Sgapore’s gay sex law to be repealed: PM Lee, LGBT groups ‘relieved’ | Conuts

Contents:

• SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW
• SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW TO BE REPEALED: PM LEE, LGBT GROUPS ‘RELIEVED’
• RPONSE TO BBC'S QUTN ON HOMOSEXUALY AND GAY EQUALY, 2017[]
• LI HUANWU, GAY NEPHEW OF SGAPORE PRIME MISTER, MARRI PARTNER

SGAPORE TO CRIMALIZE GAY SEX, PROTECT MARRIAGE LAW

Started 2009, Pk Dot is the yearly event that supports the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny Sgapore. Last week, Taiwan was the first Asian untry to legalise gay marriage, leadg many to wonr when other natns the regn would follow su. He wrote his book “Hard Tths to Keep Sgapore Gog”, which was published 2011, that homosexualy was “not a liftyle”.

In 2007, Sgapore’s foundg prime mister had said, “This bs of homosexualy. If fact is te, and I’ve asked doctors this, that you are geilly born a homosexual bee that is the nature of geic random transmissn of gen, you n’t help . AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIn announcg the move, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong took a step long sought by gay rights advot, but he said same-sex marriage would ntue to be illegal.

SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW TO BE REPEALED: PM LEE, LGBT GROUPS ‘RELIEVED’

Wallace Woon/EPA, via ShutterstockPrime Mister Lee Hsien Loong of Sgapore said on Sunday that the ernment would repeal the untry’s lonial-era law crimalizg sex between men, a step long sought by gay rights advot, but that would propose a nstutnal amendment fg marriage as between a man and a woman. Reversg his opposn to crimalizg gay sex, Mr. The law has not been enforced for 15 years but gay rights advot had long sought to overturn , argug that stigmatiz gay men and promot discrimatn.

RPONSE TO BBC'S QUTN ON HOMOSEXUALY AND GAY EQUALY, 2017[]

”Sgapore’s gay muny has fought for years to repeal the law, cludg challengg the urts. ”Those advotg rights for gay people have long argued that 377A, even if is not enforced, perpetuat discrimatn at all levels of society, cludg schools, workplac, health re and the Lee acknowledged that a urt lg a se brought by three gay men challengg the law this year had put prsure on the ernment to Court of Appeal, the natn’s hight urt, cled to overturn Sectn 377A Febary, lg that the three men did not have legal standg bee the ernment had pledged not to enforce the urt said was Parliament’s rponsibily to ci the issue, notg that the high urt was “not a ont-nner for social change or an archect of social policy. At the same time, he said, homosexuals should have a place society and were entled to their private liv.

”“We should strive to mata a balance: to uphold a stable society wh tradnal heterosexual fay valu, but wh space for homosexuals to live their liv and to ntribute to the society, ” he said at the the urt lg Febary, gay rights advot have stepped up their efforts to w repeal of the Su/RtersAt this year’s annual Pk Dot pri rally June, participants highlighted how the law’s prence the penal enuraged discrimatn agast members of the L.

”In recent weeks, bet misters have been nsultg relig and muny lears and gay rights advot on the bt way to crimalize gay sex while leavg tact the law that f marriage as beg between a man and a woman.

LI HUANWU, GAY NEPHEW OF SGAPORE PRIME MISTER, MARRI PARTNER

“Gay sex should not be crimalized, ” he said. 2 of 3 | FILE - Thoands of people gathered at a park for the annual Pk Dot gay pri event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, Sgapore. 3 of 3 | FILE - Thoands of people gathered at a park for the annual Pk Dot gay pri event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, Sgapore.

2 of 3FILE - Thoands of people gathered at a park for the annual Pk Dot gay pri event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, Sgapore. 3 of 3FILE - Thoands of people gathered at a park for the annual Pk Dot gay pri event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, Sgapore.

“This will brg the law to le wh current social mor and I hope provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans. But gay men say the law hangs over their heads and discrimat agast them.