The 1975 is banned from Malaysia after Matt kissing incident

[Cloröx]

Why did he do that? 

 

 

[Rebel Lion]

They f**k

[livelikemusic]

The chin/beard grab. omfg.

[Cloröx]

He's so stupid for doing this without thinking the consequences 

 

 

[More Than A Melody]

He thinks he's doing something. It's actually so dumb because he's in his mid thirties and a f*cking idiot.

 

He's a straight man kissing another straight man to protest queer rights in a foreign country. Intentions aside, you have to realize that you're not doing what you think you're doing. What impact does he think he can have with this? Getting banned isn't the problem, it's that nothing will change and the consequences will be suffered by queer people who actually have to live there for the rest of their lives.

 

A message for people downvoting this from a queer Malaysian person (out of the thousands who have expressed similar feelings)

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by More Than A Melody

[TaggedGalaxy]

I bet they're into docking

 

[popmusicisdead]

not Malaysia. it's literally illegal to be gay there 

[Oziee]

4 minutes ago, réveuse said:

Laws are laws and the 1975 should follow them.

This is a really stupid take. They're not even subject to the laws of a country to which they don't belong, plus they're doing this in the name of protest. Madonna and Lady Gaga had both done this in these kinds of countries.

[nostalgic]

9 minutes ago, réveuse said:

Laws are laws and the 1975 should follow them.

I'm sure you would have said the same thing in the 50s and 60s when black folks were defying segregation laws to force change.

[KFC]

33 minutes ago, Cloröx said:

He's so stupid for doing this without thinking the consequences 

 

 

Typical white male privilege. He will go back to his lovely life in the UK proud of himself thinking he made some huge, bold statement and then never think about Malaysia again. Nasty work

[nostalgic]

5 minutes ago, réveuse said:

 

Those situations have nothing to do with eachother. The black folks were fighting for change while Matt Healy breaks a law of a country.

[Cloröx]

8 minutes ago, Oziee said:

This is a really stupid take. They're not even subject to the laws of a country to which they don't belong, plus they're doing this in the name of protest. Madonna and Lady Gaga had both done this in these kinds of countries.

Nah, even LGBT community here condemned his behavior, it brings more negativity than positivity especially state election is around the corner. The community will be a punching bag, I'm worry about them tho  

[Daddy]

10 minutes ago, réveuse said:

 

Those situations have nothing to do with eachother. The black folks were fighting for change while Matt Healy breaks a law of a country.

Read that again but slowly. 

[Bonicap]

28 minutes ago, réveuse said:

Laws are laws and the 1975 should follow them.

What the hell is this take 

[Taylena]

15 minutes ago, réveuse said:

 

Those situations have nothing to do with eachother. The black folks were fighting for change while Matt Healy breaks a law of a country.

While Matt Healy is not exactly the best person to try doing this but in his own way he's also trying to effect change in Malaysia laws to stop discrimination against queer people which is exactly the same fight black people had against the US government in the 50's an 60's.

[Communion]

33 minutes ago, réveuse said:

Laws are laws and the 1975 should follow them.

The issue isn't the law cause the law is dumb. The issue is that this kind of protest, especially from those who may not actually live in a country, could not materially mean anything if also not backed by financial support.

 

The takes that such protests are bad because the local queer community may be at risk are slightly reactionary too because it suggests people should just feed into homophobia. The answer isn't to respect homophobia but to make sure the help and aid goes beyond just signaling certain virtues and images. Sure, call for the country to support gay rights, but you're also rich as a Western musician so put that money where that mouth is and write some homeless LGBT Malayasian youth a check while at it. Money talks. Money is powerful. Yes, symbology and protest are important, but money is quite literally a resource and one those who have should be willing to give if wanting to show they care. 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Communion

[Cruel Summer]

34 minutes ago, réveuse said:

Laws are laws and the 1975 should follow them.

I can totally agree with the posters above who said this was wrong to do because of the harm that it could bring to marginalized communities in Malaysia given the nature of this situation, but “it’s the law” is historically the literal worst reason to follow the law. “Laws are laws” isn’t really saying anything.

[Cloröx]

2 minutes ago, Taylena said:

While Matt Healy is not exactly the best person to try doing this but in his own way he's also trying to effect change in Malaysia laws to stop discrimination against queer people which is exactly the same fight black people had against the US government in the 50's an 60's.

What he did is peak performative activism, it won't make any change at all, just make it worse for LGBT activists in the country to fight for their right. The conservative especially the opposition surely will come in full force after the incident 

[Glorified]

that's hot ngl 

[iam1925]

Hot 

[Before Today]

Malaysia is a small irrelevant market so they should be fine

[plum]

i dont know if two men kissing in public makes it harder for so called lgbt activists to fight for the rights then what they can do to make it for the better

[Taylor fanboy]

Why not attack Malaysia’s bigotted laws? 

[rac7d]

Not y’all siding with Malaysia 

[Trent W]

I know that most people hate him here

 

But siding with an homophobic country and saying laws are laws