapore moves on from basing their judiciary and law based on the religious. We want to take it back to the non-religious." Exactly. Yes, I know that free thinkers are not the majority in Singapore yet, but for a country that prides itself on so-called 'democracy' should probably take steps to ensure the law is less biased towards 'tradition' which I think meant 'religion'.

Okay, I'm not going to blabber on about religious things. If you have a religion and it doesn't allow LGBT-ism, that's okay with me. We can agree to disagree, that's perfectly fine. I wouldn't hold it against you at all.

So yes, in summary, I am in support of both the traditional and 'contemporary' (is that what we call it?) family units, because both make sense. Let people have the freedom to love. They aren't even asking for much, and just want social acceptance. In fact, there is no need for LGBTs to be the norm at all.

As I've always said, and will continue to say, "The concept of LGBT is not the norm, but it isn't wrong either."

Song of the day:

Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar

(Remember when you tried to write me off? Remember when you thought I'd take a loss?)
(Most kickass MV this year. The amount of effort. And chio girls.)