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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Male illegal, female legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    Unknown
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
Suggest Public Opinion Data

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

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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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Penal Code (Cap. 224, 1985 Rev. Ed.)
sg.news.yahoo.com/america-l…

statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/sea…page=0;query=DocId%3A%22025e7646-947b-462c-b557-60aa55dc7b42%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0
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Same-sex marriage in Singapore

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Same-sex marriage in Singapore is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Singapore.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
sg.news.yahoo.com/america-l…
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Jan 1, 1999–Sep 8, 2018
Unrecognized
No laws in the legal system.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Singapore

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Singapore is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Singapore

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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infop…
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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT discrimination in Singapore

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LGBT discrimination in Singapore is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Male homosexuality is illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrw.org/news/2014/10/29/sin…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Singapore

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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrw.org/sites/default/files…


ctvnews.ca/world/singapore-…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Singapore

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LGBT housing discrimination in Singapore is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Singapore

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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Singapore is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal
No restrictions on lgbt serving.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
sgwiki.com/wiki/Discriminat…
fridae.asia/gay-news/2002/0…
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Same-sex adoption in Singapore

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Same-sex adoption in Singapore is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Same-sex adoption is not legal in Singapore.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
sg.news.yahoo.com/america-l…
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Jan 1, 1990–Sep 1, 2018
Single only
No laws for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Equal age of consent in Singapore

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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/sea…ident=9f804d76-c39f-4e35-8cfe-1be8dd20bfe9;page=0;query=DocId%3A%22025e7646-947b-462c-b557-60aa55dc7b42%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0
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Blood donations by MSMs in Singapore

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Blood donations by MSMs in Singapore is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Singapore

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Conversion therapy in Singapore is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There are no bans against gay conversion therapy in Singapore.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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