Posted on 02/21/2023 6:13:46 PM PST by marshmallow
Homosexuality is forbidden in Malaysia and laws criminalizing sodomy can result in imprisonment, corporal punishment
Activists in Malaysia criticized Thursday a government decision to ban three books for allegedly promoting "LGBTQ lifestyles", saying it would further erode gay and transgender rights.
"Jacob's Room to Choose", a children's book about gender expression and identity, was banned in January, the home ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
In the book, a teacher educates children on gender identity at a school after a student wearing a dress feels unwelcome in the boys' toilet.
Two other children's books, "The Tale of Seven" and "Aku", were also banned.
The ministry said its objective was to "prevent the spread of elements that are harmful to morality in the community".
Homosexuality is forbidden in Malaysia and laws criminalizing sodomy can result in imprisonment, corporal punishment and fines.
Siti Kasim, a prominent Malaysian human rights lawyer, described the ban as an attempt "to chisel away" at LGBTQ rights.
"This group has always been marginalized and oppressed," she said.
Thilaga Sulathireh from the transgender rights group Justice for Sisters said the move was part of "a broader trend of censorship that we are seeing in the last couple of years".
"The ban of the books further shrinks spaces for LGBTQ people to express and be themselves," she told AFP, urging the government to "stop discrimination against LGBTQ people".
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Their country, their rules.
Homosexual acts should be illegal. There should be no homosexual acts.
Medical mutilations should be illegal too.
There should be no “homosexual rights” ... darn typos.
“Activists”
How about queers and perverts?
That would be more accurate.
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I encourage these activists to get themselves thrown off the roof of a tall building.
Flying lessons for faggots.
I was there in 1974, working for Texas Instruments. Beautiful country and, since it had been British, everyone spoke English. Got to visit the Batu Caves, which is a treat for sure.
“Their country, their rules.”
Not to the Neocons. I guess they’ll soon feel they have to declare war on Malaysia, in order to impose their “Rules-Based (gay) Order”.
The lack of Homosexual rights in Malaysia was one of the cogs in the mental illness wheel that led to Flight 370 “disapearing”.
True Story.
Actually they have no problem with Muslim countries doing it, they are higher up on the “Woke” Totem Pole.
Maybe they should instead worry about the country picking up the Islamic Cult practice of throwing homosexuals off roof tops?
Even murderous Islamics are more righteousness than the US government in this regard
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