Advertisement On July 21, the latest iteration of the Good Vibes Festival (GVF) kicked off in Sepang, a suburban town bordering the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the festival had invited notable international headliners, with acts such as Ty Dolla $ign and The Strokes set to perform. What should have … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Society | Southeast Asia The ban comes in the midst of a conservative culture war that has targeted the country’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. The Swiss watchmaker Swatch’s LGBTQ-themed Pride Collection, which has now been banned in Malaysia. Credit: Swatch Advertisement Anyone buying or selling LGBTQ-themed Swatch watches could face arrest and up to … Read more
Advertisement When is a watch not just a device strapped to one’s wrist designed to tell the time? Apparently when it bears “LGBT connotations,” according to the Malaysian authorities, who raided 11 outlets of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch in the country and seized over 160 watches worth approximately $14,000, purportedly because they featured LGBTQ imagery … Read more
Advertisement The Swiss watchmaker Swatch announced yesterday that Malaysian authorities raided its stores and confiscated 164 watches featuring the rainbow pride flag, the latest sign of the growing intolerance facing the country’s LGBTQ community. According to Swatch, Ministry of Home Affairs officials raided 11 outlets on May 13 and 14 and seized the watches because … Read more