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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? as i've said, you know, it's a compromise that we have arrived atjust beca...

After two years of Covid postponements, LGBT event returns, with excitement that archaic colonial-era Section 377A Penal Code law criminalising sex between men will soon be repealed.

Court of Appeal declines to overturn Section 377A of Penal Code; says it’s not enforced so no need to address, but activists encouraged by minister’s remarks acknowledging discrimination and shifting attitudes.

Singapore activists appeal court ruling on gay sex ban The law, known as Section 377A, is rarely enforced but activists say it still jars with the city state’s increasingly modern and vibrant culture Last year, the High Court dismissed three challenges to the law, which it heard together, by a retired doctor, a DJ and an LGBT rights advocate