The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Malaysia's Anti-Gay Laws, Kiss Bassist - Variety

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• THE BEST KUALA LUMPUR GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS KUALA LUMPUR
• THE BEST MALAYSIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MALAYSIA
• KUALA LUMPUR GAY TRAVEL
• GAY LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• GAY MALAYSIA: MORN KUALA LUMPUR
• GAY JOHOR BAH

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Kuchg has a cidly small town atmosphere so even though there are lots of lol gays around, asi om a few mixed clubs and cisg spots, they tend to make nnectns onle g Sarawak chatrooms, particularly on Dal IRC.

The 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald then walked over to Healy and the two engaged a prolonged kiss on the mouth, prott to Malaysia’s anti-gay legislatn. Tucked away off the Eastern ast of Malaysia near Thailand, Langkawi is more liberal and relaxed than the rt of Malaysia, as gay travelers will soon notice – and is probably a large reason why Gay Langkawi is popular wh LGBT travelers. You will be weled almost everywhere you go: bars, clubs, and rtrants and will surely have no issu any of the upsle rorts; however, jt be aware you will not fd a gay scene anywhere near as bizarre as that Kuala Lumpur, as crazy as Ho Chi Mh Cy or as open and hedonistic as nearby Phet if that is your ma ncern.

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Many Malaysians still hold nservative attus to any display of public affectn – straight or gay – although people here are surprisgly open-md, pecially more trendy, upsle areas. As a general le, what gay people do their own time Malaysia is largely only an issue if you are a Malaysian polician or want to watch Bety & The Beast. Sadly the fluence of nservative Islam on mastream polics and culture Malaysia is currently creasg – none of which should affect your average gay traveler, however.

So e to Gay Langkawi for the luxur rorts, dive sunsets, duty-ee shoppg, and mouth-waterg cktails – jt don’t expect to be met wh rabow flags or out-and-proud gay life. Note: Malaysia retas a Brish lony-era crimal ban on sodomy, poorly fed but clus both heterosexual and homosexual acts, wh punishment rangg om f to prison sentenc of up to twenty years and even rporal punishment.

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Though this law is rarely, if ever, applied to foreigners and should not disurage gay travelers om visg Langkawi, is worth readg up on LGBT rights Malaysia. Bee gay life Langkawi maly occurs onle, at night and behd closed doors, many of the attractns Langkawi durg the day that gay travelers will want to see are the top attractns here anyway. One of the bt tips we n give you for explorg Gay Langkawi is to pre-orr a travel SIM rd for easy airport pickup and activatn the moment you arrive, so you will not pay a fortune ternatnal roamg charg.

Get rtrants remendatn and rervatns on the fly, public transport stctns up to the mute, bar openg hours and, if is your thg – accs to gay hook-up apps to fd out more about the lol scene. Gay travelers  Langkawi should take special re regardg public displays of affectn where many rints may be ls exposed to LGBT culture and likely hold nservative attus…Malaysian people fd this very embarrassg, even wh heterosexual upl.

Perfect for startg a night off Gay Langkawi, wns the tropil sun dip below the wtern horizon of the Andaman and maybe even tch a glimpse of flyg fish, dolphs and graceful eagl while you are at .

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In Langkawi, you would be hard-prsed to fd an upsle hotel that had any issu wh gay guts, but some discretn n be advised this often-nservative society. There are no specific gay bars Langkawi, but there is a small gay scene here focsed around a few different plac, and plenty of gay-iendly bars to explore.

Sadly there is no such thg as an openly gay bar Malaysia – this uld lead to ser problems for the owners of the bar, cludg havg their license revoked, but there are plac that are well-known the lol LGBT muny as ‘gay-iendly hangout’. An elegant spa cked out wh ntemporary dér and grand marble walls offerg an opulent pamperg experience for gay travelers who sire a few hours – or a whole day – to unwd.

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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. 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. Recently, a ernment mister orred the removal of photographs of gay people om an exhibn Penang, claimg they promoted LGBT rights, which is agast the state ernment policy.

You won’t fd any crazy parti like Bangkok or the openns of islands Thailand, but outright persecutn is rare, and ’s not pletely unheard of to see gay upl out and about; there jt won’t be any public displays of affectn.

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Bookg at ternatnal, upsle hotels is always a safe bet; is highly unlikely gay travelers will n to any problems here, and there are plenty to choose om, whether Kuala Lumpur or beachsi Penang. While there might be some great nightlife optns, there are none that are publilly for the gay muny, and is val to be sensible and discrete, somethg which is repeated throughout this gui for a good reason. In gay-iendly bars hubs like KL and Penang ’s easy enough to get talkg to people, but bee members of the LGBT muny are rarely out and have to disguise themselv, uld often be difficult to know who to approach.

Gay men e hook-up apps like Grdr, Scff, and Tdr but onle censorship is creasgly a problem, so a secure VPN before gog is strongly remend orr to protect privacy and rema anonymo. The most notor notn I (and many wtern gay observers) had was of a fulmatg homophobic dictatorial Prime Mister Mahathir nng rough-shod over the field of human rights, as evinced by his cln of homosexualy and “non-Asian valu’ as part e of Malaysia’s troubl the late neti. And by addg such a highly taboo accatn as homosexualy to the polil rptn charg agast Anwar, Mahathir tend to be sure that not only Anwar’s high posn was stroyed but also that his personal reputatn was grad.

(If there’s one thg that seems to be universal, ’s the ‘gay bar’ look: dark walls and ceilg, mirrored barback led wh liquor bottl, the smell of beer, the thunro and afeng sound system, flashg lights bouncg shards of lor off the mirrored dance ball, the DJ hoverg over his mixer to keep the dozens or hundreds of dancg boys hoppg on the floor, some shirtls, all sweaty and not a few ridg high on some stimulant. Dpe the generally high awarens of homosexualy KL (as Kuala Lumpur is known) both feel very unfortable wh others knowg about them, other than close gay iends.

Salam and Fa apeared about fifteen years younger than Joo and Peng–almost a generatn– and showed their more valier and reee attus about beg gay KL. Temptg as he was, guys ually don’t discs personal or social issu when they’re beg isky, so I kept pickg their, by now, somewhat lucid bras for more rmatn about gay life Kuala Lumpur.