Malaysia accused of 'state-sponsored homophobia' after LGBT crackdown

Discrimination against community intensifies after politicians ratchet up anti-gay rhetoric to gain votes In the early hours of Saturday, the police and government officials raided a small nightclub in Kuala Lumpur. The venue, Blue Boy, was known to be popular with the LGBT community, but for 30 years had been left alone by the authorities. Until the weekend. Twenty men were detained and ordered into counselling for “illicit behaviour” by the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department of Malaysia (JAKIM). Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/22/malaysia-accused-of-state-sponsored-homophobia-after-lgbt-crackdown #Headlines by: Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent

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