The Malaysian Government offers up to $1k for the Best ‘Gay Prevention’ video

The Malaysian Government through the Health Ministry have launched a competition, urging teenager people to make videos just roughly 'preventing' homosexuality.

The admin is delightful to pay happening to $1,000 in reward for best video and the context is gate to 13 - 14 years antiquated who would elevate to create videos regarding 'gender confusion' in reference to Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender people, the BBC reported.

According to the Health Ministry, the entries should evaluate prevention and come happening behind the keep for an opinion; issues and upshot; and how to realize sponsorship occurring. The competition has three main categories: gender confusion, sex, and sex and the internet and will muggy at the decrease of August,

Reacting to the competition, LGBT campaigner Pang Khee Teik told AFP news agency: 'The utterly fact that they bump LGBT people asleep a category called 'gender confusion' shows that the authorities are highly much embarrassed themselves. It is mind-blowing that a slant agency wants the combined country to be sucked into its confluence of confusion,' he said.

'I was stunned. This is encouraging discrimination, disgrace and even maltreat towards the minorities,' transgender campaigner Nisha Ayub told Reuters.

Homosexuality and Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia, where penalties can add happening fines, imprisonment, and corporal punishment.