A group of LGBT rights activists in Singapore has launched a fundraising campaign to mount an appeal against a recent court decision to kept anti-gay law Section 377A which criminalizes sex between men.

Gay couple Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee launched a constitutional challenge against Section 377A. Their lawyer argued that the law challenges Singapore's constitution which says all citizens must be treated equally before the law.

A case challenging constitutionality of anti-gay sex law was heard in the High Court in Singapore yesterday morning.

Human rights lawyer M Ravi went head-to-head with Aedit Abdullah, a lawyer from Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers, the government's legal advisors.

The case, Tan Eng Hong v. Attorney-General, began in 2010 when Tan was charged for having sex with a man in a public toilet under Section 377A, the law which criminalizes sex between men.

After several court cases, the constitutional validity of the law is being challenged.

Javed Jaghai, a student and Jamaican gay rights activist has initiated a challenge to the country's anti-sodomy law.

AIDS-Free World, a Jamaican advocacy charity, filed a complaint against the law with Jamaica's Supreme Court on behalf of Jaghai on February 7.

Jaghai says his landlord evicted him from his home because of his sexual orientation.

Posting on his Facebook page, Jaghai stated yesterday (12 February): 'It is a reminder that there is much more work to be done to achieve equality for gay Jamaicans.

Christian pastors in Singapore are showing that they are not going to allow an anti-gay law to be repealed without a fight.

Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong of Cornerstone Community Church told Straits Times that church leaders have met several times over the last month to discuss a collective response to the court case currently challenging Singapore's Section 377A, the colonial era law that criminalizes gay sex. 

A Singaporean gay couple will challenge the country’s rarely enforced sodomy law which they say labels them as criminals.

Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, who have been partners for 15 years, filed their challenge with the Singapore’s High Court after a Court of Appeal judgement on the Tan EL case opened up the opportunity for any gay person in Singapore to launch a constitutional challenge against s 377A.

It’s been a dramatic year for gay people in Jamaica with the election of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller who wants to review the ‘buggery’ laws.

That’s a light at the end of the tunnel for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campaigners who have fought tirelessly for their rights, particularly the end to the criminalization of gay sex, in one of the world’s most hostile countries.

Articulate, charming and beaming with delight as he picked up an award for his work on Sunday (29 January) in London, Maurice Tomlinson does not seem like a stereotypical refugee.

But this youthful-looking attorney from Jamaica had to flee his country this month after his LGBTI rights work and highly publicized marriage to his partner in Canada made him the target of a series of death threats.