Singapore’s LGBT community feels safer as end of ban brings change


Attendees form the pink dot at the Pink Dot rally in Singapore June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore drag performer Yeo Sam Jo has been feeling much more confident and safe heading off to shows in the full regalia of pink sequin dress, pearl necklace and heavy make-up.

Change is afoot in the conservative city state with a softening of attitudes and growing tolerance of gay issues, which some members of the LGBT community and academics attribute to the November lifting of a ban on sex between men.

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