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Kuwait joins ‘Beauty & the Beast’ banned-wagon
Antigay forces upset over the film’s “gay moment” shelved it, citing “our values and responsibility toward our younger audiences.”
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Malaysia theater to defy censors and show unedited ‘Beauty and the Beast’
After disappointing fans, Malaysia’s largest theater operator decided to go ahead and show the full film despite orders to cut LeFou’s kiss.
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Disney won’t release ‘Beauty & the Beast’ in Malaysia over anti-gay censorship
Government censors had demanded one scene be cut, saying it is “inappropriate because many children will be watching this movie.”
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LGBT rights advocates slam Malaysia for prosecuting transgender women
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized a Malaysian Islamic court for fining nine Muslim transgender women for cross-dressing and jailing two of them for a month.
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Transgender Malaysians victorious over religious law banning cross-dressing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Three Malaysian transgender Muslims on Friday won a landmark court ruling against a religious law banning them from cross-dressing in what activists called a victory for human rights in a conservative Southeast Asian nation.
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Malaysia bans gay characters from television, radio programs
The southeastern Asian nation of Malaysia has banned television and radio programs programs that feature gay characters, an effort to curb the “influence” of the LGBT community, the country’s Information Department has confirmed.
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Malaysia sends ‘effeminate’ boys to correctional camp to learn masculinity
Malaysian school authorities have sent 66 Muslim teenage boys to a correctional camp to learn “masculine behaviors” after their teachers identified them as effeminate.