Three words we don’t like to see together: homosexual, problem, counseling. That said, you can imagine our worry over an article describing how Malaysia’s Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has pledged to “counsel” gays to help curb the “homosexual program.” Deputy Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon later described gays as a “social problem.” The move comes three months after police raided an allegedly gay sauna. [Bernama]
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The “Homosexual Program”…it sounds like a sitcom about three gay men, maybe a bear, a butch, and a twink, trying to start up a repertory theater in Iowa. Perhaps we’ve finally found a vehicle for Harvey Fierstein?