LGBT Rights in Singapore

Homosexuality: ⚢
✔ Male illegal, female legal
Gay Marriage: ⚭
✖ Not legal
Censorship: Unknown
Changing Gender: ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
Non-binary gender recognition: Unknown
Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Employment Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Housing Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Adoption: ✖ Illegal
Military: Ambiguous
Donating Blood: Unknown
Conversion Therapy: ✖ Not banned
Age of Consent: ✖ Unequal

Public Opinion

Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors

Ranked #26 out of 79 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"

(26.1%) Mentioned homosexuals

Did not mention homosexuals (73.9%)

Justifiability of homosexuality

Ranked #45 out of 79 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

Question: "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between."

(59.1%) Not justifiable

Justifiable (16.9%)

Opinion on same-sex couples as parents

Ranked #35 out of 74 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"

(39.2%) Disagree

Agree (28%)

By The Numbers

28^%

believe that Singaporeans should be able to participate in same-sex relationships

38^%

DO NOT believe that Singaporeans should be able to participate in same-sex relationships

(Ipsos, 2018)

72.9^%

of Singaporeans are against same-sex marriage

(Institute of Policy Studies, 2014)

78.2^%

of Singaporeans feel that sexual relations between same-sex adults is always or almost always wrong

(Institute of Policy Studies, 2014)

History

Homosexual activity in Singapore

Homosexual activity in Singapore is male illegal, female legal.

Current status

Male illegal, female legal

Offenders can face a penalty of imprisonment of up to 2 years.
Penal Code, Chapter XVI, Article 377A

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Same-sex marriage in Singapore

Same-sex marriage in Singapore is not legal.

Current status

Not legal

Same-sex marriage is not legal in Singapore.

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Jan 1, 1999–Sep 8, 2018

Unrecognized

No laws in the legal system.

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Singapore

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Singapore is unknown.

Current status

Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Singapore

Right to change legal gender in Singapore is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Jan 24, 1996

Legal, but requires surgery

Gender reassignment surgeries are legal in Singapore, and in 1973 the government allowed patients to change their identity cards. This change implicitly recognized marriages that included an individual that had undergone surgery.

However, later in 1990, such marriages were deemed illegal after a marriage between a woman and a transgender man (Lim Ying v Hiok Kian Ming Eric) was declared void by the High Court.

In 1996, MP Abdullah Tarmugi made an announcement that individuals who have undergone surgery could marry someone of the opposite sex.

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Jan 24, 1996–Sep 7, 2018

Legal, but requires surgery

Requires surgery to changes documents. Missing non binary options on documents.

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Singapore

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Singapore is unknown.

Current status

Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Singapore

LGBT discrimination in Singapore is no protections.

Current status

No protections

Male homosexuality is illegal

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LGBT employment discrimination in Singapore

LGBT employment discrimination in Singapore is no protections.

Current status

No protections

The media development Authority makes it illegal to show LGBT in a positive light. As well in June 2017 the Advertising agency Standards said to remove the phrase " Supporting The Freedom To Love" from a promotional add for the years Pink Dot Festival on the grounds of Affecting the publics sensitivities. June 2017 was the 8 Year that this festival took place.

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LGBT housing discrimination in Singapore

LGBT housing discrimination in Singapore is no protections.

Current status

No protections

Homosexuality is illegal.

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Same-sex adoption in Singapore

Same-sex adoption in Singapore is illegal.

Current status

Illegal

Same-sex adoption is not legal in Singapore.

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Jan 1, 1990–Sep 1, 2018

Single only

No laws for same sex couples.

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Serving openly in military in Singapore

Serving openly in military in Singapore is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017

Legal

No restrictions on lgbt serving.

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Current status

Ambiguous

Medically downgraded to a Physical Employment Status of C (PES C), and put through modified Basic Military Training. On graduation, they are deployed in a vocation which has no security risks, posted to non-sensitive units and given a security status which restricts their access to classified documents.

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Blood donations by MSMs in Singapore

Blood donations by MSMs in Singapore is unknown.

Current status

Unknown

Conversion therapy in Singapore

Conversion therapy in Singapore is not banned.

Current status

Not banned

There are no bans against gay conversion therapy in Singapore.

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Equal age of consent in Singapore

Equal age of consent in Singapore is unequal.

Current status

Unequal

The age of consent in Singapore is 16 for opposite-sex sexual activity and female-female sexual activity. However, same-sex activity between males is not legal.

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