Lee Hsien Loong MP (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician who has served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore since August 2004. Lee is the eldest son of the 1st Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He has taken over the leadership of People's Action Party as the Secretary-General since December 2004 when former Prime Minister and Secretary-General Goh Chok Tong stepped down from the position to become the Senior Minister. Lee then led the party to victory in the 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020 general elections. He began his current term on 15 January 2016 following the opening of Singapore's 13th Parliament.
For Singapore’s Gay Men, Repeal of Sex Ban Brings Hope After Years of Pain
nytimes.comDr. Roy Tan remembers the fear of being a gay man in Singapore in the 1980s and 1990s. Having consensual sex with another man was punishable by imprisonment.
Undercover police officers would chat up unsuspecting gay men in quiet parks and beaches, wait for them to suggest sex, then swoop in and make an arrest. “There was always this Damocles sword hanging over my head that I would be caught by the police,” said Dr.
Tan, 63, a part-time general practitioner. “So it did affect my life growing up in my early adulthood a very great deal, as it did for many other gay Singaporeans.” Last week, Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, spoke the words that Dr.
Tan and thousands of other gay men have been waiting to hear for decades: The government would repeal Section 377A, a colonial-era law banning consensual sex between men. (The law does not apply to women.) The moment was the result of years of activism and a growing acceptance of homosexuality in Singapore.
