LGBT in Singapore

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: LGBT culture in Singapore, LGBT history in Singapore, LGBT organizations in Singapore, LGBT people from Singapore, LGBT rights in Singapore, Singaporean LGBT-related films, Section 377A of the Penal Code, Transgender people in Singapore, Singapore gay literature, List of LGBT organizations in Singapore, Singapore gay documentaries, Singapore gay theatre, Singapore gay art, LGBT history in Singapore by year, Pleasure Factory, Pink Dot SG, Paddy Chew, Cyril Wong, Rice Rhapsody, Alex Au, Ng Yi-Sheng, Bugis Street, Maia Lee, Trevvy, Lee Kok Cheong, Zihan Loo, Be with Me, Loretta Chen, Peculiar Chris. Excerpt: Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore is the main remaining piece of legislation which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men. Section 377A ("Outrages on decency") states that: Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. To understand the background of section 377A, the enactment of its mother statute, the original section 377 which criminalised sex "against the order of nature" and was popularly known as the "unnatural sex" law, must first be explained. The Singapore Penal Code, Chapter XVI (Offences Affecting the Human Body), Section 377 (Cap. 224) stated that:"Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animals, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.Explanation. Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section." Henry VIII, the monarch who enacted Britain's anti-sodomy lawsAn exhaustive analysis of the origin of British laws which sought to prohibit buggery and their evolution into Section 377 is found in an academic paper by Prof. Douglas Saunders (see the main article and archive of the paper, "377 and the unnatural afterlife of British colonialism"). In summary, British anti-buggery law was enacted in 1534, taking over from ecclesiastical law. The wording used, which included "abominable" (taken from the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament), in addition to "buggery" (which, by the 13th century, had become associated with sodomy) and "vice", confirms its religious character. It was formulated in the context of Henry VIII's engineered break from papal authority to establish the Anglican chu