Malaysians lampoon minister over stress-gay link: ‘they never work hard in parliament?’
Last Updated on January 28, 2026 11:18 pm
By Joseph Sipalan
A Malaysian minister has become the butt of jokes for claiming that work stress can turn people gay, as continued government intervention of what it describes as sexually deviant behaviour piles pressure on the country’s LGBTQ community.
The enforcement spotlight fell on Malaysia’s sexual minorities two weeks ago after religious authorities and police acted on complaints from a sultan and Islamist politicians that a camping retreat was promoting the LGBTQ lifestyle.
The community came under fresh scrutiny when Religious Affairs Minister Zulkifli Hasan said on Tuesday that work stress was among several factors allegedly pushing people into sexual orientations that were not strictly heterosexual.
Source :SCMP