Why Sgapore's gay sex law change is a double-edged sword for LGBTQ activists | CNN

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• WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
• GAY SGAPORE SGAPORE CY GUI
• GAY SGAPORE
• SGAPORE GAY SNAS
• END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
• FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA
• TRAVEL TO SGAPORE AS A GAY MAN - SGAPORE FOM

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

Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state. This will brg the law to le wh current social mor, and I hope, provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans, ” said the Prime Mister. “Like every human society, we also have gay people our midst.

It punish gay sex – even if is nsensual, between adults, and tak place privately – for up to two years of imprisonment.

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In Febary 2022, Sgapore’s Court of Appeal led that the sectn would rema the law, but nnot be enforced to prosecute men for havg gay sex. Lee said: “We need to fd the right way to rencile and acmodate both the tradnal mor of our society, and the aspiratn of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted. In June, Thailand edged closer to beg the first place Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex unns when lawmakers passed four different bills aimg to provi greater rights to gay upl, such as the abily to adopt children and manage assets jotly.

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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.

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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. 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.

END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL

“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.

As for the gay thg (sigh), anti-gay laws are still on the books, however, Sgapore's got a gay pri para, a vibrant gay scene and you n hold your partner’s hand and feel wele everywhere you go (unls you’re chewg gum, of urse).

FOR SGAPORE’S GAY MEN, REPEAL OF SEX BAN BRGS HOPE AFTER YEARS OF PA

Now let’s dive to what’s actually tertg about this place sce as a gay traveller you will feel gladly received everywhere you go spe the antiquated laws.

For your five Sgapore gay gui, all s glory, you’ve e to the right and mischievo, the motto of the Vagabond Club is “If you mt get trouble, do at The Vagabond Club”The bt hotels SgaporeLet’s start this gay Sgapore travel gui wh a roundup of the bt plac to stay Sgapore. Gay & Lbian Communy!

Phnom Pehn's gay men-only boutique hotel, spa, pool and rtrant... QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali... Photograph: Mat Latif/The ProjectorIntermissn BarConnect wh the LGBTQ+ muny beyond the ual gay barsThe area between Tanjong Pagar and Outram Park is not exactly known as a “gaybourhood” per se, but there’s no nyg that everyone unr the rabow gravat towards Neil Road for popular gay bars such as Tantric Bar & May Wong’s Café, Out Bar, and the now-funct Taboo Club.

TRAVEL TO SGAPORE AS A GAY MAN - SGAPORE FOM

From an pennt cema and bookstore to everyone’s favoure bnch spot, here are the bt LGBTQ+-iendly plac Sgapore – beyond the gay bars. RECOMMENDED: How the LGBTQ+ muny Sgapore is stayg nnected and the bt gay bars SgaporePelangi Pri CentreSgapore's first and only LGBTQ rource centre and library, Pelangi Pri Centre offers a ntral and iendly space for you to explore your sexualy.

From the Home of The Blue Sp group – you know, the fab folks behd the famo gay bars Tantric, Backstage Bar and May Wong’s Cafe – a pizzeria that dish tasty slic till late (currently open for takeaway and livery only). Not many people are aware of this but the fé was actually a spoff of Project Shop Blood Brothers, a menswear shop equented by gay men.

It is one of the largt gay snas Sgapore and has over 6000sqft of venue spread across 5 floors.