Malaysia's first openly gay pastor to marry

Contents:

• MALAYSIA’S HIGHT COURT STRIK DOWN STATE GAY SEX BAN
• MALAYSIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PASTOR TO MARRY
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
• TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
• GAY MALAYSIA

MALAYSIA’S HIGHT COURT STRIK DOWN STATE GAY SEX BAN

Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia, and rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast the untry’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer May, Malaysian thori nfisted watch om Swatch’s "Pri llectn" bee of the prence of the letters "LGBTQ" on the watch, the home mister mistry officials “illegally” seized 172 watch om 16 outlets, Swatch said urt documents seen by lawsu, filed on June 24 at the Kuala Lumpur high urt, was first reported on Monday by the Malay Mail, a Malaysian news webse. The se aris om a 2018 raid on a private rince Selangor, which state relig enforcement officials arrted 11 men on charg of “attemptg” gay sex, unr sectn 28 of Selangor’s Syariah (Sharia, or Islamic law) crimal enactment. Malaysia’s feral laws are no more iendly to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people than s state laws.

MALAYSIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PASTOR TO MARRY

(Kuala Lumpur) – Persistent Malaysian ernment-sponsored discrimatn threatens the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Malaysia, Human Rights Watch and Jtice for Sisters said a report released today. ” He said, “Spegoatg transgenr persons has bee a tactic applied by ultra nservative and natnalist policians, ” and that “The exploatn of societal homo/transphobia has proven a nvenient way to divert public attentn away om ernment failure to addrs prsg social issu and risg equali.

STORY HIGHLIGHTSHe chose Malaysia's Inpennce Day to "remd keep fightg"A Che-Malaysian, he plans a Che weddg banquet Kuala Lumpur next yearHomosexualy is prosecutable unr Malaysia's Penal Co 377Both Ngeo and his fiance's prev marriag had been wh women (CNN) -- Malaysia's first openly gay pastor has chosen Wednday, cidg wh the untry's Inpennce Day, to get married to his Amerin partner New York, barely a month after same-sex marriage beme legalized there.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

In Malaysia, a predomantly Mlim natn, sodomy and "rnal terurse agast the orr of nature, "-- unr which homosexualy falls -- are prosecutable unr Penal Co 377. The Human Rights Commissn of Malaysia cled a requt by CNN to ment on gay marriage, wh the public affairs spokwoman llg "a very sensive issue and not a mon liftyle. "A lot of gay people, bee of prejudice and discrimatn, hi themselv a heterosexual marriage bee of social prsur, fay prsur, " Ngeo said.

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There he attend the New York Cy ngregatn of Metropolan Communy Church (MCC), which was found 1968 as a mistry that weled gays, bisexuals and transgenred people. Cheng, a gay theologian and member of the MCC theologi team who had been assistant pastor when Ngeo was stgglg to e out, queer theology has veloped sce the 1950s.

In his new book, "Radil Love: An Introductn to Queer Theology, " Cheng argu that radil love, "a love so extreme that dissolv our existg boundari, " cludg "gay" vs.

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"Given that theology lerally means "God talk, " Cheng explaed, referrg to s Greek etymology, "queer theology n be fed as queer (that is, lbian gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) people talkg about God. "For my Church, we do not endorse same-sex marriage or gay ordatn, but we love gay people jt like any other humans.

We will ntue to pray for this gay pastor and his so-lled gay church that one day they will see the orthodox teachg of their fah. "The Bible has been ed to jtify homophobia the same way has been ed to jtify slavery or the persecutn of those who disagree wh the church.

Now an thor and edor of 25 books -- among them "God Lov Gays, " "Gays Love God" and "Our Stori, " a llectn of g-out stori by ethnic Che -- Ngeo is fishg his dissertatn for a doctorate theology at Boston Universy. ) He'll be teachg a urse women and genr's studi at CUNY as well as "Introductn to Gay, Lbian and Transgenr Studi" at Sat Peter's College, the only Ju llege New Jersey. Ngeo said the tought opposn he's faced is not om "relig bigots or straight people, but gay people who have ternalized homophobia.

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All members of the gay muny should be able to travel where they want and enjoy the treasur Malaysia has to offer, but is important to be aware of the legal and social suatn before travelg. Unr a Brish Empire lonial-era law, sodomy (and oral sex) is illegal, for both homosexual and heterosexual upl.

2013 rearch rried out by the Pew Rearch Center showed ltle acceptance om the Malaysian populatn towards homosexualy: 86% believed should not be accepted by society.