In 2011, the Seksualiti Merdeka (Independent Sexuality) event, an annual sexuality rights event, was centered around the theme of “Queer without Fear”. The publicity of the event featured videos of several Malaysian citizens proclaiming their queer identity, calling for the equality of LGBT rights. After publicizing the event however, the Malaysian police released a statement banning the event, based on the premises of risking disturbance of public order and impeding on religious freedom. In 2014, Section 27 A(1)(C) of the Police Act, which was used to ban the event, was superseded by the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA). This resulted in the ban on the event being lifted.