When Fem Isn't Halal

“The Malaysian authorities are at the centre of an increasingly heated row after it emerged that 66 Muslim boys identified by teachers as "effeminate" had been dispatched to a special camp to discourage them from becoming gay.” 

-----Outrage as Malaysia sends "effeminate" boys to anti-gay camp, The Independent, 20 April 2011

Lamestream Media  picked up on the story. There was the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth. The policy was deemed to breach international conventions, that it degraded boys who may be “different”, it traumatized and stigmatized them.  All true – especially since homosexuality is technically illegal in Malaysia. But that hasn’t stopped gay bars and gay saunas, especially in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.  Some Hong Kong residents swear the gay saunas in KL are pretty good fun.  The reality is that the laws against gay sex in Malaysia are selectively enforced - and usually against politicians deemed to be an annoyance.

As usual, Lamestream Media missed the point.  It’s easy to finger one religion and allege bigotry.  But what’s being done in Trengganu is not that different to Christians claiming to “cure” homosexual tendencies.

Furthermore, the 4 day programme could be described as exploratory, preventative and diagnostic.  That’s no different to Drug, Alcoholism, Sexual Addiction and Shoplifting sessions intended to sniff out those with such tendencies.

So does FuelMix think sending Fem Abdul from Malaysia to boot camp in order to "de- gay" him,  is a good idea?  No, it’s a stupid idea and here’s why:

1.  The boys weren’t consulted or counseled.  They were “vetted” beforehand pursuant to murky criteria and then shipped off.  How parental consent was obtained or coerced isn’t clear either.  One justification given was that parents wanted daughters and were dressing their sons up as girls.  Duh…..shouldn’t the parents then be sent off to camp?

2.  If it works right, then it should kill off Fem Abdul’s dream to get into gay twink porn.

3.  If it doesn't work right - and it probably won't, it will spawn 4 new blackmail industries:

• Teachers threatening to send Fem Abdul to THAT place;
• Parents threatening to send Fem Abdul to THAT place;
• Vicious social media gossip and insinuation that Fem Abdul should be sent to THAT place;
• School playground bullying and intimidation that Fem Abdul could be sent to THAT place;

4.  At an early age, Fem Abdul will over-compensate for his deemed lack of masculinity. Expect ultra-macho, rage, either from frustration or steroids. Fem Abdul will try and team up with the school bullies and pick on his own kind. In other words, Fem Abdul will go from one campy behaviour to another campy behaviour – all courtesy of a camp.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…….!!

5.  When he grows up, Fem Abdul will become a closet, satay-flavoured Butch Queen with internalized  homophobia.

6.  Pressured into marrying, Fem Abdul will look for the most docile bird he can find.  It’s the only way he can look and act “masculine”.  To prove his point that he’s a real man and in charge, he’ll probably beat his wife regularly.  He’ll fail as a Man, he’ll fail in his marriage and he’ll fail as a parent.

7.  Fem Abdul will make regular and unexplained trips to Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong to fuck his brains out at the gay sauna.  After all, he can be expected to read FuelMix’s Gay Sauna reviews, right..??

8.  The flaw in this 4 day program is not just who defines “effeminacy”, but where do you draw the line? Is effeminacy deemed to irreversibly stop at a certain age somewhere in late puberty? What about “refresher” masculinity courses in their 20s and 30s?

9.  If effeminacy is defined as distinct behavioural traits, then why not stigmatize  those careers that are a direct result of such traits? For example, Fem Abdul liked to sing and dance as a child.  Should he be banned from applying to a music or dance academy?  Should those academies be accused of perpetuating effeminacy?  What about artists, fashion designers, interior designers, flight attendants, retail staff, hair stylists, advertising execs? Could a national airline be accused of encouraging effeminacy?  

10.  What does one do when “effeminacy” shows up in “ alpha masculine” jobs..? For example, gay professional athletes, soldiers and investment bankers (the latter according to FuelMix's observations, usually bisexual, cocaine-addicted, riddled with bravado and insecurities, but let’s not complicate Finance more than it already is).

11.  Theoretically, a drive for “officially approved masculinity” could crash whole sectors of a local economy.

12.  And what about fags around the world? They’re just as complicit notwithstanding their superficial objections to the Malaysian policy.  Every fag and his teddy bear will do their fucked-up best to declare that they’re “str8 looking and str8 acting”.  But FuelMix bets very few were actually born looking that way.  Chances are that most were wispy, somewhat fem, socially awkward types who knew deep inside they were carrying a secret.  It wasn’t until much later that a morphing process took place at many levels.  Part of that process was the revulsion against the very characteristics that they themselves exhibited.

13.  Yet, how many ads out there “Proudly” proclaim that the fag is “masculine” or “non-fem” or “jock” and looking for the same?  That “preference” is essentially no different to those Jews who conspired with the Nazis to send their own kind to the concentration camps first and then bitched that they were being persecuted when Hitler told them to board the trains too.

Originally pubished 22 April 2011
Amended and Republished 14 March 2017

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