Stop supporting LGBT 'conversion' programmes, rights groups tell govt

The government has been urged to stop supporting programmes and rhetoric that suggests LGBT people should be “rehabilitated” or “cured”, following the launch of a report today on anti-LGBT conversion practices, discrimination and violence in Malaysia.

The report, which was prepared by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Justice for Sisters, asserts that government officials have fostered a hostile climate for LGBT people, who face discrimination and punishment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.

“Malaysia’s current rehabilitation and criminalisation approaches to LGBT people are based...