Gaga Over Malaysia
Lady Gaga in her video for Born This Way
Even Elton John recognizes Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” as the new gay anthem. The catchy tune is topping charts all over the world, but the lyrics are more controversial in some places than others. Being openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or trans gendered is unthinkable in Malaysia, where any homosexual act is a criminal offense. So the lyrics-“A different lover is not a sin … No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby… I was born this way” have caused a cultural issue.
The debate lies between the radio stations who censor homosexual references in order not to disturb the general Malaysian public, and Malaysian gay rights activists, mainly Phang Khee, who has gone so far as to call upon Lady Gaga herself to protest by banning song play to radio stations who don’t play the entire unedited song.
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