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Fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned

Fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned

Update: 2018-10-10
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Criminalised by the state and targeted by vigilantes, Malaysia’s LGBT community faces rampant persecution. Thi Laga, a co-founder of rights group Justice for Sisters, has become a leading figure in the fightback
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Fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned

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