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Contents:

• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
• MALAYSIA FTIVAL NCELLED AFTER MATTY HEALY SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS AND KISS BANDMATE
• CANCELAN FTIVAL MIL POR SULTOS A LAS LEY ANTIGAY
• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• GAYS CANTERBURY
• LGBT HISTORY MONTH: GAY BARS ARE REFUG FOR ALL SAYS CANTERBURY'S LIM LOUNGE AND THA'S THE SUNDOWNERS SOPHIE BIRD PUBLISHED: 06:00, 08 FEBARY 2020  | UPDATED: 15:38, 08 FEBARY 2020   | | | --> THE OWNER OF A GAY BAR HAS SAID WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE THEM THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT THEY HAVE BEE A BEAN OF ACCEPTANCE TO MANY RECENT YEARSPARENTS OF LGBT+ CHILDREN KENT ARE NOW G THEM FOR ADVICE. DPE THE CHANGG TIM, THE BARS REMA A REFUGE FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IGHTENED TO REVEAL THEIR SEXUALY A NVENTNAL SETTG, OR DON'T WANT TO GO TO A PUB WHICH ULD BE FULL OF ROWDY REVELLERS.VISORS ALL DRSED UP AT THE SUNDOWNERS OWNERS OF GAY BARS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF THEIR MUNY MOVG OUT OM BASEMENTS AND NOW THEY ARE SENTIALLY THE SAME AS ANY OTHER PUB. DUNN BAYL, 59, WHO NS THE SUNDOWNERS THA, SAID: "BARS ARE A LOT MORE THE OPEN NOW. IN THE PAST, BARS WERE HELD UNRGROUND. YOU HAD TO PH BUZZERS OR KNOW SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM."NOW WE'RE QUE HAPPY TO ADVERTISE WE ARE A GAY BAR, WHICH IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. WE WILL FLY OUR FLAGS SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE."ANTHONY BUTCHER, WHO NS LIM LOUNGE CANTERBURY, SAYS A BIG CHANGE HE HAS NOTICED IS HOW EQUENTLY PARENTS E TO HIS BAR LOOKG FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO REACT TO THEIR LGBT+ CHILD G OUT.THE 57-YEAR-OLD SAYS THIS HAS BEE LIKE A EE SERVICE THE BAR PROVIS, WH FAI OFTEN VISG MONTHS LATER TO THANK THEM.TONY BUTCHER, LIM LOUNGE: "SCE I'VE BEEN ME TO KENT, I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. I LOVE DOWN HERE NOW, 'S PART OF MY LIFE, 'S WHERE I SHOULD BE AND PROBABLY DIE DOWN HERE."HE ADD: "WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHOSE SON WANTED TO BE A WOMAN. HE ME DOWN HERE AND HE WAS TEARS WH HIS WIFE. HE WAS ASKG MY ADVICE AND I JT SAID TO HIM YOU'VE GOT TO GO WH THE FLOW AND SEE HOW GO. "NOW, THE LAD - WHO IS NOW A LADY - IS VERY HAPPY AND THE PARENTS HAVE ACCEPTED AND THEY POP EVERY NOW AND AGA.”ANTHONY SAYS BARS LIKE HIS ARE A REFUGE TO ALL, CLUDG CELEBRI, VIRS, POLICE, ARMED FORC, URT WORKERS AND ERNMENT WORKERS, WHO ARE AAID TO E OUT BUT KNOW THEIR SECRET WILL BE SAFE WH BAR STAFF.DUNN BELIEV AN IAL WORLD WE SHOULDN'T NEED GAYS BARS. HE ADD: "IF A MAN WANTS TO HOLD HANDS WH A MAN OR WOMEN WANT TO HOLD HANDS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE. WE'RE THE 21ST CENTURY, NOT THE 1800S."EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LGBT+ ENJOY THE SAFETY OF A GAY BAR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ROUGHER BARS. ANTHONY SAYS STRAIGHT WOMEN OFTEN VIS HIS BAR AS A WAY OF AVOIDG MEN HTG ON THEM AND TO BE A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL RPECTED.THE SUNDOWNERS OFTEN HOLD DRAG IDOL PETNS, HAVE DRS UP EVENGS AND QUIZ NIGHTSDISABLED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE WILL ALSO VIS THE BARS BEE OF THEIR REPUTATN FOR BEG ACCEPTG TO ALL. ANTHONY ADD: "IT'S NOT JT A TO MAKE MONEY. IT'S A REFUGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A B IGHTENED, SOME OF G OUT AND SOME OF THEM ARE OLR PEOPLE WHO ONLY E OUT LATER LIFE."THE BAR OWNERS ALSO SAY SOME OF THEIR CTOMERS E TO THE BARS FOR THE UNIQUE ENTERTAMENT, SUCH AS DRAG ACTS, FANCY DRS NIGHTS, MICIANS AND A RANGE OF GS - A VARIETY WHICH THEY SAY MOST PUBS NOW LACK. LOOKG BACK FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH, GAY BARS HAVE SEEN A WARMER WELE THE GENERAL MUNY THE PAST FEW S. BUT NOW MANY ARE CLOSG DOWN ACROSS THE UNTY. DUNN REMEMBERS THREE WHICH WERE ONCE OPEN THA AND CANTERBURY HAS SEEN FOUR OTHERS CLOSE DOWN. LIME’S LOUNGE AND THE SUNDOWNERS ARE NOW THE ONLY GAY BARS THOSE AREAS.VISORS ENJOYG A DRK AT THE LIM BARTHE SUNDOWNERS OWNER HAS A THEORY AS TO WHY MORE BARS ARE CLOSG DOWN.HE SAID: "THE ST OF RENTS AND BS TAX RAT HAVE CLOSED A LOT OF THEM DOWN. BUT ALSO PEOPLE E SOCIAL MEDIA TO MEET MORE AND I THK THAT HAS A BIG BEARG."WHEREAS, GOG BACK, THERE WAS NO SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WERE NO DATG APPS. SO PEOPLE ED TO HAVE TO GO TO A GAY BAR TO MEET ANOTHER GAY PERSON."THE 59-YEAR-OLD BELIEV THIS HAS IMPACTED THE STRAIGHT DATG WORLD AS WELL, BUT HS GAY BARS MUCH MORE BEE OF HOW SENTIAL THEY WERE FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO FD OTHERS LIKE THEMSELV.HOWEVER, NEHER OF THE OWNERS BELIEVE GAR BARS ARE GOG TO DIE OUT AS THEY STILL OFFER A SPACE PEOPLE NEED.TONY BUTCHER, OWNER OF LIM LOUNGE: “ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE.”ANTHONY AND DUNN HAVE BOTH NOTICED A RECENT RISE HOSTILY TOWARDS LGBT+ PEOPLE AND SAY HAS HAD A PART TO PLAY THE CLOSG OF SOME OF THE BARS.DUNN SAID: "I THK THERE IS FELY MORE ACCEPTANCE, BUT THE WORRYG TREND IS AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE AN CREASE HOMOPHOBIC ASSLTS THE UNTRY. IT'S FELY GONE BACKWARDS, I WOULD SAY, THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS."ACRDG TO THE LATT CROWN PROSECUTN SERVICE FIGUR, HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIM ALT WH BY PROSECUTORS KENT CREASED OM 38 2017/18 TO 62 2018/19.HATE CRIM TOWARDS LGBT+ PEOPLE HAS QUADPLED KENT SCE 2013/14, WHEN JT 14 S WERE ALT WH BY PROSECUTORS, 12 S RULTED NVICTNS AND TWO S DID NOT.THE RISE THE NUMBERS OF S MAY BE BEE PEOPLE HAVE MORE NFINCE REPORTG HATE CRIME, HOWEVER, THE LGBT+ CHARY STONEWALL, SUGGTS THE RISE HAS CID WH RISG BAT AROUND LGBT+ CLIVE TN AND TRANSGENR EQUALY.ANTHONY IS ADAMANT HE IS AN DTRY WHICH WOULD GO ON FOREVER. HE IS HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, AS GAY BARS EVOLVE WH THE CHANGG TIM.HE SAID: “THE GAY MUNY IS NOT GOG BACK, THEY’RE GOG FORWARD BEE WE’RE GETTG BRAVER."I'VE WORKED HARD THIS DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 'S NICE TO KNOW THE BARRIERS ARE BREAKG DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE ENJOYG THEMSELV. ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE”READ MORE: ALL THE LATT NEWS OM KENT FOR MORE REAL LIFE STORI, CLICK HERE. --> CANTERBURY HUMAN INTERT KENT THA SOPHIE BIRD _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "221579"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

Malaysia’s ernment halted a mic ftival the pal Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the ontman of Brish pop rock band The 1975 kissed a male bandmate onstage and cricised the untry’s anti-LGBTQ laws.“There will be no promise agast any party that challeng, disparag and vlat Malaysian laws,” Communitns Mister Fahmi Fadzil said a Twter post after meetg the anizers of the Good Vib Ftival, a three-day event set to n until Sunday.The 1975 have also been banned om performg Malaysia, said a ernment mtee that overse filmg and performanc by foreigners.Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia. Rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.In vios posted on social media late on Friday, Healy was seen kissg bassist Ross MacDonald after cricizg Malaysia’s stance agast homosexualy a profany-lan speech to the ftival dience.“I ma a mistake. Not as easy as looks”.Healy was cricised for kissg a male fan at a 2019 ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also has laws agast homosexual acts, media reported.Ftival anizer Future Sound Asia (FSA) apologized for the ncellatn of the show followg Healy’s “ntroversial nduct and remarks”.

Homosexualy is illegal Malaysia and punishable by 20 years prison.

Bee you’re young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive and ol. Dpe several lol bylaws discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people Indonia, s natnal laws have never ma homosexualy a crimal there have been attempts to crimalise homosexualy by nservative policians and groups, while gay upl often face discrimatn the world’s most populo Mlim-majory untry. 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

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. 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.

CANCELAN FTIVAL MIL POR SULTOS A LAS LEY ANTIGAY

Footage was posted on social media and sparked a backlash the untry, where homosexualy is punishable by up to 20 years prison and ng. 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.

MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

”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. In the UAE, homosexualy is punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMalaysia Halts Mic Ftival After Kiss Between Bandmat OnstageThe episo as rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the untry, where homosexualy is a crime.

GAYS CANTERBURY

Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia. Rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr vios posted on social media late on Friday, Matty Healy, the band’s ontman, was seen kissg the bassist, Ross MacDonald, after cricizg Malaysia’s stance agast homosexualy a profany-lan speech to the ftival dience.

LGBT HISTORY MONTH: GAY BARS ARE REFUG FOR ALL SAYS CANTERBURY'S LIM LOUNGE AND THA'S THE SUNDOWNERS SOPHIE BIRD PUBLISHED: 06:00, 08 FEBARY 2020  | UPDATED: 15:38, 08 FEBARY 2020   | | | --> THE OWNER OF A GAY BAR HAS SAID WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE THEM THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT THEY HAVE BEE A BEAN OF ACCEPTANCE TO MANY RECENT YEARSPARENTS OF LGBT+ CHILDREN KENT ARE NOW G THEM FOR ADVICE. DPE THE CHANGG TIM, THE BARS REMA A REFUGE FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IGHTENED TO REVEAL THEIR SEXUALY A NVENTNAL SETTG, OR DON'T WANT TO GO TO A PUB WHICH ULD BE FULL OF ROWDY REVELLERS.VISORS ALL DRSED UP AT THE SUNDOWNERS OWNERS OF GAY BARS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF THEIR MUNY MOVG OUT OM BASEMENTS AND NOW THEY ARE SENTIALLY THE SAME AS ANY OTHER PUB. DUNN BAYL, 59, WHO NS THE SUNDOWNERS THA, SAID: "BARS ARE A LOT MORE THE OPEN NOW. IN THE PAST, BARS WERE HELD UNRGROUND. YOU HAD TO PH BUZZERS OR KNOW SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM."NOW WE'RE QUE HAPPY TO ADVERTISE WE ARE A GAY BAR, WHICH IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. WE WILL FLY OUR FLAGS SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE."ANTHONY BUTCHER, WHO NS LIM LOUNGE CANTERBURY, SAYS A BIG CHANGE HE HAS NOTICED IS HOW EQUENTLY PARENTS E TO HIS BAR LOOKG FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO REACT TO THEIR LGBT+ CHILD G OUT.THE 57-YEAR-OLD SAYS THIS HAS BEE LIKE A EE SERVICE THE BAR PROVIS, WH FAI OFTEN VISG MONTHS LATER TO THANK THEM.TONY BUTCHER, LIM LOUNGE: "SCE I'VE BEEN ME TO KENT, I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. I LOVE DOWN HERE NOW, 'S PART OF MY LIFE, 'S WHERE I SHOULD BE AND PROBABLY DIE DOWN HERE."HE ADD: "WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHOSE SON WANTED TO BE A WOMAN. HE ME DOWN HERE AND HE WAS TEARS WH HIS WIFE. HE WAS ASKG MY ADVICE AND I JT SAID TO HIM YOU'VE GOT TO GO WH THE FLOW AND SEE HOW GO. "NOW, THE LAD - WHO IS NOW A LADY - IS VERY HAPPY AND THE PARENTS HAVE ACCEPTED AND THEY POP EVERY NOW AND AGA.”ANTHONY SAYS BARS LIKE HIS ARE A REFUGE TO ALL, CLUDG CELEBRI, VIRS, POLICE, ARMED FORC, URT WORKERS AND ERNMENT WORKERS, WHO ARE AAID TO E OUT BUT KNOW THEIR SECRET WILL BE SAFE WH BAR STAFF.DUNN BELIEV AN IAL WORLD WE SHOULDN'T NEED GAYS BARS. HE ADD: "IF A MAN WANTS TO HOLD HANDS WH A MAN OR WOMEN WANT TO HOLD HANDS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE. WE'RE THE 21ST CENTURY, NOT THE 1800S."EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LGBT+ ENJOY THE SAFETY OF A GAY BAR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ROUGHER BARS. ANTHONY SAYS STRAIGHT WOMEN OFTEN VIS HIS BAR AS A WAY OF AVOIDG MEN HTG ON THEM AND TO BE A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL RPECTED.THE SUNDOWNERS OFTEN HOLD DRAG IDOL PETNS, HAVE DRS UP EVENGS AND QUIZ NIGHTSDISABLED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE WILL ALSO VIS THE BARS BEE OF THEIR REPUTATN FOR BEG ACCEPTG TO ALL. ANTHONY ADD: "IT'S NOT JT A TO MAKE MONEY. IT'S A REFUGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A B IGHTENED, SOME OF G OUT AND SOME OF THEM ARE OLR PEOPLE WHO ONLY E OUT LATER LIFE."THE BAR OWNERS ALSO SAY SOME OF THEIR CTOMERS E TO THE BARS FOR THE UNIQUE ENTERTAMENT, SUCH AS DRAG ACTS, FANCY DRS NIGHTS, MICIANS AND A RANGE OF GS - A VARIETY WHICH THEY SAY MOST PUBS NOW LACK. LOOKG BACK FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH, GAY BARS HAVE SEEN A WARMER WELE THE GENERAL MUNY THE PAST FEW S. BUT NOW MANY ARE CLOSG DOWN ACROSS THE UNTY. DUNN REMEMBERS THREE WHICH WERE ONCE OPEN THA AND CANTERBURY HAS SEEN FOUR OTHERS CLOSE DOWN. LIME’S LOUNGE AND THE SUNDOWNERS ARE NOW THE ONLY GAY BARS THOSE AREAS.VISORS ENJOYG A DRK AT THE LIM BARTHE SUNDOWNERS OWNER HAS A THEORY AS TO WHY MORE BARS ARE CLOSG DOWN.HE SAID: "THE ST OF RENTS AND BS TAX RAT HAVE CLOSED A LOT OF THEM DOWN. BUT ALSO PEOPLE E SOCIAL MEDIA TO MEET MORE AND I THK THAT HAS A BIG BEARG."WHEREAS, GOG BACK, THERE WAS NO SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WERE NO DATG APPS. SO PEOPLE ED TO HAVE TO GO TO A GAY BAR TO MEET ANOTHER GAY PERSON."THE 59-YEAR-OLD BELIEV THIS HAS IMPACTED THE STRAIGHT DATG WORLD AS WELL, BUT HS GAY BARS MUCH MORE BEE OF HOW SENTIAL THEY WERE FOR LGBT+ PEOPLE TO FD OTHERS LIKE THEMSELV.HOWEVER, NEHER OF THE OWNERS BELIEVE GAR BARS ARE GOG TO DIE OUT AS THEY STILL OFFER A SPACE PEOPLE NEED.TONY BUTCHER, OWNER OF LIM LOUNGE: “ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE.”ANTHONY AND DUNN HAVE BOTH NOTICED A RECENT RISE HOSTILY TOWARDS LGBT+ PEOPLE AND SAY HAS HAD A PART TO PLAY THE CLOSG OF SOME OF THE BARS.DUNN SAID: "I THK THERE IS FELY MORE ACCEPTANCE, BUT THE WORRYG TREND IS AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE AN CREASE HOMOPHOBIC ASSLTS THE UNTRY. IT'S FELY GONE BACKWARDS, I WOULD SAY, THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS."ACRDG TO THE LATT CROWN PROSECUTN SERVICE FIGUR, HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIM ALT WH BY PROSECUTORS KENT CREASED OM 38 2017/18 TO 62 2018/19.HATE CRIM TOWARDS LGBT+ PEOPLE HAS QUADPLED KENT SCE 2013/14, WHEN JT 14 S WERE ALT WH BY PROSECUTORS, 12 S RULTED NVICTNS AND TWO S DID NOT.THE RISE THE NUMBERS OF S MAY BE BEE PEOPLE HAVE MORE NFINCE REPORTG HATE CRIME, HOWEVER, THE LGBT+ CHARY STONEWALL, SUGGTS THE RISE HAS CID WH RISG BAT AROUND LGBT+ CLIVE TN AND TRANSGENR EQUALY.ANTHONY IS ADAMANT HE IS AN DTRY WHICH WOULD GO ON FOREVER. HE IS HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, AS GAY BARS EVOLVE WH THE CHANGG TIM.HE SAID: “THE GAY MUNY IS NOT GOG BACK, THEY’RE GOG FORWARD BEE WE’RE GETTG BRAVER."I'VE WORKED HARD THIS DTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 'S NICE TO KNOW THE BARRIERS ARE BREAKG DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE ENJOYG THEMSELV. ANYONE WHO LIK THE GAY MUNY IS WELE”READ MORE: ALL THE LATT NEWS OM KENT FOR MORE REAL LIFE STORI, CLICK HERE. --> CANTERBURY HUMAN INTERT KENT THA SOPHIE BIRD _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "221579"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR

Healy had faced cricism for kissg a male fan at a 2019 ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also has laws agast homosexual acts, acrdg to news media ftival’s anizer, Future Sound Asia, apologized for the show’s ncellatn after Mr. El gobierno Malasia ha ncelado un ftival mil spués que el volista la banda bráni The 1975 ftigó las ley antigay l país y bó a un pañero durante su actuación. (Stt Garft / Stt Garft/visn/ap) KUALA LUMPUR — El gobierno Malasia nceló un ftival mil el sábado spués que el volista la banda bráni The 1975 ftigó las ley antigay l país y bó a un pañero durante su actuación.

El mistro Comunicn y Digal, Fahmi Fadzil, dijo que la nducta Matty Healy el viern por la noche al ic l Ftival Buenas Vibras fue “muy grosera” un discurso lleno obscenidas, Healy cricó la posición l gobierno ntra la homosexualidad y luego bó al bajista Ross MacDonald. En te país, la homosexualidad un crimen penado n hasta 20 años prisión y agencia enrgada aprobar actuacn artistas extranjeros dijo que le cepcnaba la nducta la banda al “sultar y faltar el rpeto a las ley l país”. Dijo que el gpo no podrá volver a actuar en fue la primera vez que Healy fendió los rechos gays y lbianas s el cenar.