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4 May 2016

Kuala Lumpur’s May Day rally attended by LGBT activists

A small group of activists representing the LGBT community waved a rainbow flag at a march for better pay and conditions in Malaysia’s capital

A group of five members of LGBT non-profit organisation Diversity attended the May Day rally to demand equal rights for LGBT in Malaysia.

“We are not going to be the elephant in the room anymore. We are here and we want people to take notice of us. We want equal rights too,” a representative of the group named Yee Shan told the Malay Mail.

Malaysia’s LGBT community tend to keep a low profile in the country where homosexuality is illegal and authorities routinely crack down on their activities.

However, the upcoming election had spurred the group to bring the attention of LGBT to the public by way of a high profile street campaign.

“We know the elections are coming and politicians will ask for our vote which is quite a number.

“If you want or vote, you should start listening to us and addressing our issues,” she added.

The group attracted media attention last year at Malaysia’s Bersih 4 rally which demanded government reforms where they carried a large rainbow flag. Newspapers suggested that the movement had become a gathering of social ills.

Reader's Comments

1. 2016-05-05 05:45  
"Malaysia once had very strict laws regarding homosexual conduct – in 1998 the Deputy Prime Minister was removed from power on sodomy charges – but the attitude regarding sex has shifted as democracy has taken hold. Strictly speaking, homosexual acts are still illegal and punishable by caning and imprisonment for men and imprisonment for women. In practice, however, Malaysia is home to a vibrant gay scene, and even when raids on gay businesses do occur, locals are very rarely targeted. Public acts of sex are still very much illegal, however, and are punishable by caning or imprisonment."

I guess fridae would call me an internet troll for posting such truth. :)

It makes you wonder why fridae slant the facts so far.


Yeah yeah.Ok.I'm bitter. I blew a whistle at a gay pride event once and fridae refused to cover it.
2. 2016-05-07 16:19  
More power to them, small steps even are better than hiding afraid, though I think street campaigns are a little last century there's so many ways to get a message across these days
Comment #3 was deleted by its author on 2016-05-13 22:29

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