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• MALAYSIA'S FIRST FILM WH GAY LEAD CHARACTERS BREAKS TABOO
• 15 FILM TENTANG PASANGAN GAY PALG POPULER, ADA FAVORMU?

MALAYSIA'S FIRST FILM WH GAY LEAD CHARACTERS BREAKS TABOO

A scene om Malaysia's first gay film, Dalam Botol, which put a spotlight on the untry’s LGBT muny.

As Malaysia’s first-ever ‘gay’ film, Dalam Botol was groundbreakg, but others such as Bak Api and Waris Jari Hantu also show that the untry’s LGBT issu nnot be ignored Published: 11:00am, 16 Jul, 2020 Updated: 11:00am, 16 Jul, 2020 A scene om Malaysia's first gay film, Dalam Botol, which put a spotlight on the untry’s LGBT muny. Both also turned to Taiwan, one of the most LGBTQ-iendly untri Asia, to release films that uld not be screened straight-laced Malaysia, where gay and transgenr activy rema taboo topics. Boy regrets his cisn, mov back to hometown and falls love wh a plot of … Dalam Botol (… In a Bottle), Malaysia's first feature film wh gay lead characters, is g a stir the Mlim-majory untry, where nsensual sodomy is illegal and pictns of homosexualy pop culture are film opens next Thursday, but has already provoked the ire of relig anisatns.

15 FILM TENTANG PASANGAN GAY PALG POPULER, ADA FAVORMU?

The youth wg lear of the nservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic party (PAS) lled a "shockg" attempt to promote gay culture.

"This msage has found ltle ronance wh the untry's handful of gay activists, who have joed the relig thori cricisg the film, although for very different reasons.

Alex, 28, a fancial analyst who blogs anonymoly about gay issu and asked that his real name be whheld, said that while the film's groundbreakg pictn of gay characters uld be seen as a sign of progrs, he worried would rerce stereotyp Malaysian culture. Havg the ma character regret beg gay and fallg love wh a woman is not gog to help our image problem here, " he said.