Burmese media warns against homosexuality
Posted on January 22, 2010
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A popular Burmese publication is warning that homosexuality can cause mental illness and encourage sexual crimes.
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) reports the bi-weekly Eleven Journal carried a front-page article today in which it quotes a former psychology professor, Khin Aye Win. She says children should be taught “not to engage in abnormal sexual activities and…to protect themselves from unwanted troubles and dangers”.
She said, “When they are capable of understanding things clearly, they can use their common sense to analyse the situation, even when persuaded by someone.”
The article warns that with the rise of globalization, parents should teach their children about sexual activities and misconduct. It also suggests a link between homosexuality and crime. It says, “In some cases, a man whose mind turned female tried to seduce other men and then ended up mugging and murdering them.”
DVB quotes an exiled Burmese anti-homophobia campaigner as warning the article was dangerous as the comments come from a psychologist.
Last month the state controlled New Light of Myanmar suggested that HIV/Aids stems from ‘socially unacceptable behaviour’.
In Burma, same-sex relations can carry the death penalty, under the country’s old colonial laws. However, the sentence is seldom carried out.
According to the UNAIDS programme, one in three gay men in Burma are HIV positive.
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