Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government will repeal a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men, a major step forward in a region where homosexuality faces discrimination and prosecution.
Lee said removing the legal ban on sex between men, known as Section 377A of the Penal Code, was “the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will now accept.”
He stopped short of recognizing same-sex unions, saying the Constitution will be amended to protect the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman in a nod to religious groups opposing a repeal of the law.
