NEWS

Ravi gets 30 days jail for Clementi spying

Written By // Serkan Ozturk

Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to 30 days jail for spying on his former gay Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide. ...

FEATURES

Camp and Cheese

Written By // Serkan Ozturk

It’s kitsch and over-the-top, but that’s precisely why so many tune into Eurovision each year. As the competition heads to Azerbaijan, Julia Zemir ...

ENTERTAINMENT

The Cock Pen

Written By // Andrew Shaw

Want a cruisey start to the weekend? The Cock Pen delivers. Guys willing to go bare-chested can take advantage of our shirts off drink discounts. Feel ...

LIFE + STYLE

The High Point

Written By // Mark Winchester

With world-class resort facilities and an award-winning day spa, Q1 on the Gold Coast sets the stage for a weekend of relaxation and entertainment, wr ...

Articles tagged with: Malaysia

May05

Malaysian paper apologises for Xenophon attack

Written by // Alex Dunkin Categories // News + Politics, World, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

A major Malaysian newspaper which falsely claimed South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon was anti-Islam has apologised for the report.

Mar08

Islamic nations call on UN to condemn gays for ‘abnormal sexual behaviour’

Written by // Serkan Ozturk Categories // News + Politics, World, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

A bloc of Islamic nations including Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan and Malaysia, has written to the UN to decry extending human rights protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity, while declaring its opposition to a UN Human Rights Council panel forum this week to discuss discrimination and violence against LGBT people.

Jan14

Malaysian activists petition against festival ban

Written by // Alex Dunkin Categories // News + Politics, World, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

KUALA LUMPUR: Gay rights activists in Malaysia have launched a petition with the High Court to overturn the police decision to ban an anti-homophobia arts festival.

Jan10

Anwar Ibrahim not guilty in sodomy case

Written by // Alex Dunkin Categories // News + Politics, World, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian High Court has cleared the country’s opposition leader of sodomy, an act which is illegal in the Muslim-majority nation.

Nov05

Gay festival banned in KL

Written by // Michael Magnusson Categories // News + Politics, World, National, ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Authorities prevented an annual festival promoting greater tolerance for gay Malaysians from going ahead in Kuala Lumpur last week.