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Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by UK band The 1975

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Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by UK band The 1975

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LGBTQ+@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

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Malaysia's government halted a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the frontman of British pop rock band The 1975 kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticised the country's anti-LGBT laws.

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For some reason the BBC has an article on this news saying that 1975 is acting as “white saviour”…

WTF. Is the BBC insane?

Its the Malaysian government oppressing its people and they are just artists trying to protest.

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