On Permanent Parole

An Economist article on gay rights in Singapore. M. Ravi, a human-rights lawyer representing the challengers, had argued that Section 377(a) arbitrarily distinguished between gay men and women, leaving the former open to incarceration and the latter untouched, but his argument also held no weight for the court. It cited an earlier ruling that validated that distinction because female homosexual acts “were either less prevalent or perceived to be less repugnant than male homosexual conduct”.

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