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Malaysia’s ernment lled the band “extremely ” after ontman Matt Healy kissed a male bandmate on stage and cricised the untry’s anti-LGBT+ laws, unr which homosexual acts are illegal. A Malaysian ernment mtee said that the band would never aga be permted to perform the untry, where homosexualy is a crime. “The band never take the cisn to ncel a show lightly and had been eagerly lookg forward to playg for fans Jakarta and Taipei but, unfortunately, due to current circumstanc, is impossible to proceed wh the schled shows, ” unlimed accs to 70 ln ad-ee songs and podsts wh Amazon MicSign up now for a 30-day ee trialSign upEnjoy unlimed accs to 70 ln ad-ee songs and podsts wh Amazon MicSign up now for a 30-day ee trialSign upFriday’s events sparked an uproar among Malaysians, cludg members of the untry’s LGBT+ muny, who said Healy’s actns uld end up exposg them to more stigma the Mlim-majory Malaysia where homosexualy is a crime, Indonia’s natnal laws do not view as a crimal offence, although lol laws discrimate agast LGBT+ there have been other LGBT+-related events ncelled Indonia recent months due to objectns om Islamic groups, such as a planned vis last December by a US LGBT+ special remas unclear why the band also ncelled their Taiwan show, as the island has a proud reputatn as a bastn of LGBT+ rights and liberalism east Asia.

Rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.

The 1975 were due to play on Sunday Jakarta, the pal of Indonia, the world’s most populo Mlim-majory natn, where homosexualy is a taboo subject, though not illegal except sharia-led Aceh provce. Rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr events on Friday Malaysia ed an uproar, angerg not only the ernment, but members of the LGBT muny, who said ontman Matty Healy's actns uld expose LGBT people to more stigma and 1975 were due to play on Sunday Jakarta, the pal of Indonia, the world's most populo Mlim-majory natn, where homosexualy is a taboo subject, though not illegal except sharia-led Aceh LGBT-related events have also been ncelled Indonia due to objectns om Islamic groups, cludg a planned vis last December by a U.

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Global Tim, a state-n tabloid known for s natnalistic rhetoric, posted a vio Saturday showsg and praisg gay social life Beijg. In the unlikely scenar that the Che ernment did embrace homosexualy, wouldn’t be unprecented, acrdg to Steve Tsang, director of the Cha Instute at the Universy of London. “I’m seeg more and more gay Che e out of the closet and live the liv they want, ” he said.

Wh such a liberal society, Taiwan mt be a good place for gay travellers, right? Intertgly, homosexualy has technilly never been illegal Taiwan. The age of nsent is the same for both homosexual and heterosexual upl (16).

The bate over same-sex marriage has been gog on sce 2003 when the executive branch of the ernment started to prepare legislatn to allow gay marriage. Meanwhile, the movement support of gay marriage was growg Taiwan wh publicy events like the biggt same-sex weddg party ever 2011.

The panel of judg gave the ernment 2 years to legalize same-sex marriage, which would make the first untry Asia to legalise gay marriage. The good news is, acrdg to a 2016 study, tolerance towards homosexualy Taiwan creased 132% between 1995 and 2012 and Taiwan’s reputatn as the most gay-iendly untry Asia is certaly more than jtified by this and s thrivg gay muny. However another study showed that Taiwane people were ls likely to be tolerant of gay members of their own fay wh 38.