Wh songs like "I woke up gay" and "Lonely lbian", LGBT+ punk band ! is makg a rare splash Malaysia, g mic to fight long-nng discrimatn.
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FEATURE-'I WOKE UP GAY': MALAYSIAN LGBT+ BAND MIC TO FIGHT BIAS
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By Sikh and Gay om East Malaysia. KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Wh songs like “I woke up gay” and “Lonely lbian”, LGBT+ punk band! Is makg a rare splash Malaysia, g mic to fight long-nng four-member group is a rary a untry where gay and transgenr issu are often seen as taboo, cross-drsg is illegal and sodomy is banned unr a Brish lonial-era name, which means “shut up” the Malay language, is meant to mock crics for seekg to silence the untry’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT+) people.
KUALA LUMPUR GAY TRAVEL
”The recent surge attacks on the LGBT+ muny and anti-gay rhetoric om senr officials has dovetailed wh what crics say is a rise relig nservatism, which has erod Malaysia’s tradnally tolerant brand of than 60 percent of Malaysia’s 32 ln people are Malay Mlims, but the untry is also home to a large number of ethnic mori who practise other religns.
Relig lears are among those who have spoken out agast the LGBT+ muny, argug homosexualy is forbidn by relig teachgs. Even animals do not engage homosexual acts, ” he add. All members of the gay muny should be able to travel where they want and enjoy the treasur Malaysia has to offer, but is important to be aware of the legal and social suatn before travelg.
Unr a Brish Empire lonial-era law, sodomy (and oral sex) is illegal, for both homosexual and heterosexual upl. The rhetoric of many policians is very anti-homosexualy. 2013 rearch rried out by the Pew Rearch Center showed ltle acceptance om the Malaysian populatn towards homosexualy: 86% believed should not be accepted by society.