Original sentence: A number of groups, People Like Us (PLU.People Like Us began as a small discussion group, with a handful of people in 1993 who raised the sentiment that the Penal Code was oppressive for homosexuals in Singapore, but there was also a recognition that given the prevalent social stigma and political control, it would be a long road ahead marked with many setbacks.The homosexual community in Singapore, much like many other homoseuxal communities in the modern world, faces constant pressure from both Singapore's culture and laws by facing both stigma, prosecution and eventual conviction and ostracism.They especially face repression from the Singapore Penal Code, which condemns "carnal intercourse" supposedly "against the law of nature".This stark repression often causes around the majority of the homosexual community not to speak out, as they could be charged for slander as well as being arrested for violating the penal code
Edited sentence: People Like Us began as a small discussion group, just a handful of friends in someone’s living room.That was early 1993.The history of the Singapore gay movement shares common threads with that of the premiere organization of Singapore’s gay intelligentsia, People Like Us (PLU).The homosexual community faces constant pressure from both Singapore's culture and laws by facing both stigma, prosecution and conviction and ostracism.There was a feeling amongst them that something needed to be done about the oppressive conditions for gay people in Singapore, but there was also a recognition that given the prevalent social stigma and political control, it would be a long road ahead marked with many setbacks