- a colonial-era law that criminalised gay sex - the mood was one of celebration, said participants and the organiser.
"Last year when I was here, I felt very stressed out ... I think because we were fighting for the repeal," said the 18-year-old who identifies as gender fluid and only wanted to be known as Gwen.", the atmosphere is a lot calmer, peaceful."Parliament passed legislation last November to repeal the law. At the same time, the House passed amendments to the Singapore Constitution to, making it clear that same-sex marriage was not on the cards after the repeal.
Mr Tan added that organisers have noticed an"opening up" of national conversations about issues that are"long overdue", and there are new initiatives sprouting up such as Proud Parents, a support group for parents of LGBTQ children to share resources.