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End of Singapore’s gay sex-ban is small step in Asia-Pacific

FILE - Participant march in the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade at the Sydney Cricket ground in Sydney, Saturday, March 5, 2022. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) FILE - Participants revel through the streets during the annual gay pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File) FILE - A couple holds hands as they gather for the Gay Pride rally Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Mania, Philippines. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File) FILE - Revelers participate in a gay pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 31, 2015. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File) FILE - Pro-democracy activities display a LGBT flag during a protest at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug, 16, 2020. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File) FILE - Participants smile as they march with a banner during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade celebrating the LGBTQ community May 7, 2017, in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Thousands of Philippine LGBTQ groups gather at Marikina Sports Complex in the annual celebration of "Pride March" Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File) FILE - Participants attend the annual Pride Parade In Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE - Thousands of people gathered at a park for the annual Pink Dot gay pride event on Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Singapore. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) FILE - A supporter of the Philippine LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexual Transgender) group poses before the rainbow flag during the annual celebration of "Pride March" June 30, 2018, in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)