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.
Do you think, maybe, if they hadn’t stopped the festival, that it wouldn’t have become an international news story? Streisand Effect strikes again!
i think the one person in the article makes a good point about how this sort of thing can make it more difficult for lgbt people actually living in malaysia, but overall i’d say i think that this is a super great thing overall. it’s ridiculous and terrible how intolerant and stuck in the past some countries are.
I hope it was one hell of a kiss, at least.
Just the other day, I saw a comment on Lemmy lamenting how artists skip over Malaysia for their world tours. This should make it very clear why that is the case.
