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April 3, 2013
'Nothing wrong' with taking anti-LGBT musical to schools, says Malaysian education minister

Deputy education minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said a musical with negative stereotypes of LGBT people can help 'our children to understand it'

Malaysian deputy education minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said yesterday that 'there is nothing wrong' with taking a musical with negative stereotypes of LGBT characters (who turn straight in the end) to schools and universities.

'We don't want our children to be involved in such activities and if the content of the musical helps our children understand it, then there is nothing wrong,' said Puad to the Malay Mail.

February 4, 2013
16,000 parents and teachers told to 'curb' LGBT behavior in Malaysia

Malaysian deputy education minister says LGBT behavior in children is 'like a disease'

Malaysia's education ministry held 21 seminars over the last six months about how to 'curb' LGBT behavior, reaching 16,000 parents and teachers.

Deputy education minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the ministry would be holding more seminars across the country, The Star reports.

At a seminar last week in Seberang in northwestern Malaysia, Puad said:

'It is like a disease but it can be cured with early intervention.'

January 23, 2013
'LGBT is a social illness,' says Malaysian deputy education minister

Malaysian deputy education minister offends LGBT people again

Malaysia's deputy education minister has told parents 'intervention' can help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children 'return to the right path'.

Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi was speaking at a parenting seminar organized by teachers' group Yayasan Guru Malaysia Berhad, the same group who caused derision the world over for producing guidelines on how to identify LGBT children.

October 8, 2012
National Wear V-Neck Day no 'joking matter' says Malaysian minister

Event to bring attention to Malaysia's education ministry's moves to support discrimination in schools is not funny, says deputy minister

Malaysia's deputy education minister has made a po-faced response to last week's tongue-in-cheek protest, National Wear V-Neck Day.

September 21, 2012
Malaysian deputy education minister suggests ‘early corrective measures’ for LGBT people

Minister denies connection to guidelines, but says the government is taking ‘this LGBT issue seriously’

The Malaysian deputy education minister said yesterday that the government is taking ‘this LGBT issue seriously’. 

Mohd Puad Zarkashi was speaking to the Malaysian Insider about controversial guidelines distributed at a parents and teachers seminar called ‘Parenting in addressing the issue of LGBTs’ last week.

September 14, 2012
Malaysian MP accuses Education Ministry of ‘spreading hate’

Democratic Action Party MP writes the government is fanning ‘the flames of intolerance and homophobia’ with gay ‘symptoms’ guidelines

A Malaysian MP has spoken out against the Education Ministry for spreading ‘hate' and fanning ‘the flames of intolerance and homophobia’.

Gay Star News reported yesterday on government-endorsed guidelines that warn Malaysian parents to look out for stereotyped ‘symptoms’ that their children are gay. These include, for gay men, preferences for ‘tight and light coloured clothes’ and ‘big handbags’.