Posts tagged Malaysia
Periodical Political Post *160
Apr 8th
Queer News
- Uruguay Senate overwhelmingly approves marriage equality bill in vote
- Malaysian government produces anti-gay musical to scare kids straight
- Gay porn star blasts US immigration laws; commits suicide shortly after
- Sweden’s first openly gay member of parliament gay bashed in Greece
- More than 3,000 signed up for gay protest of Putin in Amsterdam
Other News
- Protest against declaring public protests illegal declared illegal in Canada
- US High School to hold a prom for white kids and one "integrated" prom
- Father, first time offender sells pain killers to friend, gets 25 years in prison
- US teacher under investigation for saying “vagina” in anatomy lesson
- Holy torrents: The porn films being pirated within the walls of Vatican
+133Periodical Political Post *151
Feb 3rd
Queer News
- French General Assembly votes to make same-sex marriage legal
- Russian gay activists beaten up by crowd at protest in Moscow
- LGBT is a social illness, says Malaysian deputy education minister
- British gov’t considers letting gay royals marry, inherit throne
- Catholic group: Not killing gay dog is anti-straight discrimination
Other News
- In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues foetuses aren’t people
- US corporations successfully lobby against privacy in EU Parliament
- Americans face up to 10 years prison for unlocking their smartphone
- Let elderly people hurry up and die, says Japanese finance minister
- 7 year-old boy handcuffed for 5 Dollar “robbery’” in New York City
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Sep 21st
Queer News
- Australian parliament overwhelmingly votes against marriage equality
- Malaysian minister suggests early corrective measures for LGBT people
- U.S. judge denies transgender name-changes with crude DNA argument
- British doctor tells students to act “less gay” to pass their medical exam
- Teacher in New Zealand fired for supporting students’ pro-gay protest
Other News
- Tax cuts don’t lead to economic growth, a new 65-year study finds
- Jailed for life at age 14: U.S. supreme court to consider juvenile sentences
- Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, released files show
- New legislation in the Philippines outlaws cybersex and video sex chats
- Crazy stuff they’ll teach in Louisiana’s publicly funded charter schools
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Nov 14th
Queer News
- Petition urges closure of more than 200 Ecuadorian ex-gay torture clinics
- Burned torso in Detroit identified as that of missing transgender teen
- Two Malaysian states considering new and harsher penalties for gays
- Montreal football star comes out, says he regrets hiding homosexuality
- Liverpool first UK city to officially recognise gay quarter with street signs
- Students at Vermont High School stage sit-In, rally for bullied bisexual boy
Other News
- U.S. Man gets life in prison, no possibility of parole for looking at forbidden pictures
- Occupy protests keep going while police shoots photographers and attacks students
- Experts say America’s approach to sex offenders makes the problem worse
- America has the chance to finally get a sane sex education bill, will they use it?
- University head coach gets fired for covering up child rape, students want him back
- Warner Brothers admits it forced file hoster to delete files it didn’t have copyrights for
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Nov 7th
Queer News
- Two arrested over horrific attack on gay man; hate crime designation unlikely
- Michigan Senate says bullying kids is OK if you have religious reasons
- Malaysian police cancels gay arts festival aimed at fighting discrimination
- Largest U.S. TV station Fox News downplays stories about anti-queer bullying
- Hate messages blight Americas first gay homecoming king and queen
- Student at University of Texas says she was beaten because she’s a lesbian
- Serbian MP convicted for saying Gay Pride would promote gay illness
- Anti-gay campaigner says his opponents are a part of “Satan’s plan”
Other News
- Israel to shift tax burden to rich & companies: first success for protest movement
- Wealth distribution in United States most unequal among industrialized nations
- While America is hit by huge crisis, members of congress get richer & richer
- Piracy problems? U.S. copyright industries actually show terrific health
- Thousands rally against PM Berlusconi in Italy, demand his resignation
- U.S. Govt. ignored cancer concerns as it rolled out airport nude scanner
- Sexual harassment does not exist according to U.S. conservatives
- Sexual violence against men, including rape, is under-reported, poorly addressed
- British study shows alcohol is twice as harmful to its users as cannabis
- Breast cancer survivors banned by Facebook over ‘pornographic’ photos
0“Sissy Camps” in Malaysia
Apr 20th
A camp set up to correct the effeminate behaviour of Muslim schoolboys violates the law and should be abolished, says Malaysia’s women’s minister. Sixty-six schoolboys identified by teachers as effeminate began counselling this week to discourage them from being gay. They are undergoing four days of religious and physical education. An education official said the camp was meant to guide the boys back "to a proper path in life".
But the women’s minister, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said singling out these children based on perceived feminine mannerisms was traumatising and harmful to their mental health. The camp violates the Child Act, which protects children without prejudice, she said.
Gay rights groups have also criticised the measure, saying it promotes homophobia in the Muslim-majority country where gay sex is still illegal. The schoolboys allegedly displayed "feminine mannerisms" – though educators in the conservative state of Terengganu did not detail what they were. State officials say that, if left unchecked, the students – aged between 13 and 17 – could end up gay or transsexual. Read more…
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