Malaysia: State-Backed Discrimination Harms LGBT People
An illustration depicts queer people in Malaysia, who face widespread societal pressure to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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An illustration depicts queer people in Malaysia, who face widespread societal pressure to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Persistent Malaysian government-sponsored discrimination threatens the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Malaysia, Human Rights Watch and Justice for Sisters said in a report released today. The government should decriminalize same-sex conduct and gender diversity, and should discontinue programs and rhetoric suggesting that LGBT people should be “rehabilitated” or “cured.”