ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a very short history of human rights activism on LGBTQ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights in this peculiar historical cultural and political context of Singapore. It explains that the Internet continues to play a significant role in the movement of the LGBTQ community today. To date, the Singapore government has continued to preserve the old colonial law that criminalises sex between consenting men. The introduction of the Internet in Singapore provided the means to survive without state intervention. Like trees being blown left and right in turbulent times, activists were again surprised by the government when it decided in November 2006 to conduct an open consultation with the public on its proposal to update the Penal Code. In July 2009, the Law Minister K. Shanmugan seemed to imply that the judiciary had the authority to interpret and apply 377A where it saw fit.
