BFM Podcast

LGBT Healthcare

Tan KW
Publish date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018, 07:07 PM

Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Chairman of Malaysian AIDS Foundation & Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya | Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Chairman and Director, Islamic Renaissance Front | Martin Choo, General Manager, Kuala Lumpur AIDS Support Services Society (KLASS)

29-Aug-18 17:00

 

The LGBT community in Malaysia has come under attack in recent weeks, from having their rights questioned to being individually targeted and physically assaulted. In response, members of the LGBT community have said that they are only seeking equal rights as Malaysians. We look at one of the areas in which stigma and discrimination can have severe and lasting impact: healthcare for the LGBT community. What happens when morality colours medical professionalism and ethics?

 

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy

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kiasoocheena

it is a disease that you have to treat just like cancer.

2018-08-29 21:16

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