Local members of the LGBTQ+ community said frontman Matty Healy's actions could expose LGBTQ+ people to more stigma and discrimination.
British band The 1975 said on Sunday, July 23, that they have canceled shows in Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, a day after Malaysia banned them from performing there after“Unfortunately, due to current circumstances, it is impossible to proceed with the scheduled shows,” the pop rock group said in a statement, without elaborating.in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday and barred The 1975 after what it called “disrespectful actions.
Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Rights groups have warned of growing intolerance against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The events on Friday in Malaysia caused an uproar, angering not only the government, but members of the LGBTQ+ community, who said frontman Matty Healy’s actions could expose LGBTQ+ people to more stigma and discrimination.
The 1975 were due to play on Sunday in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, where homosexuality is a taboo subject, though not illegal except in sharia-ruled Aceh province. Other LGBTQ+-related events have also been cancelled in Indonesia due to objections from Islamic groups, including a planned visit last December by a US LGBTQ+ special envoy, and thethis month of a Southeast Asia LGBTQ+ event. Both came after pressure from religious conservatives.as a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and liberalism, including allowing same-sex marriage in 2019.
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