National

In April 2008, Singapore City's State Regulator fined a television station £5000 for featuring a gay couple in way that makes them look 'normal' [R1.1].

In April 2004, the Singapore government reportedly denied freedom of association to a gay rights group People Like Us and warned it to halt all activities [R1.2]. In 1998, it was denied registration with the government's Registrar of Societies.

In July 2003, the Government was reportedly openly employing gays, even in sensitive jobs, although homosexual acts remain an offence [R1.3].

As at July 2001, gays and lesbians had no legal protection against employment discrimination on grounds of their sexuality [R1.4].

In September 1996, Internet service providers were given a deadline of September 14 to funnel customers' Internet connections through special filtering sites that will block access to a wide variety of sites outside of Singapore, including those with contents that "depict or propagate sexual perversions such as homosexuality, lesbianism and paedophilia" [R1.5].

National

In February 2000, Singaporean authorities said the island state will require all expatriates and long-term visitors to pass medical examinations before they are granted permits to work or live there, from March [R1.1].

National

As at May 2008, the Penal Code (Chapter 22) Revised Edition 1998 provided —

Section 377: Unnatural Offences

"Whosoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to a fine"

On 01 February 2008, the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007, No. 51 came into force, repealing Section 377. Section 377A remains extant [R1.1], [R1.3].

In October 2007, a bill was introduced which would if passed decriminalise oral and anal sex between heterosexuals [R1.2].

Section 377A: Outrages on Decency

"Any male person who, in public or private, commits or abets the commission of or procures the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years" [R1.3].

In October 2007, the Singapore government declared that private, consensual, adult homosexual sex would no longer be prosecuted but that its illegality would remain [R2.1].

In July 2001, it was not illegal to be gay or lesbian in Singapore, but homosexual sex acts are illegal and can land people in jail -- even if they take place in private [R1.4].

Courts & Tribunals

The Singapore Court of Appeal has found that penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary for the offence in that Section 377. It has also been found that in certain circumstances oral sex contravened the section. Other forms of genital contact would be sufficient to found a charge of gross indecency.

In April 2008, the City State Regulator fined a television station £5000 for featuring a gay couple in way that makes them look 'normal' [R2.1].

National

In July 2001, self-declared gay men in the military were reportedly relegated to administrative or logistics work [R1.1].

National

In January 1996, the government announced that post operative transsexuals would be free to marry people of the opposite sex [R1.1].