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Contents:

• WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
• COURT REJECTS BID BY GAY MAN TO MAKE PARTNER GUARDIAN OF HIS TWO SURROGATE CHILDREN
• ADOPTN OF CHILDREN ACT REVAMPED TO PREVENT GAY UPL OM ADOPTG AND G SURROGAT[]
• ADOPTN OF CHILDREN ACT REVAMPED TO PREVENT GAY UPL OM ADOPTG AND G SURROGAT[]

WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS

When Sgapore announced this week would end a lonial-era law that crimalized sex between men, looked like a big victory for gay rights advot the Southeast Asian untry. That’s bee as put an end to that law, the Sgapore ernment reerated s opposn to gay marriage.

Soon after announcg that nsensual gay sex would no longer be illegal, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong said his annual Augt rally speech that his ernment would “uphold and safeguard the stutn of marriage” – fed the Constutn as a unn between man and woman. At the same time, the cy-state is home to var evangelil mega church that preach agast homosexualy. Lee noted his speech that gay rights remas “a highly sensive and ntent” issue to nservativ the untry.

To gay rights activists, the ntug ban on same-sex marriage is a signifint blow.

COURT REJECTS BID BY GAY MAN TO MAKE PARTNER GUARDIAN OF HIS TWO SURROGATE CHILDREN

So while activists the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) muny weled the repeal of the gay sex law, many were disappoted too. And that disappotment will only have epened wh the suggtn by some of Lee’s misters that not only would the ernment rema opposed to gay marriage – may even create extra hurdl to prevent people om seekg to challenge the marriage laws urt.

Law mister K Shanmugam said an terview wh state media that Parliament, rather than the urts, would hold the power to fe marriage – effectively makg harr for people to legally challenge the ernment’s polici as several gay men have attempted recent years. As associate law profsor Eugene Tan of the Sgapore Management Universy put : “Sgapore removed a law long regard as beg discrimatory towards gay men. In 2012, Gary Lim and Kenh Chee, a gay uple who had been together for 15 years, challenged the law agast gay sex at Sgapore’s High Court.

“For , repealg (the gay sex law) was never about gay marriage, ” the uple said. “I hope that the nservativ n one day see gay people are not dangero or a threat to them or their children. Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ State-enforcedChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✖ Sexual orientatn onlyHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn TherapyAmbiguo.

ADOPTN OF CHILDREN ACT REVAMPED TO PREVENT GAY UPL OM ADOPTG AND G SURROGAT[]

Sgapore Surveys believe that Sgaporeans should be able to participate same-sex relatnships DO NOT believe that Sgaporeans should be able to participate same-sex relatnships of Sgaporeans are agast same-sex marriage of Sgaporeans feel that sexual relatns between same-sex adults is always or almost always wrongHistoryHomosexual activy Sgapore?

Homosexual activy Sgapore is legal. Later, on the 29th of November 2022, the Sgaporean parliament voted favor of crimalisg gay illegal, female legalOffenrs n face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. Further rtrictns were imposed on gay marriage Sgapore on Nov 29th the same legalSame-sex marriage is not legal Sgapore.

Before 2022, adoptn ed to be an optn for gay and lbian upl who yearned for a child but did not want to go through the travails of pregnancy, failed medilly assisted sematn or surrogacy. Regardg adoptn of children by gay upl, rponnts who found always or almost always wrong fell to 61. 9% found gay marriage always or certa s wrong while 15.

ADOPTN OF CHILDREN ACT REVAMPED TO PREVENT GAY UPL OM ADOPTG AND G SURROGAT[]

It surprised many the LGBT muny at the time to disver that Sgaporeans were ls opposed to gay adoptn and gay marriage than to gay sex. Attus towards gay adoptn bee progrsively more acceptg over the years as evinced almost a later when a study done by market rearch firm Ipsos 2022 revealed that 51% of Sgaporeans agreed that same-sex upl uld succsfully raise children jt like other parents, and that 49% agreed that same-sex upl should have the same rights to adopt children as their heterosexual unterparts[4]. Developments the late 2000s revealed that some agenci would ask if the prospective adopter was gay.

One male gay uple got their adoptn attempt rejected after the other half was terviewed. Before the passage of the Adoptn of Children Act 2022, the law was not clear on same-sex adoptn and the MSF's stand on whether gay people uld or uld not adopt was not stated publicly and tegorilly.

Some gay upl did manage to adopt but that was the mid-2000s.