Gay rights
Supporters attend the annual "Pink Dot" event in Singapore

Thousands Join Singapore Gay Rights Rally

Thousands of Singaporeans dressed in pink gathered at a park Saturday calling for greater recognition of LGBTQ rights, the first such rally since 2019 after coronavirus restrictions were eased.While the city-state is prosperous and developed, social attitudes remain conservative and sex between men is still illegal, although the statute is not actively enforced.Singapore's "Pink Dot" gay rights rally started in 2009 and has regularly attracted sizeable crowds despite a backlash

19 June 2022
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Singapore activist in new challenge to gay sex ban

A Singaporean gay rights activist said Wednesday he has filed a legal challenge against a law banning sex between men, the third recent bid to overturn the legislation.The law - known as "Section 377A" of the penal code - was inherited from the British colonial era but is rarely enforced in Singapore.Campaigners in the city-state have renewed efforts to do away with it since India's Supreme Court last year decriminalised gay sex by overturning a statute from its own period unde

26 September 2019
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Singapore’s struggle to repeal Section 377A

By most global indicators, Singapore would probably surpass many advanced nations. For example, Singapore is considered one of the least corrupt countries in the world, it has the lowest tax rates and has the third highest per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) in the world in terms of Purchasing Power Parity. By all means – economically at least – Singapore is considered one of the most open countries. However, that openness is largely limited to the economy.

1 November 2018
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