Rights groups call for repeal of rarely used colonial-era code in country where stigmatised gay men remain hidden
A law criminalising "unnatural" sex is reinforcing the stigma that leaves gay men in Burma hidden, silenced and shamed, hindering efforts to contain HIV/Aids, claim experts and activists.
Monks, lawyers and the police are calling for the rarely enforced law - section 377 of the penal code, which dates from the British colonial era - to be used to imprison a gay couple who marked their 10th anniversary this month with a wedding-style event.
The ceremony made front-page news on 3 March, and the backlash was swift. The next day, Burma's largest newspaper, Eleven Daily, equated sex between men with bestiality and asked why the couple were not being investigated for violating section 377, which carries a 10-year prison term.
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