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Singapore removes colonial-era gay sex law and amends Constitution to uphold definition of marriage

Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday (29 Nov) repealed a law criminalising sex between men, striking down colonial-era legislation that has long…

Progress Singapore Party in support of repealing S377A, calls for national referendum to define marriage

SINGAPORE — Progress Singapore Party (PSP) is supporting the repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code after reaching common…

A difference of opinion between the Gov’t and the Court of Appeal?

By Ariffin Sha Does Article 12 of our Constitution guarantee equality before the law for the LGBT Community? The answer…

S377A – Tan Eng Hong will have his day in court

Media Release Court rules that the original challenge to s377A will be heard in up-coming appeal SINGAPORE, October 10, 2013– Today…

Skeletons in the Closet: A Legal Response to s.377A

Sent in via Readers’ Contribution NOTE: This is a strictly legal response to s.377A, transcending the pointless clutter of morality,…

A Distracting Debate in Singapore

By Harold Seah   An argument over morality is often the most heated but least understood; people retreat into individual…

Put the gun down or pull the trigger

Ravi Philemon A recent ruling by the New Delhi High Court reinterpreting Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),…

TOC Editorial: Keep Kum Hong

Choo Zheng Xi / Editor-in-Chief Mr Siew Kum Hong’s detractors have recently begun lobbying the government to deny him a…

Busy time for TOC

The following is a summary of the upcoming events which The Online Citizen (TOC) will be involved in the coming…