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Guardian UK: Malaysian newspaper publishes 'how to spot a gay' checklist - Sinar Harian says LGBT people identifiable by beards, branded clothes and going to gym

An 18-year old student, T Nhaveen, was beaten and burned to death last year by classmates who said he was pondan, a colloquial term for a gay man. A 27-year-old transgender woman, Sameera Krishnan, was attacked with a knife and and shot three times in a targeted attack in her florist shop a few months later.