INTERVIEW An existing clause in the National Harmony and Reconciliation Bill proposed by the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) to protect sexual minorities from discrimination does not mean the “recognition” of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.

In stressing this, NUCC member Mujahid Yusof Rawa, who chairs its working committee on Law and Policy, which proposed this bill and two others to the government, has come under pressure from both the LGBT community, which want the clause maintained and right-wing NGOs wanting the clause removed.