An article by a Malaysian newspaper has caused outrage on social media, as the country attempts to deal with the growing influence of religious hardliners.

The article was published in the Sinar Harian newspaper and lists a variety of traits which readers can use to identify people who fall in the LGBTIQ community.

The list includes; masculine gay men liking to show off their six pack and wearing tight shirts while lesbians were described as man-haters.

Malaysia has a history of being stauntly homophobic with the country’s highest court upholding a ban on cross-dressing in 2015 among a number of homophobic incidents.