The man who launched the legal challenge to the law criminalising sex between men, disc jockey Johnson Ong Ming, has told Insight why he wants it repealed.
Ong, who performs as DJ Big Kid, grew up believing he was "less than everyone else" because he was attracted to men. And it was made worse when family members and friends pointed to Section 377A to prove that his homosexuality was also illegal under the law.
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