This report from the BBC just received. Not sure whether to laugh or be upset
Malaysian schoolboys sent to butch camp
Authorities in Malaysia have sent 66 Muslim schoolboys identified by their teachers as effeminate to a special camp to receive counselling on masculine behaviour.
The boys will undergo four days of religious and motivational classes and physical activities designed to guide them back to what has been described as the "right path in life".
The schoolboys allegedly displayed "feminine mannerisms", although educators in the conservative state of Terengganu did not detail what they were.
State officials say that if left "unchecked" the students could end up gay or transsexual.
Activists say it is appalling that educators are persecuting children for expressing their personalities and identities.
The state's education director, Razali Daud, says although homosexuals and transvestites do exist in Malaysia, the authorities want to limit their numbers.
- BBC
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