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People attend a LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Bangkok on June 5, 2022. (Reuters photo)

Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.

According to a report published in 2020 by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), homosexuality was prohibited in 69 countries, including 11 where it is punishable by death.

Related story: Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM

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