Karolo ea 377A ea melao ea kotlo ea mehleng ea bokolone ea Singapore e tšosa banna ka lilemo tse peli teronkong haeba ba ka tšoaroa "ketsong efe kapa efe ea boitšoaro bo hlephileng," ha e le hantle e bua ka ketso efe kapa efe ea bosodoma.
Empa ka Sontaha, Tonakholo ea Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, o phatlalalitse hore mmuso oa toropo o hlakotse molao oa khale oa likhang o thibelang thobalano ea basodoma.
"Ke lumela hore ena ke ntho e nepahetseng ho etsoa 'me ke ntho eo batho ba bangata ba Singapore ba ka e amohelang," o boletse joalo, mme a ts'epa hore ts'ebetso ena e fana ka "khatholoho ho batho ba Singapore ba bong bo tšoanang."
Le hoja e e-s'o qobelloe ka lilemo tse mashome 'me e sebetsa feela ho banna, thibelo - e tšoanang le melao e fumanoang ho tse ling tsa khale. British likolone tse ka boroa ho Asia - e ile ea lula e le mohloli oa khatello ho batho ba Singapore ba basodoma le mefuta ea likhoebo tse holimo-limo tse lekang ho kholisa mekhatlo ea machaba ho bula liofisi moo.
Lee ha a ka a phatlalatsa letsatsi la ho hlakoloa.
Ha a ntse a etsa phatlalatso, Tona-khōlō e boetse e hatisa, hore ho sa tsotellehe ho tlosoa ha molao o phehisanoang, Singapore e ke ke ea tlohela litekanyetso tsa eona tse matla tsa ho boloka melao.
Singapore e tla “sireletsa tlhaloso ya lenyalo hore e se phephetswe ho ya ka molaotheo makgotleng a dinyewe,” a tshepisa.
"Re lumela hore lenyalo le lokela ho ba pakeng tsa monna le mosali, hore bana ba lokela ho hōlisetsoa malapeng a joalo, hore lelapa la moetlo le lokela ho theha motheo oa mohaho oa sechaba," Lee Hsien Loong o ile a phaella.
Leha Lee a na le ts'epo ea hore "batho ba bangata ba Singapore" ba tla amohela litaba, 44% ea batho ba Singapore ba ileng ba botsoa ka Phuptjane ba ntse ba ts'ehetse thibelo eo, leha palo eo e ne e theohile ho tloha ho 55% ka 2018.
Ho tsamaea butle-butle ha Singapore ho tloha boiphetetsong ba molao bakeng sa thobalano ea basodoma ha e le hantle ho sebelitse khahlano le baitseki ba batlang hore molao o hlakoloe pejana selemong sena, ha lekhotla le phahameng ka ho fetisisa la toropo le phatlalatsa hore kaha ho ne ho se ts'ebetsong, ha ho na litokelo tsa molao tsa motheo tse hatakeloang haeba li ka lula. libukeng.
Ho boetse ho bile le khanyetso e khōlō ea hore bosodoma bo tloaelehe har’a lihlopha tse ling tsa bolumeli tse bitsang Singapore lehae la tsona, ho akarelletsa le Mamosleme, Mak’hatholike le Maprostanta. Leha ho le joalo, baeta-pele ba bolumeli ba lutse ba sa nke lehlakore mohatong ona oa morao-rao.
Lee o khothalelitse "lihlopha tsohle" ho "ithiba," a re "ke eona feela tsela eo re ka hatelang pele re le sechaba hammoho."
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- While it has not been enforced for decades and only applies to men, the ban – similar to laws found in other former British colonies in south Asia – remained a source of stress for both gay Singaporeans and upwardly-mobile business types trying to convince multinational corporations to open offices there.
- “I believe this is the right thing to do and something that most Singaporeans would accept,” he said, adding that he hopes the move provides “some relief to gay Singaporeans.
- Singapore's gradual movement away from official reprisals for gay sex actually worked against activists looking to have the law struck down earlier this year, when the city-state's highest court declared that since there was no enforcement, no one's constitutional rights were being violated if it stayed on the books.
