Malaysia sends 66 boys to anti-gay camp

[The Philosopher]

from CBS News

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia- Malaysian authorities have sent 66 Muslim schoolboys identified by teachers as effeminate to a four-day camp where they will receive counseling on masculine behavior to discourage them from being gay, an official said Tuesday.

Gay rights advocates decried the measure as a symptom of widespread homophobia in this Muslim-majority country where gay sex is illegal.

The boys between 13 and 17 years old reported Monday for what is officially being called a "self-development course" after their schoolteachers in Terengganu state identified them as students who displayed effeminate mannerisms, said Razali Daud, the state's education director.

They will undergo religious and motivational classes and physical guidance, Razali said. He declined to give further details.

The camp is meant "to guide them back to the right path in life before they reach a point of no return," Razali told The Associated Press. "Such effeminate behavior is unnatural and will affect their studies and their future."


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[buddysmellgood]

1. The boys participate in several activities where they dress up

as cowboys, construction workers and leather-clad teddy bears.

[foxfeet]

2. This is a human rights abuse.

[Scottybeamer70]

3. Ignorance knows no bounds

wow.........how sick! How sad for those young men.

[Glorfindel]

4. Stupid waste of time and money

Some of the most "effeminate" men I have ever known have also been the most intensely heterosexual. Like all stereotypes, this one is wrong and silly.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Never let religion into your government.

[Kceres]

6. This is just heartbreaking.

Future suicide victims. Ignorance is so cruel.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Religiously-mandated hatred is more than just ignorance