Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Trans Anti-Discrimination Work in Malaysia

[Amelia Pond]

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Trans Anti-Discrimination Work in Malaysia
Fikri, August 1, 2013

http://www.autostraddle.com/two-steps-forward-one-step-back-for-trans-anti-discrimination-work-in-malaysia-188094/

In early July, it was reported that a transgender welfare committee, the first of its kind in Malaysia, had been given the green light by representatives from both Barisan Nasional, the federal ruling party, and Pakatan Rakyat, the largest opposition coalition, in northwestern state Penang. But plans for Malaysia's first transgender welfare committee have been cut at the knees as politicians backtracked on earlier shows of support...