An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA
An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA
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Gay sex: is Singapore ready to follow India out of the legal closet?

Legal, business and academic figures are backing a movement seeking to overturn a colonial-era law that criminalises homosexual intercourse, just weeks after a similar move prompted scenes of joy in New Delhi

Topic |   Singapore
Kok Xinghui
Kok Xinghui

Updated: 5:59pm, 2 Oct, 2018

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An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA
An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA
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