Ben Preiss
Edit
| Embed Video: |  |
|
The city-state will make its first major penal code amendments in 22 years by repealing a section criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” Although liberalizing the laws for the straight, the government has been cracking down on the local gay community. Singapore is remembered among Americans as the place where an American teenager was beaten with a cane for vandalism.  Singapore’s government’s getting sexual today as a new bill looks to strike down laws banning oral and anal sex. While it may sound like a great development for all people, the gays are getting left out in the cold. The proposed bill highlight’s Singapore’s strained perception of progress. Though willing to liberalize laws for straight people, the cultural zeitgeist still leans right.
(queerty)References: newsinfo.inquirer.net, queerty Filed In: |
