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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Ali MC

Heterosexual marriage definition a concern for gay Singaporeans

People at the annual 'Pink Dot' rally in support of the LGBTQ community spell out the word 'majulah' or 'onward' at this year's event in June [File: Roslan Rahman/AFP]

Singapore’s LGBTQ community worries a government move to “safeguard” the institution of marriage could perpetuate discrimination in the conservative city-state, even as a colonial-era law criminalising sex between men is finally repealed.

At the same time as Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the clause in the penal code known as Section 377A would be repealed, he reiterated that the institution of marriage would remain between a man and a woman.

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