Sgapore plans to end a law that crimaliz gay sex : NPR

Contents:

• SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• END OF SGAPORE'S GAY SEX BAN A 'SMALL STEP' FOR SOME LGBT UPL
• HOMOSEXUALY TO BE LEGAL IN SGAPORE, BUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL HAVE TO WA
• SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX BUT WON’T ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SGAPORE SIGNALS MALE-SEX BAN REVIEW WON’T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SGAPORE WILL CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, BUT NTUE TO PROHIB SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW
• SGAPORE TO DECRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW
• HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE FN A NCERN FOR GAY SGAPOREANS
• SGAPORE SIGNALS MALE-SEX BAN REVIEW WON’T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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.

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

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.

HOMOSEXUALY TO BE LEGAL IN SGAPORE, BUT GAY MARRIAGE WILL HAVE TO WA

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.

REUTERS/Fele Lim/File PhotoSINGAPORE, Nov 29 (Rters) - Sgapore's parliament on Tuday crimalised sex between men, but, a blow to the LGBT muny, also amend the nstutn to prevent urt challeng that other untri have led to the legalisatn of same-sex mov e as other parts of Asia, cludg Taiwan, Thailand and India are regnisg more rights for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny. "We will try and mata a 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. "This will brg the law to le wh current social mor and I hope provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans.

SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX BUT WON’T ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

But gay men say the law hangs over their heads and discrimat agast them. Lee said he hop the ernment's move will help rencile and acmodate both the ncerns of nservative relig groups and the sir of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted.

" One of Lee's nephews, Li Huanwu, is gay. In 2018, India crimalized gay sex after s Supreme Court a historic lg stck down Sectn 377 that punished gay sex by up to 10 years prison.

Some Asian untri have also moved to legalize gay marriage, wh Taiwan as the first 2019. SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (Rters) - 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 announcement by Sgapore's prime mister to repeal the so-lled 377A law on Sunday me as he also said the ernment would take steps to prevent legal challeng that would allow same-sex marriag to be regnised. 5 though Sgapore's 377A, unr which offenrs n be jailed for up to two years, has not been enforced on nsentg adult mal for s, some relig groups wanted the statute to stay, fearg that s repeal may promote homosexualy and challenge tradnal fay a move to assuage some of those ncerns, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday his ernment would protect s fn of marriage, that of beg between a man and a woman, om beg challenged nstutnally the urts.

SGAPORE SIGNALS MALE-SEX BAN REVIEW WON’T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

Marriage equaly is important to many Sgapore's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny, and "the doors to that possibily should not be closed", Choong 30 untri worldwi have legalised same sex marriage, wh Taiwan the only place Asia to do so.

SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

After years of bate, Sgapore is set to abolish the lonial-era 377A law that bans gay sex.

The move will effectively make homosexualy legal the cy-state. This effectively means approval to gay marriage is led out for now. Lee also said Sgaporean society, pecially the young, were more acceptg of gay people now, and that scrappg 377A would brg the laws le wh "current social mor, and I hope, provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans".

SGAPORE WILL CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, BUT NTUE TO PROHIB SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Acrdg to an Ipsos poll 2022, only 20% of Sgaporeans support repealg the law crimalizg homosexualy, wh 44% support of retag there are signs attus are changg, wh the same poll showg 45% of Sgaporeans believe they are "more acceptg" of same-sex relatnships, cludg 67% aged 18 to on Sunday ced growg acceptance for gay people as a reason for changg the law. "While we rema a broadly nservative society, gay people are now better accepted Sgapore, pecially among younger Sgaporeans, " he Do LGBTQ+ Activists Want? "The law, which will likely need to be changed by parliament, had been g unr creasg prsure recent years due to the legal recently, the Court of Appeals cled earlier this year to strike down the legislatn on the basis that gay men "do not face any real and credible threat of prosecutn.

Sgapore will legalize gay sex, although not gay marriage, the untry announced Sunday. “This will brg the law to le wh current social mols and I hope provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans, ” he said Sunday. Lee had prevly pledged to not enforce the lonial-era law prohibg gay sex but later opted to repeal altogether.

SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW

Readg Time: 11 mutLbian, gay, bisexual and/or transsexual (LGBT) persons Sgapore may face legal obstacl unr Sgapore law. This was the se a recent cisn by a Sgapore urt, which rejected a gay man’s applitn to adopt a child that he fathered through surrogacy.

SGAPORE TO DECRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW

” Up NextSgapore Signals Male-Sex Ban Review Won’t Allow Gay Marriage. Sgapore will not allow same-sex marriag even as mov to repeal a law that crimaliz sex between gay men, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong announced ernment plans to amend the untry’s nstutn to lim s fn of marriage to between a man and a woman, and protect that fn om urt challenge. “Sectn 377A relegat our gay iends and relativ to send class cizenship by signalg that what they do, and who they are, is nmnable and wrong, ” reads the webse for the anizatn Ready 4 Repeal.

HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE FN A NCERN FOR GAY SGAPOREANS

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.

SGAPORE SIGNALS MALE-SEX BAN REVIEW WON’T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

“This will brg the law to le wh current social mor and I hope provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans. Lee said he hop the ernment’s move will help rencile and acmodate both the ncerns of nservative relig groups and the sir of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted. One of Lee’s nephews, Li Huanwu, is gay.

In 2018, India crimalized gay sex after s Supreme Court a historic lg stck down Sectn 377 that punished gay sex by up to 10 years prison. Some Asian untri have also moved to legalize gay marriage, wh Taiwan as the first  2019. “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, ” he said.

Read More: Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value Home affairs mister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam told the Stras Tim Monday that the Southeast Asian cy-state’s nstutn will be amend to give the legislature the right to fe marriage. Asia’s nservative backlash To be sure, the repeal of law 377A—which ma gay sex punishable by up to two years prison—is beg weled. “We believe that is not only a blow to the gay muny, but Sgapore as a whole, ” Clement Tan, a spokperson for the nonprof Pk Dot SG, tells TIME.