FILE - Thousands of Philippine LGBTQ groups gather at Marikina Sports Complex in the annual celebration of "Pride March" Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines. Singapore’s announcement Sunday, Aug. 22, 2022, that it would decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)