Straits Times reports “Sex-ed after repeal: MPs, advocacy groups want to include LGBTQ issues”
Before the repeal of S377A, the PAP government promised to maintain social norms after the repeal.
However, on 1 January 2023, The Straits Times prominently featured this article featuring CSE in positive light. Read the full article here:
She said: “Let us educate ourselves: What is hetero, homo, pan or asexual? What is trans or cisgender? What is sexual orientation versus gender identity? Only then are we equipped to guide our children as they grow and explore.”
Ms Tan Joo Hymn, project director for women’s rights group Aware’s Birds & Bees programme, said the traditionally heteronormative perspective from which the MOE syllabus was designed might be at odds with the spectrum of sexual orientation which occurs in reality.
Ms Tan said: “LGBTQ students need comprehensive sexuality education as much – if not more – than straight and cisgender students, that is, education that covers consent, respect, bodily autonomy, healthy sexual relationships, contraception, as well as affirming, science-based information about gender and sexual orientation.”
