Sgapore gay sex: untry to repeal lonial era law crimalizg sex between men, says prime mister | CNN

Contents:

• SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL
• SGAPORE GAY MASSAGE SPAS & THERAPISTS
• SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY
• WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS

SGAPORE GAY TRAVEL

Stunt Ashleigh Ng, 15, danc wearg a rabow flag, durg a ncert performance at a park for the annual Pk Dot gay pri event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, Sgapore. However, for many other lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) lols and expatriat the Ln Cy, the most ntroversial legislatn is that ncerng homosexualy.

A remnant of Brish lonial legislatn, which still largely shap Sgapore’s legal system today, Sectn 377A of the Sgapore Penal Co, which prohibs sexual relatns between nsentg men public and private, particularly stands out this events have propelled this clse to the foreont of the news cycle Sgapore and abroad, light of a Febary 28 Court of Appeal lg that rejected an appeal filed by three lol Sgaporean gay men 2020, challengg the nstutnaly of Sectn recent legal challenge was fueled by an Indian urt’s cisn to lift a ban on nsensual gay sex September 2018, which spired Johnson Ong Mg, Bryan Choong, and Roy Tan Seng Kee to ph for siar legal actn Sgapore.

The three lols challenged the nstutnaly of Sectn 377A, potg out that the clse prived gay Sgaporeans of “life or personal liberty” unr Article 9(1) of the Constutn of Sgapore. Throughout the legal proceedgs, the Supreme Court repeatedly referred back to a 2007 polil promise stck wh Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong, matag Sectn 377A place while promisg that no party uld effectively be prosecuted a urt of law for engagg nsensual homosexual activi private. Followg the 2018 legal challenge to the clse, the Attorney-General’s Chambers offered a remr that the public prosecutor’s exercise of prosecutorial discretn “has always been, and remas, unfettered, ” thereby brgg to qutn the extent to which gay men are effectively safe om legal actn on the basis of their marked the send time the sectn has been challenged a prev appeal was filed 2014, after two men – Lim Meng Suan and Kenh Chee Mun-leon, a gay uple of 15 years – had siarly challenged the nstutnaly of Sectn 377A agast the premise of Article 9 and Article 12 of the Sgapore Constutn, the latter of which guarante all dividuals equaly to legal protectn of their rights unr the nstutn.

SGAPORE GAY MASSAGE SPAS & THERAPISTS

Another appeal had been filed four years prr by Tan Eng Hong, a gay man who had been arrted for allegedly engagg oral sex wh another man a locked cubicle of a public toilet. He also poted to a shift public attus towards homosexualy and LGBTQ+ rights, statg that “polici need to evolve to keep abreast of such views” and the Government is nsirg the “bt way forward wh [Sectn] 377A.

“I don’t thk we n tly move forward as a muny if we n only exprs ourselv the spac, ” they said, strsg the importance of Shanmugam’s claims that polici need to evolve *, a lol Sgaporean gay man, se a glimmer of hope the words.

For Max, and many other gay men the cy, this survey appears as a logil next step the ernment’s procs to addrs Sectn 377A. ”Movg forward wh crimalizg homosexualy Sgapore would reprent signifint progrs for LBGTQ+ rights the Asia-Pacific.

SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY

No Southeast Asian untry has legalized marriage for same-sex upl as of yet, although homosexualy is crimalized Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philipp. A new ph to crimalise gay sex Sgapore is gag force three weeks after the Indian Supreme Court stck down a siar lonial-era law, puttg liberalisg forc the Ln Cy on a llisn urse wh nservative relig groups.

Sgapore and Malaysia: so near to each other, so far to go on gay rightsA day after the Indian urt’s lg, Sgapore’s Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh told the Ln Cy’s gay muny to “try aga” to challenge the nstutnal standg of 377A. Photo: AFPEven the natnal broadsheet The Stras Tim – rarely known to oppose the ernment le – seems to have thrown s weight behd the mpaigners, publishg an edorial on Friday that said: “Many fear slippery slope nsequenc: that relentg on this law opens the door to mands that promote gay liftyl, cludg same-sex marriage, as has happened other societi. 9 per cent were agast gay marriage.

An onle survey by Ipsos Public Affairs rried out om July to Augt of this year found that 55 per cent supported 377A, although one three rponnts marked themselv as more acceptg of homosexualy than they were five years the law mister’s words: “Sgapore, if you look at on this issue, is a eply spl society. ”LGBTI activists celebrate the verdict of the Indian Supreme Court after repealed a lonial-era law that crimalis gay sex.

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

Archbishop Goh has said he would not object to a repeal if there were a guarantee that “no further mands be ma to legalise same-sex unns, same-sex adoptn of babi, surrogacy, or to crimalise those who do not support the homosexual liftyle”. Sce last year, five-year-old Church 3:16 has been releasg vios unr the banner, which show gay and lbian church members who have found peace and support wh the 3:16 senr pastor Ian Toh said was not appropriate for the group to ment on legal reform, but that the church tried to meet the needs of LGBTI Christians.

His lawyers Eugene Thuraisgam and Suang Wijaya tend to argue that homosexualy has been scientifilly proven to be normal and gay sex, India has assumed an ancient posn. He also said that the 2014 lg the top urt had not nsired evince that homosexualy was immutable. Photo: AFPThe Uned Stat legalised gay marriage 2015, wh Atralia and Germany followg su 2017.

Closer to home, Taiwan’s Constutn Court has led that same-sex upl have the right to marry, while Hong Kong’s top urt led September that gay upl were entled to pendant spoal visas. Hong Kong crimalised homosexualy breakthroughs have ma Ong nfint of mountg a strong legal challenge. ”This article appeared the South Cha Morng Post prt edn as: Ph to repeal law forbiddg gay sex gas momentum.