https://www.scmp.com/rss/328525/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com At Penang’s George Town Festival, one of Malaysia’s largest annual cultural events, the “Stripes and Strokes” photography exhibition was supposed to portray a mature Malaysia. But a government minister ordered the portraits of two prominent local LGBT activists removed from display. The minister’s intervention in the event last month triggered a bout of soul searching about the state of human rights and personal freedoms in the country, one that reached the top echelons of power. In Mahathir’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2163222/lgbt-rights-new-malaysia-still-have-long-way-go-after-activists-portraits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2163222/lgbt-rights-new-malaysia-still-have-long-way-go-after-activists-portraits?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Sep 2018 02:30:30 +0000