lgbt rights in malaysia

Under the colonial aspects of the law the section of the Penal Code criminalising consensual same-sex relations dates back to 6 October 1860 under the colonial rule of the British RajWritten by Lord Macaulay the Indian Penal Code 1860 as it was named at the time made same-sex sexual acts illegal. But they prohibit so-called propaganda in support of LGBT rights in.

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Malaysia also criminalizes posing as a different sex not in its federal criminal code but in the Sharia codes of each of its states and its federal territory.

. Indonesia is becoming less tolerant of its LGBT community as some politicians become more vocal about Islam playing a larger role in the state according to activists and human rights groups. Lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people in Singapore face challenges not faced by non-LGBT peopleSame-sex sexual activity between males is illegal even if it is consensual and takes place in private and the Attorney-General of Singapore has declared that prosecutions under Section 377A occasionally still occur although sources state that the law is not well enforced. Nigeria criminalizes transgender and gender nonconforming people in its northern states under Sharia.

Pakistani law is a mixture of both British colonial law as well as Islamic law.

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