A law that forbids gay sex in Singapore will be repealed, making homosexuality acceptable there. After years of heated discussion, the decision was made and was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on national television. Singapore’s LGBT community has haied the decision as “a success for humanity.”
The city-state is renowned for its conservatism, but more and more people in recent years have campaigned for the repeal of the 377A statute from the colonial era. After India, Taiwan, and Thailand, Singapore is the most recent country in Asia to take action on LGBT rights. In an effort to placate all parties, the government’s previous position was to maintain 377A, which forbids males from having sex with other men, but also committed not to enforce the legislation.
However, Mr. Lee announced on Sunday night that they would repeal the law because they thought it was the “proper thing to do” and something that most Singaporeans would support.
