Keep or repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code? This debate has been reignited in Singapore after a similar colonial-era ban on gay sex in India was struck down.
The issue came to the fore when Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh, in a Facebook comment on a post by National University of Singapore law school dean Simon Chesterman earlier this month, suggested that Singapore's gay community bring a class action to challenge the constitutionality of Section 377A.
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