LGBT+ advot have said they feel Islamic laws have been ed to target untry’s gay muny
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- MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK SE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
- MALAYSIA FTIVAL NCELLED AFTER MATTY HEALY SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS AND KISS BANDMATE
- HAZIQ, MAN AT CENTRE OF MALAYSIA'S GAY SEX VIO SNDAL, ARRTED AT KL AIRPORT: REPORT
- MALAYSIAN BET MISTER ALLEGEDLY PICTED GAY SEX VIO, ACCED OF RPTN
- THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
- MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK SE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
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For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsA Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex “agast the orr of nature”, raisg hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim Mlim man his 30s – whose name has been whheld by his lawyer to protect his privacy – filed the lawsu after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, which he acts are illegal Malaysia, although nvictns are rare. The untry, which has 13 stat, has a dual-track legal system, wh Islamic crimal and fay laws applible to Mlims nng alongsi civil advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the Southeast Asian untry’s gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to a unanimo cisn, Malaysia’s top urt led on Thursday that the Islamic provisn ed Selangor was unnstutnal and thori had no power to enact the law. Dpe the lg, gay Malaysian men still face up to 20 years jail unr a Brish lonial-era law that bans gay sex, known as Sectn 377.
Of urse Sectn 377 is still there - ’s not the end but this is a begng, ” Numan told the Thomson Rters Malaysia, a untry of 32 ln where 60 per cent of the populatn is Mlim, many gay people are not open about their man who lnched the legal challenge argued that Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on “terurse agast the orr of nature” when gay sex was already a crime unr civil urt agreed, clarg that the state’s power to enact such offenc “is subject to a nstutnal lim”, the chief jtice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat wrote the Selangor Islamic Relig Council, a rponnt the su, did not immediately rpond to a requt for man volved the legal challenge was among 11 men arrted on spicn of attemptg gay sex durg a raid at a private of the group plead guilty, and were sentenced to jail, ng and f 2019, sparkg outrage among human rights activists who said created an environment of fear for LGBT+ women were ned for “attemptg lbian sex” unr Islamic laws the east ast state of Terengganu 2018, the same year that saw a transgenr woman attacked. Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.
MALAYSIA FTIVAL NCELLED AFTER MATTY HEALY SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS AND KISS BANDMATE
Brish pop rock band The 1975 has announced was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival, a day before, as the band’s lead sger slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandm... * malaysia gay scandal *
You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. Brish pop rock band The 1975 has announced was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival, a day before, as the band’s lead sger slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male TARIGAN Associated PrsFILE - Matty Healy of the 1975 performs at the Readg Mic Ftival, England, Sunday, Aug.
HAZIQ, MAN AT CENTRE OF MALAYSIA'S GAY SEX VIO SNDAL, ARRTED AT KL AIRPORT: REPORT
Malaysia’s ernment has cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance. ” (Photo by Stt Garft/Invisn/AP, file)The Associated PrsJAKARTA, Indonia -- Brish pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival the wake of the band's lead sger slammg the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissg a male bandmate durg their 1975 was schled to have a performance at We The Ft, Indonia’s annual summer mic ftival, Jakarta on Sunday night, part of their 2023 Asia tour. Matt Healey, the lead vol of The 1975, ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment’s stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald.
Malaysia’s Communitns and Digal Mister Fahmi Fadzil slammed Matty Healy’s nduct late Friday and said a Facebook post that homosexualy is a crime the untry punishable by up to 20 years prison and wasn’t the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights. In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media reports.
Homosexualy is illegal Malaysia and punishable by 20 years prison.
MALAYSIAN BET MISTER ALLEGEDLY PICTED GAY SEX VIO, ACCED OF RPTN
In the UAE, homosexualy is punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment. A mic ftival Malaysia has been cut short by the ernment after the lead sger of The 1975 slammed the untry's anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage. Brish sger Matty Healey swore remarks roundg on the ernment's stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald at the Good Vib Ftival.
THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
Footage was posted on social media and sparked a backlash the untry, where homosexualy is punishable by up to 20 years prison and ng.
MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
Healy said: “Unfortunately you don’t get a set of loads of upliftg songs bee I’m f****** fur and that’s not fair on you, bee you’re not reprentative of your ernment bee you are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive and ol. ”It wasn't the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights.
In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media same year, Healy won ally of the year at the 2019 Diva Awards for supportg the LGBT+ muny. Malaysian mister implited gay sex vio, promptg parisons wh Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy sndal. But the thori have said they are workg to tablish who is behd the release of gay sex vio clips on Tuday that showed two men havg sex.
Malaysian Prime Mister Mahathir Mohamad's Government has faced s first major polil sndal, after a vio appearg to show a bet mister havg sex wh another man was circulated to journalists and wily shared pots:A polil staffer alleg a leaked vio picts him and a mister bed togetherHomosexualy remas punishable by up to 20 years prison MalaysiaThe party ni knowledge of the vio sayg "rejects dirty polil gam"Sodomy remas a crime Malaysia, punishable by up to 20 years prison unr a Brish lonial-era law. (Supplied: Najwan Halimi)In March, Malaysia's Tourism Mister Mohamadd Ketapi claimed there were "no gays" the untry while attendg a tourism fair Germany.