LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights in Singapore Customer Care Phone Number, Address,

What is LGBT?

LGBT stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender”. In a human rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face both common and distinct challenges. Intersex people (those born with atypical sex characteristics) suffer many of the same kinds of human rights violations as LGBT people.

What is the LGBT Discrimination protections?

• Protections from incitement of religiously motivated anti-LGBT harassment and violence.

What are the activities are accepted by LGB in Singapore?

1. Legal same-sex sexual activity
2. Equal age of consent
3. Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services
4. Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)
5. Adoption by single people regardless of sexual orientation
6. Gays, lesbians and bisexuals allowed to serve in the military
7. Right to change legal gender
8. Access to IVF for lesbians

Activities not accepted by LGB in Singapore

1. Anti-discrimination laws in employment only
2. Same-sex marriages
3. Recognition of same-sex couples
4. Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples
5. Joint adoption by same-sex couples
6. Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
7. MSMs allowed to donate blood

What kind of human rights violations are LGBT people exposed to?

LGBT people of all ages and in all regions of the world suffer from violations of their human rights. They are physically attacked, kidnapped, raped and murdered. People may be arrested and jailed (and in at least five countries executed) for engaging in private, consensual, same-sex relationships. LGBT children and adolescents face bullying in school may be thrown out of their homes by their parents, forced into psychiatric institutions or marriage. Transgender people are denied identity papers that reflect their preferred gender, without which they cannot work, travel, open a bank account or access services. Intersex children may be subjected to surgical and other interventions

Does international human rights law apply to LGBT people?

Yes, International human rights law applies to every person. It established legal obligations on States to make sure
that everyone, without distinction, can enjoy their human rights. United Nations human rights experts have confirmed that international law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Does gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people are dangerous to children?

• No. LGBT people can be good parents, teachers and role models for young people.
• Portraying LGBT people as “paedophiles” or dangerous to children is wholly inaccurate, offensive and a distraction from the need to for serious and appropriate measures to protect all children, including those coming to terms with their sexual orientation and gender identity.

What Sections are available in LGBT?

Section 377A (“Outrages on decency”):

• Any male person who in public or private, commits or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure 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.

Section 354 of the Penal Code (“Outrage of Modesty”):

• If any person uses criminal force on any person intending to outrage or knowing it would be likely to outrage, the modesty of that person, he shall be imprisoned for a maximum of two years / with fine / with caning / with any two of such punishments.

Section 294 of the Penal Code:

• If the victim of an entrapment operation uses a symbolic gesture to signal intention to have sexual activity with the police decoy, he can be tried under Section 294 of the Penal Code. It covers the commission of any obscene act in any public place to the annoyance of others, subject to a maximum of three months imprisonment, a fine, or both.

Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act:

• According to documentation by National University of Singapore sociologist Laurence Leong Wai Teng, from 1990 to 1994, gay men were charged for soliciting. They were fined between $200 and $500.

Does Military service accept LGBT People?

Homosexuals were barred from employed in “sensitive positions” within the Singapore Civil Service. It may also be excluded from officer training and refused to security clearances needed to perform higher roles in the army.

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