#persecution of lgbtq community

[tomorrowusa]

Malaysia wants the world to know that it is officially homophobic. They won't even let you tell time in a gay way.

Owners or sellers of rainbow-coloured timepieces made by Swiss watchmaker Swatch face three years in prison in Malaysia, the interior ministry has announced, as the Muslim-majority country rails against LGBTQ symbols it says could "harm morals". Homosexuality is outlawed in Malaysia and LGBTQ people face repeated discrimination. Malaysia's law enforcement unit at the interior ministry raided Swatch stores at 11 shopping malls across the country in May, including in the capital Kuala Lumpur, for timepieces bearing what it called "LGBT elements". Anyone who "prints, imports, produces… or has in his possession" such items now faces a jail term of up to three years, the ministry said in a statement.

FFS, the bigots in the Malaysian government are actually counting colors in rainbows.

A ministry official told AFP in May that 172 watches worth $14,000 were seized in raids because they bore the "LGBTQ" acronym and had six colours instead of the seven in a rainbow. The six-colour rainbow Pride flag is one of the most well-known LGBTQ symbols globally.

This isn't the first time recently that LGBTQ+ matters have been in the news in Malaysia.

Matt Healy, frontman of British pop rock band The 1975, kissed a male band mate onstage and criticised the country's anti-LGBTQ laws. The ban comes ahead of elections in six Malaysian states that will serve as a barometer of public sentiment for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's unity government against a powerful opposition consisting of Malay-Muslim political parties. He has been criticised by the opposition who allege he is not doing enough to protect Malaysia's Islamic values. Anwar says his government will not back LGBTQ rights.

^^^ That last statement is fairly obvious.

According to DSL, this is what Malaysia exports:

Malaysia’s most valued exports would be electronics and electrical goods. They make up a high percentage of Malaysia exports of 36%, followed by chemicals (7.1%), petroleum goods (7.0%), liquefied natural gas (6%), and palm oil (5.1%).

We shouldn't use palm oil from anywhere for environmental reasons; that's easy to do without. But when buying electronics or electrical goods, always look for the country of origin. If it says Made in Malaysia then look for an alternative. Tourism and business conferences in Malaysia should also be avoided.

We don't have to enrich homophobes in Malaysia who use religion as a cover for their bigotry. .

[socialjusticeinamerica]

CNN

The father of a Minnesota transgender high school student who says she was beaten in school said Thursday he wants the students who beat or harassed his daughter to face criminal charges.

Mark Walztoni tells CNN his 17-year-old daughter Cobalt Sovereign, a junior at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, was in the school bathroom last Thursday when a student started calling her transphobic slurs. While she was leaving the bathroom, Walztoni says his daughter said that she was surrounded by that student and two others, who began following Sovereign down the hall, and when she turned around to ask them to stop, she was punched in the mouth.

During the attack, according to Walztoni, Sovereign’s jaw was broken in two places. She had a compound fracture and lost teeth, leading to reconstructive surgery. Walztoni says the students responsible should face criminal charges.

“There has to be repercussions for their actions. And if they are not charged for some reason, which is our fear, then that is just going to further escalate their behavior because when you get away with stuff, you continue to do stuff,” he said. “There needs to be some kind of punishment and there needs to be some serious discussion as to whether those kids should be able to come back to the same school.”

He also says he was notified about the incident from a social worker at the school and was told by school officials to notify the police, adding that he was displeased the incident “wasn’t treated as an emergency.”

The Minnetonka Police Department said in a statement to CNN that it is investigating an attack that day at Hopkins High School as “a possible hate crime,” but said “details remain limited as the case was reported to police after school had ended for the day.” Hopkins High School said it is investigating “an act of violence” that “involved a student who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community.”

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[daybreaksys]

As a polyfragmented traumagenic system mostly composed of ex-persecutors: persecution doesn't benefit anyone but the oppressor.

Singlets will not like you more because you join them in the persecution of endogenics, that's an illusion. By persecuting half of the plural community you are weaking the community. We need all the community to fight for our rights.

Sysmeds are x-manning, they are Scott-Summering, they are making holes in their own boat (our boat) to let the water out. (TERFs do the same when they attack trans women)

This applies to all minority groups. The persecution of asexuals, m-spec lesbians and neopronouns (and even of trans people in general) only weakens the LGBT+ community. How will you have resources to fight your oppressor if you're using them to fight your own? Who will you join forces with?

You're like a Dwarf letting your people be genocided by Humans because "I'm not joining my forces with those filthy Mountain Dwarves".

And please stop being racist against Indigenous and Asian people while claiming "only Black people suffer 'real racism'", they're not minimising your oppression by calling out their oppression.

Is this the right time to say Nonhumans are oppressed?

[filosofablogger]

Stop It!

I don’t know about you guys, but I am sickened and disgusted by the recent surge in intolerance and downright hatred against the LGBTQ community.  We are all humans, for Pete’s Sake!  What does it matter who another person chooses to love or how they choose to live?  I was surprised and pleased to see Dan Rather address this topic, so I will turn the floor over to him and Elliott Kirschner now…

[calvinphil]

HELLO LGBTQ COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE,🌈

Today marks 5 years and 8 months since I was forced into exile. My name is Calvin, and my journey has been anything but easy. At just 17, my family in Uganda disowned me and nearly killed me when they discovered I was transgender. Since then, I've faced all kinds of persecution—bullets, beatings, and fire.

Now, I find myself in Gorom camp in South Sudan, still standing and still fighting. But I am not alone. Alongside me are hundreds of other LGBTQ refugees, each with their own stories of survival and resilience. We share the same challenges, the same pain, and the same hope for a better future.

I want the world to know that we are still here, still existing, still resisting. The persecution we face has not ended—it has evolved. We are not just calling for attention; we are calling for actions.

We were forced to leave Kakuma camp, but the conditions here are no better. We live in a cramped space that is far from adequate. We are starving, with no access to proper medical care or other basic necessities. We are calling out for support and help. Your donations can make a huge difference in our daily survival—helping us secure food, medical care, and better housing. Help us and donate to our fundraiser

Please, Donate. Reblog, share, and like this post. Let our stories be heard, and let the world know that we will not be silenced.

Thank you for your support.🌈🏳️‍⚧️

https://gofund.me/4d80b32c

[makingqueerhistory]

The LGBTQ + History Book

Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions. Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian love poetry of Sappho to Kinsey's modern sexuality studies, and features biographies of key figures from Anne Lister to Audre Lorde. Dive deep into the pages of The LGBTQ + History book to discover: - Thought-provoking graphics and flow charts demystify the central concepts behind key moments in LGBTQ+ history, from eromenos and erastes in the Ancient World to political lesbianism. - Features insightful quotes from leading historians, philosophers, cultural commentators, economists, anthropologists, sociologists, activists, and politicians. - Includes biography boxes and directory entries on the lives of important but lesser-known individuals, alongside well-known names including Sappho, Oscar Wilde, Anne Lister, Harvey Milk, and Marsha P. Johnson. - Global in scope with a localizable directory. The LGBTQ+ History Book celebrates the victories and untold triumphs of LGBTQ+ people throughout history, such as the Stonewall Riots and first gender affirmation surgeries, as well as commemorating moments of tragedy and persecution, from the Renaissance Italian "Night Police" to the 20th century "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. The book also includes major cultural cornerstones - the secret language of polari, Black and Latine ballroom culture, and the many flags of the community - and the history of LGBTQ+ spaces, from 18th-century "molly houses" to modern "gaybourhoods". The LGBTQ+ History Book celebrates the long, proud - and often hidden - history of LGBTQ+ people, cultures, and places from around the world.

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[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 This is why its just as important to vote in local elections as it is in the Presidential one <3

It is vital to make sure awesome compassionate and decent people like this woman who will protect the LGBTQ community from oppression and persecution are in power in iindividual states <3

[the-cimmerians]

Queer and trans folk around the world often take an interest in the athletes from our community, and Outsports even collects a database of all the the out LGBTQ competitors. While JK Rowling and 99 percent of conservative media were harassing two cis women boxers, 195 QT athletes represented 26 nations and none, but we’ll get to that. That makes this the queerest Olympics ever, beating out the total of 186 out athletes in Tokyo and, if Queer Nation granted citizenships, would be the 14th largest national contingent at the games. That hypothetical Queer Nation would also have placed sixth in the medal count, tying the Netherlands with 15 golds but falling neatly between the Dutch and host country France on the strength of silvers and bronzes.

One happy bit of news is that in both golds and overall medal count, Queer Nation beat out every single country in the world that criminalizes same-sex boinking. The only bad news seems to be that people competing in the men’s events seem a little underqueered compared to the women. Can’t we at least get a few interested in the Greco-Roman wrestling? Yr Wonkette is just asking.

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Sure, justice in silver and gold for badass bisexual Black woman Sha’Carri Richardson, excluded from Tokyo on the basis of smoking legal weed in Eugene, Oregon, was as sweet as sativa; it was fun to see Diana Taurasi go out on the queer top with her sixth Olympic gold in a row (team USA’s eighth consecutive women’s basketball gold); and seeing the shoulders on those women rugby players was a dream come true. But we want to speak about someone who didn’t represent any country at all: Cindy Ngamba.

Ngamba is a middleweight (75kg) boxer originally from Cameroon. At 11 years old some family members fled to the United Kingdom as refugees, and brought Ngamba along. The family maintains it had the proper approval for Cindy, but that when her uncle returned to Cameroon it was lost. The UK Home Office has been threatening to deport her since the age of 16, when she was accepted to university and realized she couldn’t produce her visa for her college paperwork.

Despite the threats, Ngamba fought and won many times in the UK’s amateur boxing competitions, having started as a hobbyist in the local Bolton Lads and Girls Club program. She also went on to get an undergraduate degree with honors, all while threats of deportation hung over her head. After winning a UK national championship, she met then-PM Theresa May celebrating her win and the efforts of the Lads & Girls Club where she trained. One might think that the UK might eventually forgive an 11-year-old girl for not keeping track of her paperwork herself, but the Home Office has remained resolute denying Ngamba regularized status.

What makes all this both horrifyingly inhumane and also relevant to this article is that Ngamba is an out lesbian. She has been consistently denied a path to citizenship or even legal residency, only escaping deportation because of her ability to document horror after horror inflicted on queer residents of Cameroon. International law prohibits sending a refugee back to their nation of citizenship or previous residence if they would face persecution and risk of great harm, a crime called “refoulement.”

“If I was sent back, I can be in danger,” Ngamba said. “So, I was given the refugee status to be safe and protected."

Unable to represent the UK and unable to compete in qualifying competitions in Cameroon, Ngamba got an opportunity that no other stateless athlete had ever shared before 2016: she was named to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. So far that team has only been allowed to compete in the summer games, and only in Rio, Tokyo, and this year in Paris. (They will be allowed to compete in the Winter Games for the first time in 2026.) Given the incredible barriers most refugees face, it is perhaps not surprising that no Refugee Team member has ever won a medal. But while Ngamba has faced incredible legal problems and a ruthlessly anti-immigrant government her entire time in the UK, she at least had better training facilities in her local Lads & Girls than most refugees can dream.

And the dreams paid off. Team Refugee got its first medal ever when Ngamba took home middleweight bronze. "I just want to tell every refugee out there, whether they are an athlete or not, to never give up,” she said after being asked to carry the Olympic flag at the opening of the games. When she won, the whole refugee team took to the internet to celebrate:

“The Refugee Olympic Team is incredibly proud of Cindy Ngamba, the first EOR athlete and the first-ever refugee medallist at the Olympics,” the team posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Today, we are speechless. Cindy did it. Refugees did it!”

Yes, yes you did.

[fuck-hamas-go-israel]

Oh noooo imagine my shock!

Aside from the sheer cognitive dissonance of the entire concept of Queers for Palestine, I wonder if they think that siding with Hamas makes them somehow exempt from the cruelty and homophobia they’ll experience if they were actually under Hamas’ rule.

Hearing the Queers for Palestine folks chant for the eradication of Israel makes me wonder if they know that they’re calling for the annihilation of the only LGBTQ+ friendly country in that region, and that thousands of members of that community live thriving and proud lives in Israel with no fear of persecution.

Meanwhile, being LGBTQ+ in Palestine and the surrounding countries is not only dangerous because of some rogue, homophobic mobs. It’s illegal. Punishable by law.

It also baffles me to see the LGBTQ+ community side with any group that would also call for their destruction, and have been executing LGBTQ+ people in horrific ways.

So as a message to Queers for Palestine, I assure you that you won’t be the exception to the rule just because you chant and hold up signs at a rally. They’ll want you dead all the same.

[tomorrowusa]

A second Trump administration would make the first one seem like a festival of human rights and democracy.

High on the list of groups targeted for repression is the LGBTQ+ community. And Trump could accomplish his homophobic goals simply by packing his administration with extremist Christian nationalists. No new laws would be necessary. And with the power to appoint federal judges, including SCOTUS, his decisions could withstand legal challenges.

By contrast, Joe Biden is the most LGBTQ-friendly president in US history. Those who claim both parties are alike probably are afflicted with political dementia.

President Biden's Pro-LGBTQ Timeline

Pro-Trump members of the LGBTQ community are analogous to something like "Gazans for Netanyahu". If they enjoy persecution, let them go to Russia or Iran.

It's almost always easier to prevent dictatorship than it is to get rid of it after it's in power.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

Expect this to be daily and everywhere if Trump returns to the White House.

[sjbattleangel]

Moon Studios' Thomas Mahler supports a hate movement

As someone who adores the Ori games, this is just awful in so many ways.

"Cancel culture" DOESN'T EXIST. What you're talking about is people demanding certain figures of power and influence to be held accountable for spewing bigoted hate speech or causing a toxic environment.

"Woke culture"? You mean a culture that acknowledges the existence of marginalized communities i.e people of colour, disabled people, queer, gender-non comforming people. Yet to you, that's somehow a terrible thing.

How dare you use a powerful poem dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust-the horrific tragedy of the history of humanity-to complain about your first-world persecution complex! To whine how sad it is that cishet white men like you own-*gasp*-slightly LESS of the world! Oh woah is me! You don't deserve to utter those words. Also, wanting more diversity, representation and equality in video games, game development and games journalism ISN'T THE SAME AS NAZISM! And don't me give that "The Nazis were socialists" bullcrap! THEY WERE FAR-RIGHT FASCISTS! You should know better. You're Austrian for crying out loud!

Having a women and minorities exist in video games and development isn't an "agenda". It's called KNOWING PEOPLE OTHER THEN CISHET WHITE GUYS EXIST. Also, "Hollywood" and "west coast developers" have nothing to do with this. Society is just changing, becoming more inclusive for the better and entertaining of all mediums are reflecting that. And that's great! Unless you have a problem with that.

Your friends were never "ridiculed" because they "didn't conform". Far from that tragic martyr rubbish you claim. They were rightfully reprimanded and fired for being bigoted jerks who didn't respect the humanity of marginalized people....just like you.

If you really believe the existence of minorities are "political", then I have nothing to say but SCREW. YOU.

Overall, there's just no way of putting it: Thomas Mahler is member and supporter of Gamergate.

Despite what they might tell you, Gamergate isn't and never was about "ethics" or "wanting fun apolitical entertainment". It is, has been and always will be a white supremacist hate movement (alongside Comicsgate and The Fandom Menace) dedicated to chasing women, LGBTQ+ people and BIPOC out of gaming and fandom. Its members and ringleaders are and have always been LITERAL NEO-NAZIS. Even when boycotting certain games over the supposed diversity consultants or the inclusion of minorities, they can barely hide their hatred.

Oh, and once again, THESE PEOPLE ARE LITERAL NEO-NAZIS:

(As evidenced by the "Embrace Tradition. Reject Modernity" white supremacist slogan*.)

Remember, if you still want to play his games, that's fine. I don't have the power to stop you. Just be warned that this developer stands with a hate movement.

*Hey, Nazi-turds, Japan and Korea aren't your Aryan utopias nor are their people your precious Aryan supergods!

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 7 June 1954, British mathematician and pioneering thinker in the field of artificial intelligence Alan Turing died of cyanide poisoning at the age of 41. Turing had also helped the Allies win World War II by decoding encrypted Nazi communications, and after the war helped develop some of the earliest digital computers. In 1952, he was convicted of "gross indecency" for homosexuality and sentenced to chemical castration by the state as punishment. His death was officially ruled a suicide, in response to the persecution he had been suffering. However, the police investigation of his death was entirely inadequate. And while they concluded he deliberately ingested cyanide from an apple, they failed to test the apple for the presence of cyanide. Alternative explanations for his death were that he could have accidentally inhaled cyanide from an experiment, or that British security services killed him to prevent state secrets being passed on to the Soviet Union, which was a common fear held about LGBT+ people whom they typically considered a security risk. Years of campaigning against the legacy of UK state homophobia eventually resulted in Turing receiving a posthumous pardon in 2013, as well as the passing of the so-called Turing's Law, which granted posthumous pardons to nearly 50,000 other men convicted of "gross indecency" for same-sex relations. This Pride month, learn more LGBT+ history in our podcast series: https://workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=639839551522597&set=a.602588028581083&type=3

[crossdreamers]

Honolulu's Glade Nightclub was an important meeting place for trans people in the 1960s

Mitchell Kuga has written an interesting article about the 1960s meeting place for Honolulu's Māhū and transgender community:

Remembering the 1960s Bar That Became a Refuge for Honolulu's Māhū Community

Here are some of the main points:

Historical Significance: The Glade nightclub in Honolulu’s Red Light District became a refuge for the māhū community in the 1960s, offering a space for gender fluid performers amidst widespread persecution.

Cultural Impact: The “Boys Will Be Girls Revue” was a groundbreaking show that ran for 17 years, attracting diverse audiences and helping to change public perceptions of the māhū community.

Persecution and Resilience: Performers faced significant harassment and legal challenges, including the “intent to deceive” law, but they often fought back and supported each other.

Legacy and Recognition: The Glade’s history is now being memorialized by institutions like the Bishop Museum and the City of Honolulu, highlighting its importance as a queer landmark.

Read the article here.

Māhū ("in the middle") are seen as third gender people with spiritual and social roles. Historically, the term māhū referred to people assigned male at birth. In 2003 the term mahuwahine was created within Hawaii's LGBTQ community: māhū + wahine ("woman"). The structure of the word is similar to Samoan fa'a (the way of) + fafine (woman/wife).

[prideknights]

Just found your page! What is Pride Knights about?

We fight for love, acceptance, and equality. We stand for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and are dedicated to creating a more inclusive and accepting society. We believe that everyone, regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.

We stand against discrimination, bullying, and hate crimes that target members of the LGBTQ+ community. We promote equality, seek to raise awareness about the issues faced by the community and we strive to create a safe space for everyone to be themselves, without fear of persecution or discrimination.