Current Version
| Region | Singapore |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Description | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A (Decriminalization pending) |
| Sources | Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.) https://sg.news.yahoo.com/america-legalises-gay-marriage-singapore-010058381.html http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;page=0;query=DocId%3A%22025e7646-947b-462c-b557-60aa55dc7b42%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0 |
Reports (2)
- Newer law has been passed "377a, the law prohibiting male sex, has been repealed"
- Status is not correct "In December the law has signed by President of Singapore to officially decriminalised gay sex"
Revision History (6)
Revision by un_mark
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| End Date | 2023 | Nov 29, 2022 |
Revision by Notdog1996
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| End Date | (NONE) | 2023 |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "Singapore has already removed the law, there are pride parades in singapore"
Revision by Pizzaslices412653
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| Note | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A (Decriminalization pending) |
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Reports (4)
- Newer law has been passed "Singapore has repealed 377A"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "377A is recently repealed in Singapore, decriminalizing sex between men. "
Revision by vviet93
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| Note | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A |
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| Sources | Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.) https://sg.news.yahoo.com/america-legalises-gay-marriage-singapore-010058381.html | Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.) https://sg.news.yahoo.com/america-legalises-gay-marriage-singapore-010058381.html http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;page=0;query=DocId%3A%22025e7646-947b-462c-b557-60aa55dc7b42%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0 |
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Reports (11)
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "377A repealed, it is now legal for both genders.
Prior to this, the law was also unenforced."
- Newer law has been passed "Male legal, female legal"
- Newer law has been passed "singapore repealed colonial era law banning homosexuality between men"
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "The law is de facto unenforced, as affirmed by the Supreme Court.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/court-of-appeal-rules-section-377a-stays-but-cannot-be-used-to-prosecute-men-for-having-gay-sex"
- Newer law has been passed
- Other "Law is not enforced as PM Son or grandson is Gay so he has to deactivate it"
- Status is not correct "Under the heading "homosexuality" you have two female symbols linked. That's it. There is thus no visible acknowledgement of the existence of gay men. This is most misleading - and dangerous. In 2007, Singapore enacted legislation making all forms of lesbianism LEGAL, absolutely, and at the same time making all expression of gay male sexuality ILLEGAL - the prescribed imprisonment for any gay man engaging in any sort of act of homosexual intimacy is 10 years. For heaven's sake, don't confuse the issue. Singapore is fine for lesbians, yes, but absolutely not for gay men. "
- Status is not correct "The first openly-gay politician, Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, contested in the General Election but did not win."
- Status is not correct "lesbians are also illegal"
Revision by danlev
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| Sources | Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.) | Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.) https://sg.news.yahoo.com/america-legalises-gay-marriage-singapore-010058381.html |
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Revision by danlev
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| Note | Imprisonment up to 2 years | Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years. |
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "Both are legal, but the act of sex (penetration of any form) between two males is illegal."
- All information is correct, just adding sources "Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A
Available at: http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;page=0;query=DocId%3A%22025e7646-947b-462c-b557-60aa55dc7b42%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0"