Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Zulkifli Mohamad’s call for religious authorities to take action against the transgender community could fuel hatred against them, warned NGO Seed Foundation.
In a statement, the trans-led community-based organisation urged Zulkifli and the authorities to cease harassing the marginalised community and to instead uplift the transgender community without the agenda of rehabilitating them as “they are not a problem that needs to be solved”.
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