“We cannot cut the entertainer programmes as they had already rehearsed,” carnival co-organiser Brian Leung Siu-fai said.
Thousands of people dressed in pink on Sunday flocked to Hong Kong’s largest LGBTQ carnival, held outdoors for the first time since 2018, with organisers saying the controversial Gay Games recently hosted by the city have drummed up support for the community.
“I respect people who oppose the Gay Games and the Pink Dot event, but people who want to participate also deserve the same respect.”.
Pink Dot Hong Kong 2023 took place at Art Park in West Kowloon Cultural District.
He added: “It is great to see the LGBTQ community thriving again after it came together for the nine-day Games, and then again here today at Pink Dot.”.
Legislator Junius Ho Kwan-yiu last week called the overlapping of the carnival with the election a “distraction” and urged people not to attend the “unhealthy” event.
Ho was also among anti-LGBTQ lawmakers who appealed to authorities last month to shut down the Gay Games on national security grounds. »
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