So, how many gays and lesbians are there in Malaysia? I'm not really sure as well. However, if you visit Utopia Asia website, they believe there are approximately 4% of GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) from the total population. Let's say if the total population of Malaysia is 24 millions, there are about 960,000 GLBT in Malaysia!Perhaps I should be a little bit realistic. So I chose a popular website for people like us (PLU) which is based in Singapore. Just for lesbians alone, there are about 1200 active profiles from Malaysia. The number of gays in this country is at least 10 times more than the number of lesbians here. But remember again, this is just a website which has been around for less than 10 years.
The number of GLBT is growing rapidly in this country not because people change their lifestyle. It's because of technology i.e. the internet and of course active role of certain groups of people who spread their voices and support for people like us through their network and events. More people are coming out of the closet and accept themselves as who they are. I am one of them.
posted by AndroJ at 9:44 PM
