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More Than Half of Americans Still Believe Dangerous Myths About HIV
Source: http://www.newnownext.com/hiv-stigma-study...iences/07/2020/

We still have a long way to go in combatting HIV/AIDS stigma, according to a new report from GLAAD.


The advocacy group’s first State of HIV Stigma Study surveyed more than 2,500 Americans over the age of 18 about their knowledge and opinions regarding HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV. The research was funded by Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the HIV prevention drug Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), also known as Truvada, and is developing a costly new COVID-19 treatment. And its results are staggering: In 2020, nearly six out of 10 Americans wrongfully believe that “it is important to be careful around people living with HIV to avoid catching it.”

Although people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus, only 35% of respondents think those who are HIV-positive “shouldn’t have to tell others.”

However, there appears to be some self-awareness among Americans. A whopping 89% of respondents said there is still stigma around HIV, and 88% agree that people are “quick to judge” those living with HIV. What’s more, 40% of cisgender, heterosexual Americans and 34% of LGBTQ Americans admitted that they only “know a little about HIV.”

To combat this, GLAAD also announced its Accelerate Compassion and Accelerate Impact programs, which will provide media training to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS advocates and improve the quality of HIV/AIDS media coverage around the country. Both programs are funded through a $9 million grant from Gilead.

In a media statement, GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis stressed the need to “educate the public on the facts about HIV today”:

People living with HIV today are leading long, healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV when they receive proper treatment, but the stigma that they face has persisted for far too long and leads to harmful discrimination. HIV issues have flown under the radar, but with advances in treatment and prevention, we urgently need to educate the public on the facts about HIV today. GLAAD’s new programs will ensure that local HIV advocates are front and center throughout national and local media in an effort to educate the public and uplift stories about people living with HIV.

These efforts are especially vital given the Trump administration’s lackluster HIV/AIDS initiatives. As NewNowNext previously reported, the president wrongfully claimed that an “AIDS vaccine” exists during a coronavirus press conference in June. This came months after Trump appointed Vice President Mike Pence to spearhead the White House’s coronavirus task force, a move that sparked criticism given Pence’s infamously poor handling of an HIV/AIDS outbreak in Indiana during his tenure as governor.
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Ignore criticisms by LGBT activists, says PAS MP
Source: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...ts-says-pas-mp/

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KUALA LUMPUR: A PAS MP today said most of the criticisms levelled against the government’s policies on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community were “biased” and urged the government not to entertain them.

Describing the actions by LGBT activists against the government as “prejudiced”, Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (PN-Bachok) said these individuals were against measures to rehabilitate members of the community to the right path.

Nik Abduh said the group may have not read a manual published in 2013 by the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) that explains measures to assist and rehabilitate members of the LGBT community.

“They are prejudiced against the positive measures taken by the government, especially Jakim,” he said, adding that the measures were aimed “at saving” the LGBT community.

“Even though more countries have accepted the LGBT ideology, I want to state that Malaysia should retain its stand to reject this ideology,” he said.

He said although Jakim was carrying out its enforcement to rehabilitate the community to return to the right path, “it is surprising that they (the activists) think this is abusing their space”.
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He acknowledged that the world is moving towards recognising equality but prefers Malaysia being stuck in the middle-ages. rclxub.gif

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QUOTE(GuyB @ Jul 28 2020, 12:56 PM)
So what's new in Malaysia?
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Mexico City approves bill to criminalise gay ‘conversion therapy’
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/mexico-city...ersion-therapy/

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Mexico City’s regional congress approved a bill to criminalise gay ‘conversion therapy’ in a virtual session on Friday 24 July.

The practice – which has been discredited by the NHS and the World Psychiatric Association – refers to any attempt at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and often involves techniques such as electroshock therapy or prayer.

The new law, hailed as a major step forward for LGBTQ+ citizens in Mexico, would sentence offenders with up to five years in prison and there would be harsher punishments for those who subject minors to the practice.

It also defines ‘conversion therapy’ as a psychological or psychiatric measure that intends to “nullify, hinder, modify or undermine” the expression of a person’s gender identity or their sexual orientation.

LGBTQ+ activists praised the outcome on social media, with Jóvenes LGBT México writing on Twitter: “Today, one more fight has been consolidated in our city and so has one more chapter in the history of the LGBT+ movement in Mexico. I feel very happy to walk hand in hand with all of you. This victory is yours.”

Mexico City’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’ follows recent calls for Boris Johnson to criminalise the practice in the UK.

Ban Conversion Therapy, a new group which works closely with LGBTQ+ charities and human rights organisations, are calling for a comprehensive and swift ban.

An open letter to the prime minister and Downing Street has also attracted the support of numerous celebrities.

The letter, backed by Elton John, Stephen Fry, Dua Lipa, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall, Stonewall, Mermaids, The Ozanne Foundation, Amnesty UK, Gendered Intelligence, All-Out and many others was sent to Downing Street and Equalities Minister, Liz Truss, on 10 July.

Other signatures include Olly Alexander from Years & Years, trans activist Munroe Bergdorf, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, actor Alan Cumming, writer Russell T. Davies, comedian Mae Martin, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Layla Moran, co-founder of UK Black Pride Phyll Opoku-Gyimah and singers Rina Sawayama and Charli XCX.

Social media giant Instagram has also pledged to ban all content relating to the promotion of ‘conversion therapy.’

“We don’t allow attacks against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity and are updating our policies to ban the promotion of conversion therapy services,” Tara Hopkins, EMEA public policy director, told BBC News.

“We are always reviewing our policies and will continue to consult with experts and people with personal experiences to inform our approach.”

Instagram added that it will take some time to roll out the policy across its platform, so while all content promoting ‘conversion therapy’ won’t immediately be removed, over time it will be blocked.

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Malaysia can save a lot of precious ringgit if we manage to stop state-sanctioned conversion therapies like the ones under JAKIM. sad.gif
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Here are all the queer favourites nominated at the 72nd Emmy Awards
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/here-are...nd-emmy-awards/

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LGBTQ+ stories are poised for success at the Emmy Awards this year.

Schitt’s Creek, which came to a bittersweet end earlier this year with its sixth season, received acting nominations for ]all four main cast members – Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Dan Levy, and Annie Murphy – as well as Outstanding Comedy Series. Deserved.

RuPaul earned his fifth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Host for RuPaul’s Drag Race (he won the past four years), where he will compete against Queer Eye stars Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked received another nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, as well as Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka and Shangela’s critically-acclaimed new HBO series, We’re Here. Drag Race alum Raven is also up for her second nomination in the Outstanding Contemporary Makeup For a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic) category.

Thanks to her work on the debut season of HBO’s teen drama Euphoria, Zendaya picked up her first ever Emmy nomination, as did Jeremy Pope for Hollywood – Ryan Murphy’s latest series for Netflix – with fellow cast members Jim Parsons and Holland Taylor.

Despite continuing to received widespread critical acclaim for their performances, the only cast recognised cast member from Pose is Billy Porter, who made history last year as the first openly gay Black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category.

Other LGBTQ+ stars to pick up nominations include Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black), Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale), Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), Titus Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend), Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Cherry Jones (Succession) and Andrew Scott (Black Mirror).

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Gay, bisexual men and trans women speak of sexual abuse in Syria
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/gay-...8192816296.html

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Beirut, Lebanon - Gay and bisexual men and transgender women (GBT) have been subjected to increased violence at the hands of Syrian state and non-state actors due to their actual or perceived sexual orientation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report.

The United States-based rights group said on Wednesday the abuse, documented in interviews with dozens of survivors who mostly fled to neighbouring Lebanon, had caused "severe physical and mental health consequences which are compounded by a lack of support services in Lebanon".

The report adds to existing HRW research that has documented sex crimes in Syria, ravaged by almost 10 years of war.

Zeynep PÄąnar Erdem, the author of the report, told Al Jazeera some of the victims reported being "harassed and sexually abused for being 'soft-looking'.

"They were perceived as being effeminate by the perpetrators in the detention centres and in the ranks of the Syrian army, and were therefore subjected to increased violence."

'They were happily doing it'

Interviewees, who included 40 GBT and non-binary individuals and four heterosexual men, described being subject to rape, genital violence, threat of rape, forced nudity and sexual harassment.

The testimonials paint a picture of long-lasting physical and psychological trauma that often goes unaddressed due to stigma against GBT people, unwillingness on the part of victims to speak out about their trauma and inadequate services to help them in Lebanon.

The often-debilitating trauma described by survivors includes depression, post-traumatic stress, sexual trauma, loss of hope, and paranoid thoughts, in addition to severe pain in their rectum and genitals, rectal bleeding and muscle pain.

Yousef told HRW he was detained by the Syrian government's intelligence agencies not because he was gay, but once his sexual orientation was revealed, "aggression was multiplied by 10".

"They were happily doing it," the 28-year-old said. "They were of course raping us with sticks. They rape you just to see you suffering, shouting. To see you are humiliated. This is what they like to see. They had a stick inside my anus, and they started saying: 'This is what you like, don't you like it?' It went up till my stomach."

Khalil, a 21-year-old gay survivor, said he was captured by ISIL (ISIS) with a group of people, including his boyfriend who was killed for being gay.

"I was detained by ISIS for three months for being part of protests. I was 15. I was detained with my friends. My boyfriend was thrown from a high building by ISIS," he told HRW.

The abuse did not only occur at the hands of the government and non-state armed groups. The families of the GBT people too often played a leading role in either abusing them or casting them out from society, the report said.

Family abuse

Eight of the interviewees received death threats from their families after they learned of their relatives' sexual orientation.

Fahed, 23, received a threatening text message from his mother in 2018 when she learned he was gay. "May God break your heart, like you broke mine. You f*****, you effeminate. I give you only one week to leave the country [Syria] or else I will kill you myself," the message read, according to Fahed.

"My stepfather wanted to send shabiha [pro-government militia] to kill me and detain me. He put my name in all checkpoints and wanted to kill me," he said, adding he left Syria two weeks after his mother texted him.

Help for people who have suffered such abuse is hard to come by in Lebanon, a country that is itself suffering from one of the world's worst economic crises and is witnessing growing instability.

Survivors who fled to Lebanon spoke of limited services and lacking support from humanitarian organisations that are often "poorly funded and not equipped to meet the needs of male survivors of sexual violence", the report said.

"Service providers often lack training in response to male survivors and some belittle them, which contributes to poor treatment and re-traumatization of those seeking help," it added.

The once-growing space for the LGBTQ community in Lebanon has also been shrinking in recent years, with several gay pride events cancelled. But most of the people interviewed for the report are stuck there - Erdem said just two of them had found resettlement abroad.

Just a handful of others were waiting to hear back on resettlement applications, and could be waiting for many years.

"Most of them will be in Lebanon for long years to come and that's why it's really important that international donors provide healthcare and services for survivors," Erdem said.
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BBC swamped with complaints for showing two girls kissing on teen drama The Next Step
Source: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/02/the-n...sin-teen-drama/

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The BBC has been swamped with complaints for an episode of The Next Step that showed two teenage girls kissing.

The same-sex kiss – the first kiss of two teenage girls falling in love with each other – was aired on CBBC last month and watched by thousands of viewers.

The Next Step is a Canadian drama following a professional dance studio. In the episode featuring the kiss, friends Jude (Molly Sanders) and Cleo (Dani Verago) perform a duet together – and it becomes clear that their feelings for each other are not purely platonic.

Many viewers have praised CBBC for showing queer youth, but according to The Metro “more than 100” others wrote in to complain.

On its complaints website, the BBC said that the decision to include the kiss “was taken very carefully and with much consideration”.

Rejecting complaints that showing the kiss was “inappropriate for the audience age”, the broadcaster said that “CBBC regularly portrays heterosexual young people dating, falling in love, and kissing, and it is an important way of showing children what respectful, kind and loving relationships look like”.

Showing the kiss came about after CBBC and Boatrocker, the production company who make the show, “acknowledged that the series could and should do more to reflect the lives of LGBTQ+ young people”.

“This is an important part of our mission to make sure that every child feels like they belong, that they are safe, and that they can be who they want to be,” the BBC continued.

“We believe that the storyline, and the kiss, was handled with sensitivity and without sensationalism, following as it did the portrayal of Jude and Cleo’s developing relationship.

“Same-sex relationships have already featured in other CBBC shows such as Jamie Johnson, 4 O Clock Club, Dixie and Marrying Mum and Dad, and (contrary to what was reported in the press about The Next Step) the first same-sex kiss on CBBC was in fact in Byker Grove, many years ago.”

Stonewall’s head of policy and research, Eloise Stonborough, praised The Next Step episode in a statement to The Metro as “an exciting moment for LGBT+ representation”.

“It’s important for everyone to be able to see themselves in mainstream media and to know they have a place in society,” she said.

“When lesbian, gay, bi and trans people aren’t reflected in what they watch, young LGBT+ people can get the impression that there is something is different or wrong about them.

“Representation can help young LGBT+ people understand themselves by relating to lesbian, gay, bi and trans characters, and improves understanding of what it means to be lesbian, gay, bi or trans, which helps everyone to be more accepting.”
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Concern on the impact of LGBTQ+ demands
Source: https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2020...t-lgbtq-demands

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LETTERS: In Malaysia, some LGBTQ+ individuals are trying to make others see them as "normal" and now to an extent, wanting for legalization of same-sex and gender-neutral conduct in every aspect of life.

We have not seen such liberal settings in Malaysia for decades but unfortunately the current situation has changed due to the extreme way they see modernization which mostly affects younger children.

A fair portion of the LGBTQ+ community living in Malaysia do not want to be merely acknowledged, they also demand for legal recognition with an agenda. Hence, it is no coincidence that even Kuala Lumpur lawyers committees had organised a webinar discussing on the rights of non-binary, gay and queer persons at workplace, last month.

Even a respected legal body like Kuala Lumpur Bar supports LGBT normalization. A depressing pattern by the pro-LGBTQ speakers is seen when they keep on pushing our country's legislators to make significant amendments to the Federal Constitution and Penal Code when proposing for the abolishment of Section 377 & 377A (offence of sodomy).

Their main issue is to analyse whether our country can accept LGBTQIA+ individuals in the working sector. Undoubtedly everyone should enjoy the rights provided in Article 5(1) and 8(2) of the Constitution which the latter affirms that all persons regardless of gender are equal before the law, entitled to the equal protection of the law and cannot be discriminated.

There is nothing in this Article or the whole Constitution which expressly states that LGBTQ+ individuals can be discriminated in any areas of employment or refrained from rights to acquire property (among others).

Although previous lawmakers have left a wide loophole by excluding a direct interpretation of "gender", it should not be an excuse to abuse the whole context of our Constitution which upholds the importance of Islam as the religion of the Federation and other traditional Eastern beliefs.

It is impossible for an employer to provide a safe and balanced environment for everyone at the workplace since each group from LGBQTIA+ has different needs & demands. For example, the proposal for gender-neutral bathrooms.

Many of the progressive members of the society are beginning to adjust their lives according to the Western values although it does not fit to any of the directions placed by our Federal Constitution.

Same sex marriages and dissolution of gender norms are contrary to Islam and the long traditions of our conservative citizen. Codifying LGBT+ lifestyle as a civil right will only destroy the well-being of family institution and education system.

Majority of us treasure and preserve conservative values in our family units so that future generations would grow as respected human beings and healthy people in mind and body.

Nur Farihah Meor Mazli

International Women's Alliance for Family Institution & Quality Education (WAFIQ)

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This article—albeit with its many disinformation— shows that LGBT rights movement in Malaysia is taking steam and people are starting to take notice. biggrin.gif A lot still need to be done, though.
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QUOTE(jbcoder @ Aug 3 2020, 09:34 AM)
I think they should focus more on curbing child marriages first instead of being hypocrites to curb online porn.

Curbs on online porn, child deaths from being left in cars among issues to be raised in Dewan Rakyat Monday (Aug 3)
Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020...at-monday-aug-3

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KUALA LUMPUR: Online pornography and LGBT, child deaths due to being left in the car and more language interpreters needed are among issues to be raised in the Dewan Rakyat Monday (Aug 3).

Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (PAS-Bachok) will be asking Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah to what extent his ministry has gone to curb any social media site that promotes LGBT and pornography.

Nik Mohamad also wants Saifuddin to state, during Oral Question Time, efforts to curb such online activities.

Rubiah Wang (GPS-Kota Samarahan) will be asking Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun what sort of actions are being taken to address the issue of child deaths due to being left in the car by parents or guardians.

Rubiah, who is raising the issue during Oral Question Time, wants to know if such actions will resolve the problem conclusively.

Chan Ming Kai (PH-Alor Setar) will also be asking Rina on efforts by her ministry to increase the number of sign language interpreters who can serve the deaf.

The Dewan Rakyat sitting will see the start of the Ministerial Replies on issues raised by MPs during two previous weeks of debates on the motion of thanks for the Royal Address.

The respective ministers will be giving their replies to the MPs starting Monday (Aug 3) till Aug 10.
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QUOTE(novblaze @ Aug 3 2020, 10:55 PM)
All of you do not scare to get caught by religion authority by admitting lgbtq+ here?
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Not everyone here is muslims and the religious authorities have no jurisdiction over the internet. That one is under MCMC.
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QUOTE(luvjim @ Aug 4 2020, 09:30 AM)
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Like a forum specifically for LGBT? None that I know of. sweat.gif Planetromeo used to be popular but its for gay men and I'm not sure if it really functions as a forum.
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Polish minister says that the entire country should be an ‘LGBT free zone’
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/polish-mini...lgbt-free-zone/

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Janusz Kowalski, the Polish Minister for State Assets has said that the entire country should become an ‘LGBT free zone’ noting that the country’s constitution only recognises a family as between a man and a woman.

Last year, regions of the country started declaring themselves to be “free from LGBT ideology.” Most of these regions have been in the south-east of the country. The declarations have gotten a widespread backlash outside of Poland, with condemnations from the European Parliament and towns in more LGBTQ+-friendly countries removing twinning arrangements.

The EU has also made the decision to stop funding for Polish areas that have declared themselves to be an ‘LGBT free zone.’ But in an interview with the Polish publication, Rzeczpospolita, Kowalski hit out at this.

Reacting to the news, he said: “We must not allow a single euro to be taken from Poland, Polish local governments, any Polish institutions for complying with the law, for saying ‘no’ to LGBT ideology, for protecting the Polish family.”

He then added that legislation should be brought in to make the entirety of Poland an ‘LGBT free zone’, saying: “First and foremost, Poland should be a LGBT-free zone. We should adopt a law that prohibits financing from public funds, or at the state or local government level, of any activities of organizations that explicitly promote LGBT.”

Another Polish publication, Fakt 24 reports that he added: “All leftist ideologies that hit the traditional family and promote such relations as a man plus a man plus a child are inconsistent with the Polish constitution and cultural heritage.

“This hits our civilization and the DNA of the Polish family, and therefore we reject this extreme ideology.”

His comments are likely to go down well with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, who narrowly won re-election last month on a campaign of homophobia, in which he called LGBTQ+ rights a “foreign ideology”.

Duda also announced plans to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage and same-sex couples from adopting children. “The Polish constitution should explicitly state that the adoption of a child by a person in a same-sex relationship is excluded,” he said, announcing his plans.

He added that he believed constitutionally banning same-sex couples from adopting would permanently end political discussions around the subject, as there would be “no need to discuss” it anymore.

At a rally during his re-election campaign, Duda described same-sex couples adopting as a form of “experimentation” and “enslavement.”

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Similar motion is being proposed in Malaysia in regards to alcohol whereby areas would be declared alcohol-free. rclxub.gif Hopefully it won't go through because once they start to take away one freedom, it will create a domino effect and will continue taking more and more away from us.
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A local gay glorifying (or trying to justify) JAKIM's conversion therapy (aka mukhayyam programme) highlighting that it is voluntary, it is never meant to convert gays into straight and the programme teaches attendants to be "good gay muslims".

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  • Conversion therapy either through electroshock or prayers has been proven not to work and can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide. 1
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The following is a press statement in response to the recent intimidation by JAKIM towards a human rights activist questioning its state-sponsored conversion therapy;
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False claims? You took LGBTQ conversion therapy tweets out of context, groups tell Jakim
Source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...-groups/1891351

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — Fifteen local advocacy groups today condemned the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) for reporting a local minority rights activist to the police over her tweets about its methods to “heal” the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.

The groups accused Jakim of intimidating human rights defenders by adopting heavy-handed tactics against those who question its methods.

“Jakim’s knee-jerk reaction to lodge a police report is a disproportionate response to the post.

“It sends a message to Malaysians that we are not allowed to question governmental policies and programmes and aims to limit our freedom of expression and our right to information.

“This will restrict public participation of all citizens in relation to laws, policy, directives, and programmes, due to fear of reprisals,” the 15 non-governmental organisations said in a joint statement.

The groups were listed as: Beyond Borders Malaysia, Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia, Persatuan Promosi Hak Asasi Manusia, Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia, Sabah Women’s Action Resource Group, Aliran Kesedaran Negara, Justice for Sisters, the Pelangi Campaign, the Gay Community Welfare Network, People Like Us Hang Out, Amnesty International Malaysia, Center for Independent Journalism, Sisters in Islam, Tenaganita, and the Asean Sogie Caucus.

They were responding to Jakim director-general Datuk Paimuzi Yahya, who accused activist Nicole Fong of defaming the department in her tweets about its Mukhayyam program targeting Malaysia’s LGBTQ community.

“Writing about conversion therapy, state-funded conversion programmes, and experiences of LGBTIQ persons does not amount to restriction of anyone else’s religious belief.

“Meanwhile, by reporting her to the police based on a misinterpretation of her content, they have denied her right to speech,” the groups said.

The group asserted that Jakim had taken the contents of Fong’s July 30 tweet out of context.

They said Fong’s tweets were accurate and backed by citations accessible online that included published research and Parliament’s Hansard.

The groups also said Fong’s original tweet never implied participants of such programmes were forced attendees.

“We do, however, need a deeper understanding of what is meant by ‘voluntary participation’.

“While a person’s participation in a programme may be voluntary, it does not mean the programmes themselves are aligned with human rights standards.

“Participation and methodology of the programme are two separate things that need to be assessed,” they said.

The Twitter thread started by Fong, included posters advocating awareness of LGBTQ conversion therapies and programmes and was made in reference to Religious Affairs Minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri statement on July 10 that religious authorities would arrest those in the transgender community and provide them religious education to “return to the correct path”.

Jakim filed a police report against Fong’s controversial tweet last Monday, accusing her of likened their Mukhayyam programme to Western therapy practices that employed electric shocks, surgery, forced marriages and corrective rape.

Jakim described her tweet as manipulative, malicious, and aimed at hindering and restricting the right to freedom of religion of Muslims in the LGBTQ community.

Paimuzi said his department’s programmes emphasised spiritual awareness, fardhu ain or religious obligations, guidance, health awareness, motivation, and career guidance.

The 15 groups urged the government to revisit laws and state-run programmes deemed discriminatory to the LGBTQ community, to ensure they adhere to international human rights standards and cited the 2018 observation and recommendations to Malaysia by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women committee.

A May 2020 report by independent expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council noted Malaysia one of several nations globally that implemented measures to curb LGBTQ activity at the level of public policy.

The report claimed Malaysia had adopted several programmes and plans to curb behaviours perceived as immoral, including same-sex behaviour, and were found to specifically promote practices of ‘conversion therapy’, including through university programmes.

It also noted that reports had indicated that Malaysia was seen as a country in support of other practices, among them include exorcism.

Madrigal-Borloz’s report noted how there was evidence to show that Malaysia had at one point employed aversion techniques in its conversion therapies that included electric shocks.

The country was also identified as those still seen to be practising faith-based conversion healing techniques, where evidence unearthed include the experience of Malaysian transgenders who described being forced to see leaders of faith-based organisations to be “healed” by prayers.
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QUOTE(Rand @ Aug 7 2020, 01:07 PM)
Hey all,  I just want to say that not of all us out there are conservative dickheads who think that being LGBT is abnormal. You should be able to live your life the way you want it.
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Thanks Rand! Yeah, we know... There's a lot of allies out there including you and we appreciate that very much. wub.gif

It's just frustrating sometimes that our voices are drowned by the conservatives. sweat.gif
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The current religious minister has made it his personal mission to repress immoral acts.

The ammenmends—if successful—mean that Muslims who disregard the Islamic Law in the country (such as for being LGBT) can be punished with a maximum 30 years in prison (from the current 3 years), RM100,000 fine (from the current RM1,000) and up to 100 strokes of cane (from the current 6 strokes).
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QUOTE(PangurBan @ Aug 11 2020, 12:12 PM)
Oh goody, Najib's going to get caned 100x.
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What do you mean? sweat.gif Najib is not charged in any syariah-related courts.

In fact these laws are just gonna be used against regular citizens and people of higher social class will be exempted as usual.

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Polish MPs coordinate outfits to form a rainbow to show LGBT solidarity at homophobic president's swearing-in ceremony
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-...wearing-in.html

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Polish opposition members of parliament on Thursday formed a rainbow with their outfits at President Andrzej Duda's swearing-in in solidarity with the LGBT community after he was accused of running a campaign laced with homophobic rhetoric.

Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, argued ahead of the July vote that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people 'are not people, it's an ideology'.

His words were condemned by the opposition and members of the international community.

The MPs, from Poland's 'Left' grouping, donned rainbow masks and brightly-coloured outfits in shades of the rainbow, sitting in rows, as Duda was sworn in, in the lower house of parliament, the Sejm.

They also posed for photos in and outside parliament with rainbow and white and red Polish flags.

After seeing the snap circulating on Twitter, many took to the comments section to praise the MPs efforts of solidarity.

They also posed for photos in and outside parliament with rainbow and white and red Polish flags.

After seeing the snap circulating on Twitter, many took to the comments section to praise the MPs efforts of solidarity.

'Andrzej Duda’s swearing-in ceremony. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that your vote for The Left is a wasted vote. After all they’re the only ones who stand in solidarity with Polish LGBTQ+ people,' wrote one, while a second penned:

'Major love and respect to the Polish MP’s who co-ordinated their outfits to create a rainbow flag at the swearing in for their homophobic president Andrzej Duda.'

A third commented: 'Reasons to be hopeful. A group of Polish MPs coordinated their outfits in the design of the rainbow flag at the swearing in ceremony of the homophobic President Andrzej Duda.'

'The MPs were just metres away from Duda in the Chamber today. He’s described LGBT rights as an “ideology” and presided over Poland becoming the worst performing EU country on LGBT rights. That’s why this image matters so much and gives at least a little hope for LGBT Poles.'

Duda, who was elected in 2015, has also been widely criticised for lashing out at same-sex marriage and vowing to ban same-sex couples from adopting children.

He won a second term last month after an acrimonious campaign laced with homophobic language and appeals to religious conservatives, raising fears of further discrimination among LGBT+ Poles.
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