A Malaysian newspaper, Sinar Harian, just published a checklist on how to spot gay people claiming gay men can be identified by their love of beards.
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We told you yesterday about Malaysian teachers identifying 66 effeminate boys who are presumed to be gay, and then sending them to a camp for masculinizing therapy. Today Malaysian Women’s Minister, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, is speaking out against the institutionalized homophobia. Rightly accusing the masculinization camp of being traumatic and harmful […]
Malaysia Forces 66 Boys Into Anti-Gay Therapy Camp
66 teenage boys between the ages of 13 and 17 who were selected by teachers for being “effeminate” have been forced to attend a four-day camp to learn masculine behavior. The camp has been branded as a “self-development course”, and yet, Malaysian authorities are said to be making the boys […]
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