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TRANSGENDERS are people whose self-identity does not match their assigned gender identity.

Transgenders are different but they are people. They have rights and feelings.

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Who are the “Third Gender” in Thailand? Transgenders, Ladyboys and who else?

The evil that religious men do to Transgenders!

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27 September 2017

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http://www.marketing-interactive.com/hitz-fm-says-sorry-for-transphobic-video-sketch/

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The Star‏Verified account @staronline

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19 June 2017

FMT News‏ @fmtoday 2h

PETALING JAYA: Activist Siti Kasim has called on the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to demonstrate its sincerity in claiming to be opposed to discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

“Don’t just talk, because talk is cheap,” the lawyer said today.

“Show your actions in stopping persecutions against the ‘mak nyah’ (transgenders) for being what they are,” she told FMT.

She said this in response to Jakim director-general Othman Mustapha’s remarks in a Facebook posting earlier today that Jakim had never agreed with discrimination and bullying against LGBT individuals.
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Siti said Jakim should portray itself as a religious body that promotes Islam as a religion of peace.

“They should show to the people that Islam is about love and hope, and not about hate and persecuting,” she said, adding that Jakim has the machinery to spread the proper ideology to the people.

Siti had in the past criticised the department for suggesting that a person’s sexual orientation can be changed with extensive religious training.

She accused it of “trying to play God”.

She had also gotten into an argument with Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) officers who raided a closed-door transgender event in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur in April last year.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/06/19/jakim-must-prove-sincerity-towards-lgbts-says-siti-kasim/

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The Star‏Verified account @staronline 2h2 hours ago

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12 Jan 2017

By Chuah Bee Kim and Ahmad Ismail

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Malay Mail Online

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Malaysian law is secular as the Federal Constitution restricts Islamic legislation to marriage, divorce and inheritance based on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the landmark 1988 Che Omar Che Soh case, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a high-profile transgender case.

The three-judge panel of Malaysia’s second-highest court led by Justice Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Yunus cited former Lord President Tun Salleh Abas, who had ruled that the framers of the Federal Constitution had confined the word “Islam” in Article 3 — which says that Islam is the religion of the Federation — to the areas of marriage, divorce and inheritance law, based on the history of Islamic legislation in Malaya during British colonial times.

“If it had been otherwise, there would have been another provision in the Constitution which would have the effect that any law contrary to the injunction of Islam will be void,” Hishamudin quoted Salleh as saying in the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision.

“Far from making such provision, Article 162, on the other hand, purposely preserves the continuity of secular law prior to the Constitution, unless such law is contrary to the latter,” Salleh added, referring to Article 162 of the Federal Constitution that states existing laws shall continue to be in force on and after Merdeka Day.

“In short, the Supreme Court takes the position that it was the intention of the framers of our Federal Constitution that the word ‘Islam’ in Art. 3(1) be given a restrictive meaning,” Hishamudin said in the appellate court’s full judgment released on January 2 in the case of three Muslim transwomen fighting a cross-dressing ban under Negri Sembilan Shariah law.

Article 3(1) states that Islam is the religion of the Federation, but other religions may be practised in peace and harmony.

The Court of Appeal judge also highlighted Article 3(4) of the Federal Constitution that said nothing in the Article derogated from other provisions of the Constitution.

“What Art. 3(4) means is that Art. 3(1) is subject to, among others, the fundamental liberties provisions as enshrined in Part II of the Federal Constitution,” said Hishamudin.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/islamic-law-restricted-to-familial-matters-court-of-appeal-says-in-transgen

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Malaysiakini

6:00PM Nov 16, 2014

‘I am bapuk and mak nyah, so what?’

They won in the court of law, but not in the court of public opinion.

And when tongues wag, what exactly plays in the hearts and in the minds of these transgender individuals, the ones referred to as bapuk (transvestite), mak nyah (drag queen) or pondan (effeminate men) in society?

Muhammad Izat Hasmi, a transgender from the small town of Batang Kali, Selangor is the first to admit that it has never been easy.

Facing a gender crisis ever since she was a child, Izat chose to dress as a woman when she turned 18.
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Unlike the general perception that transgender individuals are sex workers, Izat, fondly known as Girl-girl, is trained in the sciences and was employed as a lab assistant at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.

But pressure at work due to her gender identity eventually forced her to quit her job.
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Despite her cheery persona, Girl-girl is not optimistic about her future in Malaysia due to the prevailing laws against transgender individuals.

“I know that people like us we don’t have much of a choice, but I hope the authorities can be bit more relaxed in its enforcement and not just arrest us.
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She says that she has also come to terms with the unkindness that society has shown to her.

“At first I was angry, but what can I do? The fact is, people look down on us.

“But I am bapuk,  I am mak nyah. So what?” she says, inviting laughter from her friends.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/280670

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APPELLATE COURT: WRITTEN JUDGEMENT

The appellate court ruled last Friday in favour of three Muslim transgender men ― Muhamad Juzaili Mohd Khamis, Shukur Jani and Wan Fairol Wan Ismail ― who were convicted of cross-dressing under the Negri Sembilan shariah law that punishes Muslim men who wear women’s attire with a fine not exceeding RM1,000, or jail of not more than six months, or both.

Malay Mail Online

Islamic law is subject to the Federal Constitution, Court of Appeal says in transgender case

November 11, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 ― State Islamic laws cannot violate Malaysians’ fundamental freedoms that are protected in the Federal Constitution as legislations contradicting the constitution are deemed void, the Court of Appeal said in its written judgment on a landmark transgender case.

A three-judge panel of Malaysia’s second highest court ruled that Section 66 of the Negri Sembilan Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992, which prohibits Muslim men from cross-dressing, was unconstitutional and void as the state law contravened a slew of fundamental liberties, which are personal liberty, equality, freedom of movement and freedom of expression.

“Reading Art. 74(3) and Art. 4(1) together, it is clear (and this legal position is not disputed) that all State laws, including Islamic laws passed by State 11 legislatures, must be consistent with Part II of the Federal Constitution (which guarantees the fundamental liberties of all Malaysians),” the Court of Appeal wrote in its brief judgment.

Article 74(3) of the Federal Constitution states that the power to make laws is subject to conditions or restrictions imposed by the constitution.

Article 4(1) of the Federal Constitution says the constitution is the supreme law of the federation and that laws inconsistent with it shall be void.
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The court panel ― comprising Justices Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Datuk Aziah Ali and Datuk Lim Yee Lan ― had said the law was discriminatory as it failed to recognise men diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID).

In its written judgment, the Court of Appeal noted that the evidence by two psychiatrists and one clinical psychologist on the three transgender men who suffer from GID, or who identify themselves as women, was not rebutted.

According to psychiatrist Dr Ang Jin Kiat, cross-dressing is intrinsic to the nature of the three men suffering from GID and their condition is incurable.

The court also cited evidence from consultant psychiatrist Dr Deva Dass, who said a man suffering from GID feels he should have been the other gender, a “female spirit trapped in a male body”.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/islamic-law-is-subject-to-the-federal-constitution-court-of-appeal-says-in

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Transgender activists estimated that there are around 60,000 Malaysian who identify as transgenders, with Malays making up 70 per cent of them.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/transgender-movement-a-cancer-to-malaysian-courts-muslim-group-warns

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The evil that religious men do to Transgenders!

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Malay Mail Online

Transgender movement a ‘cancer’ to Malaysian courts, Muslim group warns

November 8, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 ― The transgender movement in Malaysia has become a “cancer” that is eating away at the judiciary system, a Muslim group warned today after a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal declaring an anti-crossdressing Shariah law unconstitutional yesterday.

According to the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim), the rights movement will also be a “virus” against all religious citizens in Malaysia, not just Muslims.

“Yesterday, we saw it become a cancer and spread, attacking the federal judiciary institution,” Abim’s law bureau chief Khairul Anwar Ismail said on the group’s Facebook page.

“The decision truly tarnished, insulted and undermined the position of religious institutions such as the Shariah Court, state religious departments, fatwa institutions,” he added.

Despite admitting the need to love transgenders as fellow humans, Khairul Anwar insisted that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community should instead show their respect for the religious beliefs held by their fellow citizens.
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Yesterday, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) had similarly urged the Negri Sembilan Islamic religious council (Mains) to immediately file an appeal, as it will likely be used as a precedent in all similar legal challenges in the future by the country’s community of Muslim transgenders

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/transgender-movement-a-cancer-to-malaysian-courts-muslim-group-warns

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5:54PM Nov 8, 2014

‘Law against transgender not discriminatory’

Laws against transgenders have nothing to do with discrimination and the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn one such law yesterday was wrong, claimed the Malaysian Muslims Lawyers Association (PPMM).

PPMM president Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar said this in reference to the court’s declaration that Section 66 of the Syariah Criminal (Negeri Sembilan)  Enactment 1992, which criminalises cross dressing and disallows males from behaving like women, was unconstitutional.

The court had declared the law, which provides for a fine of up to RM1,000 or imprisonment up to six months or both, to be against fundamental liberties guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.

However, Zainul said there are limits to the fundamental freedoms and it must be read with Article 3 of the Federal Constitution which said Islam is the religion of the federation.

“The issue of discrimination of minorities does not arise because as stated in the Federal Constitution, there are limits to fundamental liberties.

“These rights are not absolute and must be read with other Articles in the Federal Constitution,” he said in a statement today.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/279914

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Malaysian Insider

Negri mufti questions court decision allowing Muslims to cross-dress

Published: 8 November 2014

Negri Sembilan mufti Datuk Mohd Yusof Ahmad has questioned the Court of Appeal’s decision to allow three transgender individuals to wear women’s clothing and behave like women, Sinar Harian reported today.

He described the decision as a deviation from the teachings of the Islamic religion and said the shariah laws according to the Quran and the hadith should be upheld.

“I stand by the shariah court of the state – laws that honour Islam are above all else.

“The laws in the state are made according to Islam, the Quran and hadith,” he was quoted as saying in the Malay daily.

“I don’t want to comment on this further because I don’t want to offend the court.”

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/negri-mufti-questions-court-decision-allowing-muslims-to-cross-dress

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A Malaysian court on Friday has overturned an anti cross-dressing law.

A Malaysian court on Friday has overturned an anti cross-dressing law http://ow.ly/DXDnL 

Three transgender people won their landmark bid to overturn an Islamic anti cross-dressing law in Malaysia on Friday.

A three-judge appeals court panel ruled that a state provision barring Muslim men from dressing as women was unconstitutional, saying it “deprives the appellants of the right to live with dignity”.

“It has the effect of denying the appellants and other sufferers of GID (gender identify disorder) to move freely in public places… This is degrading, oppressive and inhuman,” said judge Hishamudin Yunus.

The verdict overturns a 2012 lower court ruling, which had dismissed the challenge by the three appellants over their arrest four years ago under the law in southern Negeri Sembilan state.

The trio are Muslims who were born male but identify as women.

http://www.tnp.sg/news/malaysia-transgenders-win-landmark-court-case

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The Straits Times retweeted

ST Foreign Desk @STForeignDesk  ·  4h 4 hours ago

#Malaysia transgenders win bid to overturn Islamic law against cross dressing http://bit.ly/1uE4Gx6 

Transgender activist Nisha Ayub (right) greets her colleague outside the court of appeals in Putrajaya on Nov 7, 2014. Three Malaysian transgender women on Friday won their landmark bid to overturn an Islamic anti-cross dressing law in the conservative Muslim-majority nation. — PHOTO: AFP

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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AFP) – Three Malaysian transgender women on Friday won their landmark bid to overturn an Islamic anti-cross dressing law in the conservative Muslim-majority nation.

A three-judge appeals court panel ruled that the provision of southern Negri Sembilan state that bars Muslim men from dressing as women was unconstitutional, saying it “deprives the appellants of the right to live with dignity”. “It has the effect of denying the appellants and other sufferers of GID (gender identity disorder) to move freely in public places… This is degrading oppressive and inhumane,” judge Hishamudin Yunus said.

The verdict overturns a 2012 lower court ruling, which had dismissed the challenge by the three appellants – Muslims who were born male but identify as women – over their arrest four years ago under the law.

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/malaysia-transgenders-win-bid-overturn-islamic-law-against-cross-dre

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