Malaysian universy holds ntt to nvert gay stunts

Contents:

• MALAYSIAN UNIVERSY HOLDS NTT TO NVERT GAY STUNTS
• THE LIFE OF GAY PEOPLE MLIM MALAYSIA
• GAY MALAYSIA
• GAY MALAYSIAN STUNT GIVEN REFUGEE STAT CANADA AFTER THREATS
• MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISH 'HOW TO SPOT A GAY' CHECKLIST

MALAYSIAN UNIVERSY HOLDS NTT TO NVERT GAY STUNTS

He’s a 21-year-old English major at the Universi Sas Malaysia (USM), where beg gay is not somethg he openly discs — not even wh his tw a fé his home state of Penang, Mah mov wh a nfint flair, but he said ’s ndnal.

“I have to make sure I don’t e across as too flamboyant or too gay, ” he told NBC News. That’s jt the way is Malaysia, Mah add, explag Islam is paramount and homosexualy is hh-hh the Southeast Asian natn.

Stunts attend the "Back to Frah" fom, aimed to help LGBTQ peers return to Islam at the Universi Sas Malaysia Penang on March 24, JolBut while talkg about beg gay Malaysia is taboo, discsg how to change someone's sexual orientatn or genr inty is not, and 's beg more mon.

THE LIFE OF GAY PEOPLE MLIM MALAYSIA

That’s why Mah was not surprised when he heard about a ntt beg held at his universy that asked stunts to subm ias on how to nvert their lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ntt, which clud the creatn of posters, was part of a Back to Frah fom recently held at the universy, which sought to help LGBTQ stunts who have "disorrs sexual orientatn return to their natural stcts. ”It is pecially challengg to rist when jtifitns agast homosexualy are ground law.

“Menyantuni” was the theme for March 24's Back to Frah fom, but the unrlyg msage was more sid: Beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr is unnatural, and, like any sickns, should be cured.

GAY MALAYSIA

A relig scholar ved to speak about LGBTQ issu at the March 24 fom openly ed the word “kuny” durg the event, which means turmeric Malay, but is ed as rogatory slang to scribe gay men. ”Radzi said society’s growg openns toward homosexualy and genr exprsn Malay society were the motivatn for his Back to Frah event. For him, that means homosexualy is forbidn — end of story.

A Malaysian public universy recently held a ntt to nvert lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) stunts, a move that has been cricised as discrimatory and hegemonisg the bate about how Islam views the mory group. Society is creasgly acceptg homosexualy and genr exprsn Malay society, he says, th the reason for holdg the fom. Rters not that thori issued guil and held semars 2012 to help teachers and parents tect signs of homosexualy children.

While life as a gay young person growg up durg the 1980s certaly was rough, I know that many people had much worse. As I ntemplated livg Malaysia, I had to ask the qutn What would life be like for me as a gay man Malaysia? As I ponred my personal qutn, I broaned my query out to perhaps an even more important one—What is life like for Mlim gay people?

GAY MALAYSIAN STUNT GIVEN REFUGEE STAT CANADA AFTER THREATS

Saiful* is a 33-year-old gay male who is Malay. A uple of my gay Malay iends also experience such quisns durg fay get-togethers at Hari Raya Aidilfri (Eid), weddgs, and other munal Malay gathergs. At the office, beg gay is an accepted norm as I am the creative/media le.

Generally, outsi the office I do not portray myself as gay, or at least try to not do so.

MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISH 'HOW TO SPOT A GAY' CHECKLIST

I like to go to the gay clubs KL, like Blue Boy B Btang (that’s a really old, n-down place, but has survived the bt and worst of tim, unlike many other flash--the-pan gay clubs KL). I brg my boyiend to Blue Boy sometim, and he enjoys bee he is still new to the gay world and lik to see what ’s like.

What is life like for gays Malaysia? Of urse urban areas such as KL, gay men and women n be as out as they want. So to be gay and Mlim and a Malay requir a lot of tact.

A puty mister had also last year ndoned a parents nference that, among other thgs, clud a discsn on how to intify youths wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) tennci.