LGBT Kiss Halts Malaysia Festival
LGBT Kiss Halts Malaysia Festival Malaysia’s government halted a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the front man of British pop rock band The 1975 kissed a male bandmate onstage and Malaysia’s government halted a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the frontman of British pop rock band the 1975 kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticized the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws. “There will be no compromise against any party that challenges, disparages and violates Malaysian laws,” Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said in a Twitter post after meeting the organizers of the Good Vibes Festival, a three-day event set to run until Sunday. The 1975 have also been banned from performing in Malaysia, said a government committee that oversees filming and performances by foreigners. Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Rights groups have warned of growing intolerance against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. In videos posted on [...]