Singapore decriminalises sex between men to ‘relief’ of LGBTQ rights groups

Participants of Pink Dot, an annual event organised in support of the LGBT community, gather in a formation protesting the repeal of Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, at the Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park in Sing (Picture: Reuters)

Singapore will decriminalise sex between men said the country’s Prime Minister in a move damned by an alliance of religious groups.

Lee Hsien Loong’s decision to repeal Section 377A of the penal code, a British colonial-era law that criminalises sex between men, was welcomed by LGBTQ activists who also expressed concern after he ruled out introducing same-sex marriage.