SINGAPORE: At the first Pk Dot event after Sgapore repealed Sectn 377A - a lonial-era law that crimalised gay sex - the mood was one of c
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- SGAPORE HOLDS FIRST LGBTQ RALLY SCE GAY SEX DECRIMALIZED
- SGAPORE TO DECRIMALIZE GAY SEX
- SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- SGAPORE'S GAY PRI EVENT F AHEAD SPE GROWG OPPOSN
- END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
- GAY SGAPORE
- WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
SGAPORE HOLDS FIRST LGBTQ RALLY SCE GAY SEX DECRIMALIZED
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While var electric IRL queer ragers are off the rds, and gay clubs are temporarily closed durg this stay-home perd, Sgapore’s LGBTQ+ muny tak the virtual space to celebrate the eedom to love wh Pk Dot, and to promote a more clive Sgapore wh Pk Ft. Gay sex Sgapore remas illegal even if is nsensual, between adults, and tak place private. Sgapore’s Infom Media Development Authory said that the animated film was appropriate for young viewers due to “overt homosexual pictns”.
“We don’t have rpect and equaly, no matter what our pledge and the ernment says – and that’s why ’s important to stage Pk Dot every year, ” said Nizam Razak, a 36-year-old gay man at Pk Dot.
“When will thgs really get better for the gay muny? Hundreds of people wearg pk attend Sgapore's annual "Pk Dot" LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held sce the cy-state crimalized gay sex last year. "I'm celebratg today bee 's been a really long fight, " said Ernt Seah, a gay 58-year-old artist and teacher, while stg on a pk flatable uch.
SGAPORE TO DECRIMALIZE GAY SEX
Hundreds of people wearg pk attend Sgapore's annual "Pk Dot" LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held sce the cy-state crimalized gay sex last year * singapore lgbt events *
The theme for Saturday's rally -- "A Sgapore for All Fai" -- sought to ph back agast prsure om nservative groups who fear crimalizg gay sex will ero "fay valu.
Sgapore's "Pk Dot" gay rights rally started 2009 and has regularly attracted sizable crowds spe a backlash om some quarters. Open support for gay rights is growg, aid by changg social norms among the younger generatn.
Sectn 377A has a legacy of drivg stigma and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sgapore. In a parliamentary bate on sectn 377A 2007, Lee acknowledged that “Homosexuals are part of our society. Lee said his speech Sunday that he wants gay people to “live their own liv, participate our muny and ntribute fully to Sgapore.
SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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The mov e as other parts of Asia, cludg Taiwan, Thailand and India, are regnizg more rights for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny.
“We will try and mata a balance…to uphold a stable society wh tradnal, heterosexual fay valu, but wh space for homosexuals to live their liv and ntribute to society, ” Home Affairs Mister K. The Instagram page is filled wh tertg articl and stori surroundg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, genr non-nformg and qutng Out Here 3. They meet up every third Thursday of the month to chat about books based on the tegori: gay, lbian and transgenr, bisexual, tersexual and queer novels.
SGAPORE'S GAY PRI EVENT F AHEAD SPE GROWG OPPOSN
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SINGAPORE: At the first Pk Dot event after Sgapore repealed Sectn 377A - a lonial-era law that crimalised gay sex - the mood was one of celebratn, said participants and the aniser.
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.
END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
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That’s bee as put an end to that law, the Sgapore ernment reerated s opposn to gay marriage.
GAY SGAPORE
Sgapore's cisn to lift a lonial-era ban on sex between men is long overdue and will not end discrimatn of LGBT groups the nservative cy-state, rights activists and members of the gay muny said on Monday. * singapore lgbt events *
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.
WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS
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.