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Under existing law men face up to two years in jail for gay sex

Despite growing indications that the Singapore government could soon strike down a colonial-era anti-gay law, marriage equality is unlikely to be next.

SINGAPORE, July 31 — The Government is considering how to safeguard "the current legal position on marriage" from being challenged in the courts, after receiving feedback that...

At this sort of messy compromise the last 15 years, and we have taken this path because these issues are difficult. they are not easily settled. and we have made clear lgbtq+ individuals are entitled to live peacefully without being attacked or threatened. we have, in fact, laws that protect the community from hate speech and violence. what is the message sent to gay men in singapore that you are not prepared to remove that section 377a of your criminal code, which quite explicitly says that gay sex between men is illegal? that simply encourages, does it not, a culture of shame and homophobia?...

To actually strike off section 377a and make it clear to gay men in singapore that they can be open about their sexuality with no fear that anybody is going to regard them as criminal? two points. first of all, the ipsos survey seems to us a little bit of an outlier in the context of other surveys, internal and public, that we have. at the same time, i did say to you that attitudes are shifting, but i'm not quite sure they are shifting as much as what ipsos has said. the second point is i said that we are in deep consultations with stakeholders, including lgbtq+ community, as well as others, a...