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SINGAPORE: Singapore's LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community on Monday welcomed its government's plan to decriminalize gay sex but warned that upholding the traditional definition of marriage would only promote further inequality.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday that the Southeast Asian city-state would repeal the colonial-era law but said the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman would be kept to allay fears of "a drastic shift in our societal norms."
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