Lady Gaga Talks About Malaysian Censorship

Lady Gaga is not happy to know that the Malaysian government is censoring her song "Born This Way" because the country consists of conservative majority of Muslims who don't accept LGBT rights.

In Malaysia, homosexuality is taboo and illegal. Many Islamic groups there consider her song's lyrics "No matter gay, straight, or bi, lesbian or transgendered life" to be very offensive. As a result of this, many of the concerts have been cancelled and often the organizers are fined later for contravening laws governing modesty. Broadcasters have been fined 10,000 pounds for playing her song as well in Malaysia.

Lady Gaga spoke openly about the Malaysian censorship issue regarding her song. She said that the youth of Malaysia should fight for their rights and make their voices heard if they want to hear these words from her song. She said one must fight for liberation from the set rules in a peaceful way.

Well, I am pretty ok with somebody else's sexual orientations and accept LGBT rights. I understand everybody may not be so cool about these things. But I think every society will take time to realize these things are a reality even if laws or religions prohibit such stuff. Even in countries like Malaysia LGBT community would exist quietly. I feel one is gay or lesbian or straight by nature. What's so special if you are straight but your friend is gay? At the end of the day we are all humans. Do we judge someone on the fact that he is gay or lesbian or if he is a decent human being or not?

These are natural things and people should understand that. Anyhow, there is no harm in playing a song because sexual preferences do not depend on such lyrics rather her lyrics merely talk about the general acceptance of people no matter how they are. The bigger and better picture is missed by focusing on individual words like lesbians or transgender etc.

For How Long Will The LGBT Teens Suffer?

It has been a while now that the world has been discussing how sexual orientations can vary from person to person. It is natural process, an individual's choice and we should accept it but still we hear about stories where LGBT (lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals and transgenders) are treated as if they are outcasts. 

Recently, Nikki Peet wanted to discuss issues like anti-gay bullying with the students of Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. She thought it would be great to talk to a large number of students in the school and spread the message around about equal treatment for all. It is important to communicate the importance of equal treatment to the youth but she didn't know what was in store for her.

Nikki Peet

Nikki received an extremely negative response from Dr. Julia Carbajal who is Flour Bluff's Superintendent. Dr. Julia cancelled all the extra curricular clubs so that Nikki could not talk about the "Gay Straight Alliance" amongst students. It is strange to see how those who have the means to spread the message across try to ignore the significance of certain issues and not only that they try to make things difficult for those who want to educate the teenagers to prevent the society from unpleasant events in the future.

It is a fact that LGBT kids suffer greatly in schools and other places. They are bullied immensely by their peers as a result of which they suffer from depression, isolation and suicide. Nine out of ten LGBT students experience harassment in schools because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Two thirds feel unsafe in their classroom. LGBT teens are four times more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers.

Nikki has a lot of support from the US and together they are protesting against the Flour Bluff Superintendent for her actions. If you feel you also support their cause and that everyone has an equal right to live the way they want to live you can sign up for this petition. It is not really about LGBT bullying taking place in US only - the cause is much more important that nobody has the right to bully someone for his or her sexual orientation. 

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