Sex ban repeal brings relief to gay Singaporeans but marriage rights may not follow | ChrisBarrett_
Singapore LGBTI campaigner Bryan Choong came out while in the Air Force.
“Private sexual behaviour between consenting adults does not raise any law and order issue. There is no justification to prosecute people for it nor to make it a crime,” Lee said in his annual National Rally Day speech on Sunday night.“This will bring the law into line with current social mores and, I hope, provide some relief to gay Singaporeans,” said the leader whose nephew, Li Huanwu, is gay.
Demonstrators form the characters Repeal 377A in a call to repeal Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code which criminalises sex between men during a Pink Dot event held in Hong Lim Park in 2019.On that, LGBTQI+ groups, whose annual Pink Dot rally drew a crowd of thousands when returned in June after pandemic lockdowns, are still awaiting information regarding the move to ban same-sex marriage.“A lot of us in the community have been waiting for this,” he said.
“There are families that because of the way the government looks at LGBTI children, they can’t have a conversation even within their family about it.
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