We need businesses to push hard with these arguments. This is not a political question, it is a business question. We need to go beyond a human rights argument and beyond a human rights argument and beyond words like ‘inclusion’ and talk about the costs to businesses – and provide the evidence. In Singapore, we need the global companies more than they need us – they are in a strong position to make an argument.

We need to make the business case for activism – how businesses can be part of leading social change. We need to start with quiet and gradual change in companies’ internal policies, and this will will activate the social dimension: people to people contact… in this way we will engage more people in the movement for equality.

We must impress upon the political class that (the re-criminalisation of homosexuality) has economic costs and business costs – we need empirical evidence, we need investment in research that can be robustly presented.

There is a huge role for business and corporations to play. We need to open up spaces of acceptance – and the model of the US and UK businesses has been a good one. It is the right time to start to put these arguments on the table.

Companies need to be visible on this issue. They shouldn’t be afraid of ‘coming out’ as a support of LGB&T+ issues – they can play an important role.