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| Malaysia gay 'prevention' competition seeks videos | Malaysia gay 'prevention' competition seeks videos |
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| The Malaysian government is encouraging young people to make videos about "preventing" homosexuality by offering cash prizes. | The Malaysian government is encouraging young people to make videos about "preventing" homosexuality by offering cash prizes. |
| A competition launched on the health ministry's website offers up to $1,000 (£780) for the best videos tackling "gender confusion". | |
| The entries should explore prevention and control; issues and consequences; and how to get help, said the site. | The entries should explore prevention and control; issues and consequences; and how to get help, said the site. |
| It is open for 13- to 24-year-olds, and has been condemned by LGBT groups. | It is open for 13- to 24-year-olds, and has been condemned by LGBT groups. |
| The competition, which closes at the end of August, has three main categories: gender confusion, sex, and sex and the internet. | The competition, which closes at the end of August, has three main categories: gender confusion, sex, and sex and the internet. |
| The competition website cited gay and lesbian people, transgender people and tomboys as examples of people who suffered from "gender confusion". | |
| "The very fact that they lump LGBT people under a category called 'gender confusion' shows that the authorities are very much confused themselves," activist Pang Khee Teik told AFP news agency. | "The very fact that they lump LGBT people under a category called 'gender confusion' shows that the authorities are very much confused themselves," activist Pang Khee Teik told AFP news agency. |
| "It is mind-blowing that a government agency wants the whole country to be sucked into its confluence of confusion," he said. | "It is mind-blowing that a government agency wants the whole country to be sucked into its confluence of confusion," he said. |
| "I was shocked. This is encouraging discrimination, hatred and even violence towards the minorities," transgender activist Nisha Ayub told Reuters. | "I was shocked. This is encouraging discrimination, hatred and even violence towards the minorities," transgender activist Nisha Ayub told Reuters. |
| Homosexual activity is illegal in Malaysia under both secular and religious laws. | Homosexual activity is illegal in Malaysia under both secular and religious laws. |
| It is punishable by a prison sentence or corporal punishment. | It is punishable by a prison sentence or corporal punishment. |
| In March, the release of Disney's Beauty and the Beast was postponed in the country, because it contained a "gay moment". | In March, the release of Disney's Beauty and the Beast was postponed in the country, because it contained a "gay moment". |
| Despite demands from the Malaysian censorship board, Disney refused to remove the scene, featuring LeFou, their first openly gay character. | Despite demands from the Malaysian censorship board, Disney refused to remove the scene, featuring LeFou, their first openly gay character. |
| The Malaysian board eventually conceded and it was shown uncut. | The Malaysian board eventually conceded and it was shown uncut. |
| A prominent Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, was jailed for sodomy in 2014, after a court overturned his earlier acquittal. In elections in 2013, he led a three-party alliance which posed the strongest-ever challenge to the coalition which has governed Malaysia for more than half a century. | A prominent Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, was jailed for sodomy in 2014, after a court overturned his earlier acquittal. In elections in 2013, he led a three-party alliance which posed the strongest-ever challenge to the coalition which has governed Malaysia for more than half a century. |