{"id":598,"date":"2023-05-14T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2023-05-14T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T06:38:38","slug":"is-lgbtqia-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/slider\/is-lgbtqia-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is LGBTQIA+ illegal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s1.static.brasilescola.uol.com.br\/be\/2023\/01\/letras-que-compoem-a-sigla-lgbtqia-pintadas-em-dedos-das-maos.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Is LGBTQIA+ illegal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The LGBTQIA+ community includes lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, queers, intersex people, asexuals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Is it illegal to be part of this community?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Malaysia, there are no laws that specifically criminalize being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. This means that it is not illegal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Then why do some homosexuals still get arrested?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While sexual orientation itself is not illegal, there are laws that criminalize certain sexual acts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Section 377A of the Penal Code:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;carnal intercourse against the order of nature,&#8221; which includes oral and anal sex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Those convicted under this law can face up to 20 years in prison and whipping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a result, same-sex couples in Malaysia cannot legally marry or adopt children.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Is LGBTQIA+ illegal? &nbsp; The LGBTQIA+ community includes lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, queers, intersex people, asexuals, and more. &nbsp; Is it illegal to be part of this community? &nbsp; In Malaysia, there are no laws that specifically criminalize being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. This means that it is not illegal. &nbsp; Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[199,195,55,194,61,60,183,198,59,58,33,50,53,36,51,52,193,192,191,18,54,57,56,197,196,207,204,202,203,38,67,34,200,201,74,75,208,72,69,205,206],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}