{"id":18427,"date":"2023-07-22T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=18427"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:14:11","slug":"matty-healy-banned-from-malaysia-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/matty-healy-banned-from-malaysia-the-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Matty Healy Banned From Malaysia: 1975 Singer Protested Anti-LGTBQ+ Laws & Kissed His Bassist On Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While playing for the Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on July 21, The 1975<\/em> frontman Matty Healy had a lot to say to the government about their strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws – which he conveyed with a profanity laden speech after kissing his male fellow band member on stage. This lead to the cancellation of the whole three-day festival overall as well. In 2019, Healy did something similar previously in Dubai, kissing a male fan onstage in protest of the UAE’s legislative persecution on LGBTQ people (in the UAE, being gay may result in up to 15 years in jail and for Healy it resulted in a ban from the country).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Roberto Ricciuti \/ Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

What did Matty Healy say about the anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Kuala Lumpur?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a video uploaded on YouTube by user aphexmaxim, Healy is seen commenting on the homophobic and transphobic laws of the country and expressing his anger at the government for imposing them before giving 1975<\/em> bassist Ross MacDonald a prolonged kiss on stage! Healy’s speech was a powerful and impassioned condemnation of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws. He spoke out against the government’s hypocrisy in inviting The 1975<\/em> to perform in the country, while at the same time criminalizing homosexuality. He also expressed his solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in Malaysia, and his determination to fight for their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn\u2019t looking into it. I don\u2019t see the fucking point\u2026 of inviting The 1975<\/em> to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with,\u201d Healy said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry if that offends you, and you\u2019re religious\u2026 but your government are a bunch of fucking r\u2014\u2014. I don\u2019t care anymore. If you push, I\u2019m gonna push back. I\u2019m not in the fucking mood.\u201d Brandishing a bottle of wine, the singer then addressed the audience directly by saying, “Unfortunately, you don\u2019t get a set of loads of uplifting songs because I\u2019m fucking furious. And that\u2019s not fair on you, because you\u2019re not representative of your government. You are young people, and I\u2019m sure a lot of you are gay and progressive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Mauricio Santana \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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\u00a0\u201cI pulled this show yesterday, and we had a conversation. We said, \u2018You know what? We can\u2019t let the kids down because they\u2019re not the government\u2026 If you want to invite me here to do a show, you can fuck off. I\u2019ll take your money, you can ban me, but I\u2019ve done this before, and it doesn\u2019t feel good.\u201d<\/p>\nMatty Healy in his speech <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What happened next in the 1975’s concert?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Source: TikTok<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Matty Healy continued his speech for a while, adding that The 1975<\/em> had definitely considered ditching the show due to Malaysia\u2019s laws but didn’t find it fair to the younger crowd. Then, in response and defiance to the government’s anti-gay legislation, 1975<\/em> bassist Ross MacDonald approached Healy and the two exchanged a lengthy kiss on the lips with fans erupting in gasps and cheers. Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community outlawed in the nation, laws are vigorously enforced and queer individuals regularly victims of hate crimes. With that information, Healy stated to the audience as he exited the stage: “Alright, we gotta go. We just got\u00a0banned from\u00a0Kuala Lumpur,\u00a0I’ll see you later.” The band will next perform at We the Fest in Jakarta, Indonesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While playing for the Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, on July 21, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy had a lot to say to the government about their strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws – which he conveyed with a profanity laden speech after kissing his male fellow band member on stage. This lead to […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[3876,2540,1251,3875,774,3872,3879,1294,3878,1607,1444,1519,2536,3877,3873,65,3880,3881,3874,1608],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18433,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18427\/revisions\/18433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}