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16 Mar 2014

Pink Dot Penang 2014 cancelled for safety and security reasons

Pink Dot Penang 2014, an LGBT event scheduled to be held in George Town on March 29, has been cancelled by organisers amid protests from Muslim groups.

Suaram Penang, who co-organised the event, said that organisers had decided to cancel Pink Dot Penang 2014 after considering views expressed by various other organisations.
“Due to concerns over the personal security and safety of the organisers and participants, we have postponed the event indefinitely,” Suaram Penang said in a press statement this weekend.
Suaram explained that Pink Dot Penang 2014 was an open social occasion allowing minority communities to meet and interact. It was to include an afternoon workshop and an evening party for LGBT at a leading hotel.
The event had been publicised on social media networks, including Facebook, which drew protests from Muslim groups such as Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim), Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and Malay rights group Penang Perkasa.
Penang Perkasa lodged four separate complaints to the police over the weekend. In a statement they labelled the Pink Dot event as “pesta seks sonsang Pulau Pinang” (Penang deviant sex festival). They also said: “We not condone LGBT lifestyle so we will not allow such events to be organised in Penang or even in any part of Malaysia,”
In response, Suaram released this statement: “It is not a sex party as some groups have slandered it to be, but the minority community needs such an occasion for meaningful discussion and self-help. Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to develop and discuss new human rights ideas and principles and to advocate their acceptance.”
Suaram Penang, who co-organised the event, said that organisers had decided to cancel Pink Dot Penang 2014 after considering views expressed by various other organisations.

“Due to concerns over the personal security and safety of the organisers and participants, we have postponed the event indefinitely,” Suaram Penang said in a press statement this weekend.

Suaram explained that Pink Dot Penang 2014 was an open social occasion allowing minority communities to meet and interact. It was to include an afternoon workshop and an evening party for LGBT at a leading hotel.

The event had been publicised on social media networks, including Facebook, which drew protests from Muslim groups such as Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim), Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and Malay rights group Penang Perkasa.

Penang Perkasa lodged four separate complaints to the police over the weekend. In a statement they labelled the Pink Dot event as “pesta seks sonsang Pulau Pinang” (Penang deviant sex festival). They also said: “We not condone LGBT lifestyle so we will not allow such events to be organised in Penang or even in any part of Malaysia,”

In response, Suaram released this statement: “It is not a sex party as some groups have slandered it to be, but the minority community needs such an occasion for meaningful discussion and self-help. Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to develop and discuss new human rights ideas and principles and to advocate their acceptance.”

讀者回應

1. 2014-03-17 05:24  
I feel these "hate" groups should be singled out and denounced in every way conceivable. Muslims, as a whole, need to realize that their religious members have the same basic human characteristics as other religions. And that basically means there will be gay people in every religion and all walks of life throughout the world.

Muslims need to be introduced to a education program to broaden their thinking and soften their intolerance to fellow humans. This attitude that my ideas are the only one that is right went out the door when we started the new millennium.

This is an outrage that the Pink Dot has been stopped. Malaysia should be boycotted until the government speaks up for their gay and lesbian citizens! This is the 21st century folks!
2. 2014-03-17 13:53  
Yeah better cancel it.. these hooligans can do anything to hurt those there and the police would just fold their arms and watch. This is malaysia where the majority fight for their rights (i thought rights are for minority not the majority) and double standards depending whether you are aligned to the ruling party or otherwise!
3. 2014-03-17 16:16  
typical Muslim behaviour, glad i don't live there
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6. 2014-03-17 22:26  
threatened by the Pariahs again.....don't know when only Penang will catch up with the rest of the world.....so sad :(
7. 2014-03-17 22:26  
threatened by the Pariahs again.....don't know when only Penang will catch up with the rest of the world.....so sad :(
8. 2014-03-17 22:28  
international community.....please help us to defeat the Pariahs.....at least make them think if we do the same and threaten their livelihood, how would they feel.....otherwise, the Pariahs will always think they are right by 'harassing' people's livelihood. We should do the same to them.....
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9. 2014-03-17 22:44  
such an ignorant religion who needs it!
remmember all religions are man invented they are really just cults!
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12. 2014-03-18 00:56  
"...for safety and security reasons"
It is strange they applied to Pink Dot but tragically not to MH370 !!! -
13. 2014-03-18 01:33  
i'd be surprised if it's not cancelled. really.

try to held that kind of event in Indonesia or Malaysia, i suggest name the year there to Pink Dot: Mission Impossible.
14. 2014-03-18 18:42  
Some gays need to toughen up, stand their ground and stand up for their rights. You will never get what you want if you always let other people pushes you around. Asia needs something similar to Stonewall. If you don't respect yourself and be proud of who you are then no one will.
15. 2014-03-18 21:33  
Come and help us to set up Stonewall.....we cant do it on our own as the country is too backward in its social development :(

The Netherlands legalised gay sex in 1905 and we are nowhere reaching what was done by other countries more than a century ago.....
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17. 2014-03-19 01:41  
Reply to 15- mmmem
"Come and help us to set up Stonewall.....we cant do it on our own as the country is too backward in its social development :( "

Stonewall happened because a dozen or so drag queens just had it
beeing victimised by the police every night. That night they threw everything contained in the bar, Stonewall, from chairs, tables, bottles, glasses, etc...The police left. The police came back a few days after but it was too late as the whole neighbourhood, the West Village, around Christopher Street, backed the drag queens and created a human barrage. The Gay Movement was born.

You have to do it on your own, only Malaysians; bringing other nationalities will only bring about a sure failure as the govt will blame 'outside forces' wanting to bring down the govt resulting in new 'national security laws' be put in place. I don't think you would wish for this situation.
18. 2014-03-20 14:57  
Noted.

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