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In 2018, an Ipsos survey found that 55% of Singapore residents supported retaining Section 377A. [22] Shortly after the Penal Code review report was released on 9 September 2018, [23] a movement known as Ready4Repeal launched a petition to campaign for Section 377A to be repealed, even though MHA and Ministry of Law said there were no plans to ...
The court held that Section 377A does not violate Articles 9 and 12 of the Singapore Constitution. The applicant's attorney argued that Section 377A criminalises a group of people for an innate attribute, though the court concluded that "there is, at present, no definitive conclusion" on the "supposed immutability" of homosexuality.
Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore [ edit ] In 2012, Tan Eng Hong brought a court challenge of the constitutionality of section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore, a law dating back to the British colonial era which de jure criminalises, albeit de facto unenforced, sex between mutually consenting men.
Breaking out of the confines of indoor venues, Max Lim organized Singapore's first open-air private gay events advertised through leaflets and word-of-mouth at spacious venues such as the East Coast Lagoon and Big Splash. These were a major success as they were a novelty due to the amount of space in which attendees could roam, eat, drink ...
On 21 August 2022, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced during the annual National Day Rally that the government intended to repeal Section 377A, effectively ending criminalisation both de facto and de jure. [30] [31] On 29 November 2022, the Parliament of Singapore passed a bill to repeal Section 377A. [32]
Section 377A (Singapore) This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 06:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Practitioners of LGBT+ visual arts have to contend with various restrictions imposed by Singaporean law. [1] Alongside Section 377A of the Penal Code, which de jure but not de facto criminalises consensual, private sexual acts between men, strict censorship laws remain in place regarding LGBT+ representation in Singapore, among other sensitive topics.
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