The LGBT alphabet soup gets thicker

THE recent incident over a minister’s press secretary’s decision to resign because of his sexual orientation shows that when it comes to gay rights, nothing has changed in post-GE14 Malaysia.

Of course, no one expected a total change from harsh discrimination and condemnation to open-arms acceptance of LGBT rights. But when the chance came for the Pakatan Harapan government to stand by its election manifesto of building an inclusive and moderate nation “committed to enhancing diversity and inclusiveness at all levels of society”, it failed to do so.