Decriminalisation of same-sex relations and social attitudes in Singapore: an empirical study

LJ Chua, D Su, RK Jin Tan, K Wei Jie - Hong Kong LJ, 2017 - HeinOnline
The Singaporean government claims to retain but not enforce s 377A of the Penal Code, the
law that criminalises sexual relations between men, to reflect Singaporeans' conservative …

[PDF][PDF] Section 377A in Singapore and the (de) criminalization of homosexuality

GB Radics - Reconstruction, 2015 - researchgate.net
This article reviews some of the recent challenges to the legal status of homosexuality in
Singapore. On July 14, 2014, the Court of Appeal of Singapore heard oral arguments from …

Decriminalising homosexuality in Singapore: Political responses from the perspective of secularism and electoral pragmatism

A Yu, SKN Lam - The Round Table, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Singapore's Section 377A criminalises sex between men, making it punishable by up to two
years in prison. Over the years, there have been calls to repeal the law and decriminalise …

Decriminalizing Same Sex Relations in Asia: Socio-Cultural Factors Impeding Legal Reform

D Panditaratne - Am. U. Int'l L. Rev., 2016 - HeinOnline
In 1967, homosexual acts between consenting adults were decriminalized in England and
Wales. 1 Almost half a century later, however, it remains an offense to engage in same sex …

Challenging antisodomy laws in Singapore and the former British colonies of ASEAN

GB Radics - Journal of Human Rights, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In 2007, Section 377 of Singapore's Penal Code, a colonial-era law that
criminalized sexual activities “against the order of nature,” was removed by Parliament …

The lack of sexual orientation anti-discrimination legislation in Hong Kong: Breach of international and domestic legal obligations

PCW Chan - The International Journal of Human Rights, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Despite Hong Kong's decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1991, inequities in the law vis-à-
vis sexual minority individuals have remained. In any case, the decriminalisation cannot …

Challenging the majority support argument on not introducing anti-discrimination legislation on the ground of sexual orientation in Hong Kong

SY Tung - Hong Kong LJ, 2017 - HeinOnline
The Hong Kong Government has argued that anti-discrimination legislation on the ground of
sexual orientation has not been introduced because" majority support" has not been …

Rights versus morality: Online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore

BH Detenber, M Cenite, S Zhou, S Malik… - Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing
online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to …

Attitudes of the Hong Kong Chinese public towards sex offending policies: The role of stereotypical views of sex offenders

WH Chui, KK Cheng… - Punishment & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The Hong Kong government recently introduced a sex offender registry that gives the public
access to records of sexual offence conviction. This step was taken in the context of a penal …

Examining how communication and demographic factors relate to attitudes toward legalization of same-sex marriage in Singapore

C Panchapakesan, L Li, SS Ho - International Journal of Public …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The controversial issue of same-sex marriage has sparked debates on political, social,
moral, and religious fronts in many countries (Duggan, 2008). As of March 2013, 11 …