Tag: Malaysia

A warning has been issued to LGBTI tourists planning on travelling to Malaysia following the arrest of a gay couple for “immoral activities” at a hotel. The two Vietnamese men, who are aged 22 and 29, found themselves entrapped by an undercover immigration agent while staying in their hotel in George Town on the 12th

Four men have been viciously caned after being convicted of “an attempt at sexual intercourse against the order of nature” in an increasing crackdown on homosexual activity in Malaysia. Amnesty International has called on the Malaysian authorities to also drop charges on six other men who are due to also face trial on the same

Haziq Aziz, the Malaysian cabinet member who was recently outed by a leaked gay sex tape, is asking Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to be “fair” in his response to the ensuing scandal. “The explicit video that has been recorded was an act of treachery, and I have been made a ” Aziz said in a video posted to Facebook on June 29. “I hope that Dr. Mahathir would be fair in this matter, as my family and I are not...

Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz (image via Facebook)Haziq Aziz is a Malaysian cabinet member who serves as the Senior Private Secretary to the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries and Commodities. Or rather, he was until earlier this month. About two weeks ago, Aziz was ousted from his government position after a sexually explicit video of him with another man leaked online. The video quickly made the rounds on social media and, in response, Aziz was forced to make a videotaped “confession,” admitting...

Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz (image via Facebook)Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz, a Malaysian cabinet member who serves as the Senior Private Secretary to the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries and Commodities, was outed today after a sexually explicit video of him appeared online. In a separate video, Aziz admitted to appearing in the sexually explicit video and said that it was recorded without his consent on May 11 in his room at the Sheraton Hotel Four Points. It’s unclear what will happen...

Every year, when the month of June rolls around, butterflies of anticipation start to flutter in the hearts of the LGBT community. It is our month to celebrate, our month to raise awareness, and our month to demand change. Let me tell you something as a young gay man living in Malaysia in 2019… we have a very, very long way to go. It is easy to be fooled in the Western world as you sit on your Instagram feed...

A student group at the Universiti Sains Malaysia recently launched a contest to come up with ideas on how to make LGBTQ people heterosexual. As part of the Back to Fitrah forum held at the school, the contest included students making posters in a bid to ‘help’ LGBTQ students who have “disorders in sexual orientation return to their natural instincts.” A 21-year-old student at the university named Ernest Mah is only open about his sexuality with a few people. “I have to...

The Ignorance Is Laughable! PUH-LEASE! If you aren’t aware, it is illegal to be gay in Malaysia. Yes, they have a homophobic rhetoric which carries a maximum sentence of twenty years. I’m eagerly awaiting the day when just simply being LGBTQ is not punishable by giving up a part of your life. Jeez! Well, if you’re curious: Malaysia is one step closer to flooding their jails with their gay community. One of their top newspapers, Sinar Harian, is advising how...

His attackers called him pondan (f****t) as they beat, burned and raped him An 18-year-old student who was viciously beaten, burnt and raped with a blunt object has died from his injuries. T Nhaveen was attacked on Saturday at about 2.20am in a field in George Town, Penang – an island in Malaysia. He was left brain dead and hospitalised. Nhaveen died on Thursday at 5.31pm (Penang time) according to a report in The Star. Nhaveen was attacked a day before he was...

A teen who was beaten and sexually assaulted by former classmates now lies brain dead in a hospital in Malaysia. Eighteen-year-old T. Nhaveen had just finished his shift at a supermarket in Bayan Lepas when he and best friend Previin, 19, went to get a bite at a nearby burger joint. According to police, the two were accosted outside the restaurant by two former schoolmates who began to taunt Nhaveen. (The pair had previously bullied him in school for being effeminate.)...

Students faced death threats for choosing to hold the event during Ramadan A Pride march scheduled for next month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was canceled last night (17 May). The three-day LGBTI public awareness campaign was organized by a group of students at Taylor University. Pro-Islamist blogs were outraged the event would have been held on 6 to 8 June during Ramadan. The event, which would have included a movie screening, forum, open mic and pride march at the campus, was called ‘Courage...