SINGAPORE — A Singaporean disc jockey is challenging a law that bans sex between men, a holdover from British colonial days that conservatives insist on keeping but authorities have promised not to enforce. ADVERTISEMENTThe law, known as Section 377A, states that acts of “gross indecency” between men are punishable with a jail term of up to two years. This uncomfortable balance was rattled last Thursday, when India’s Supreme Court struck down a British colonial-era law that made intercourse between members of the same sex punishable. Ong said Wednesday that the Singapore law has weighed on his relationship with his family. Minister for Law and Home Affairs K. Shanmugam said most Singaporeans want to keep Section 377A, but a “growing minority” wishes to have it repealed.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 12, 2018 11:42 UTC