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Added on: 05/25/2022

Indonesia may outlaw gay sex amid growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment.

05/24/2022

Indonesia’s parliament is debating a bill that would outlaw so-called deviant sexual behavior, raising alarm among human rights activists about a possible increase in violence against LGBTQ…

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Added on: 05/24/2022

Indonesia summons British ambassador over LGBT flag.

05/23/2022

The Indonesian authorities summoned Monday the British ambassador, Owen Jenkins, to protest the raising of an LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) flag in the embassy, considering…

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Added on: 05/10/2022

Popular Indonesian podcast faces backlash over gay couple episode Popular Indonesian podcast faces backlash over gay couple episode.

05/09/2022

A popular Joe Rogan-esque podcast in Indonesia is facing backlash and calls for boycott from the country’s conservatives over a recent episode featuring a gay married couple….

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Added on: 02/01/2022

Tough times for trans Indonesians, battered by Covid and the label ‘LGBT’.

01/31/2022

The adoption of the label “LGBT” for Indonesia’s sexual minorities has increased their visibility but also made them a target of conservatives’ hostility, according to author/researcher Hendri…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Covid takes a toll on transgender entertainers in Indonesia, where even the term LGBT is seen as a threat

01/23/2022

It was almost 2pm in one of the outer western suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city of more than three million inhabitants. Merry, 50, a transwoman, had just…

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Added on: 09/02/2021

Banned and blocked: LGBT+ websites censored from Russia to Indonesia

09/01/2021

When Russian cities started banning Pride marches, LGBT+ rights activist Mikhail Tumasov took to the internet to make sure his organisation kept its voice. But state authorities…

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Added on: 08/09/2021

Indonesia’s trans women pushed to the brink during COVID pandemic

08/08/2021

After catching the coronavirus, Jenny Mikha was faced with a choice: go out on the streets to find food, and infect more people, or starve. Like many…

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Added on: 07/16/2021

These 15 Historical Examples Of LGBTQ Culture Around The World You Might Not Have Known About

07/13/2021

Nonbinary Vikings – Viking imagery in contemporary culture is heavily associated with stereotypes surrounding masculinity; long-haired, heavily muscled warriors are used to sell everything from beer to…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online

05/18/2021

Two men embracing on a magazine cover was more than risqué for Indonesia, thought LGBT+ researcher Ais, when he first discovered a trove of retro LGBT+ zines…

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Added on: 05/12/2021

HELL ON EARTH Inside Indonesia’s horrific exorcisms, rapes and electroshock torture to ‘cure’ LGBT people and ‘pray away the gay’

05/11/2021

EXORCISMS have largely been confined to the history books – but they’re a grim modern-day reality in Indonesia. Many made to have the “treatment” don’t even have…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

Exorcisms and ‘corrective’ rape: inside Indonesia’s controversial LGBT ‘conversion’ therapies

4/25/21

Growing up as someone who does not conform to traditional gender norms is not easy in Indonesia. Just ask Christine*, a 35 year-old transgender woman in West…

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Added on: 03/16/2021

Indonesia’s LGBTQ community angry at rise of conversion therapies

03/14/2021

Kai Mata found herself at the center of a homophobic storm last year when she posted a video of herself online denouncing a draft of bill that…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

02/26/2021

The Federal Court of Malaysia has ruled that the state of Selangor has no power to uphold a shariah law that declares it an offense to engage…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Indonesia’s Controversial Conversion Therapy

02/21/2021

Just last month, Kristen Antoinette Gray, an American tourist, and her girlfriend were deported from the Indonesian resort island of Bali after her tweet that celebrated the…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Conversion therapy survivors sent horrifying messages offering to ‘help make them normal’

2/21/21

LGBT+ activists in Indonesia have reportedly been harassed by an Instagram account offering conversion therapy for “individuals who are confused about their sexual identity”. The account, which…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

How to come out when ‘gay’ isn’t in your language? LGBT website provides translation resources for sexual minorities in Asia

02/14/2021

When 13-year-old Tien wants to tell his mother he’s gay, he goes to the library. But he quickly realises there aren’t any appropriate words for homosexuality in…

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Added on: 01/28/2021

2 men caned 77 times for having sex in Indonesia’s Aceh

01/28/2021

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned each 77 times Thursday after neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police for…

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Added on: 01/27/2021

We live here’: fears tourist tweets on gay lifestyle may backfire on Bali’s LGBT community

01/26/2021

When American tourist Kristen Antoinette Gray began writing about her stay in Bali on Twitter, she apparently had little idea of the controversy she would cause. Gray…

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Added on: 01/22/2021

She Raved About LGBT Lifestyle. Now She’s Been Deported

01/21/2021

(NEWSER) – For Kristen Gray, Bali proved to be a dream come true, and the 28-year-old American wanted to share that dream—specifically, how the island is tolerant…

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Added on: 01/08/2021

Gay Indonesian policeman loses legal bid for reinstatement – lawyers

01/08/2021

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central…

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Added on: 01/06/2021

Breaking the silence on gender identity in Asia Pacific

01/05/2021

For many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people, coming out and being accepted is still a long winding road to go. Rights activist Rukhshana…

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Added on: 12/30/2020

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: The Indonesian Military Case

12/29/2020

In October, news broke about Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who were dismissed for being a part of the LGBTQ community. As of this writing, TNI had fired…

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Added on: 12/24/2020

Furious parents hold terrifying protest outside school after finding out principal is gay

12/24/2020

Furious parents held a protest outside a school in Medan, Indonesia demanding that the principal resign after he was outed as gay on social media.Dozens of parents…

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Added on: 12/15/2020

GAY INDONESIAN POLICE OFFICER SUING FOR WRONGFUL DISMISSAL

12/13/2020

A former Indonesian police officer is suing the force following his wrongful dismissal due to his sexuality, with the case a ‘first of its kind’ for the…

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Added on: 12/13/2020

Firebrand Islamic Cleric Rizieq Shihab Arrested By Police For Holding Mass Gatherings In Violation Of Covid-19 Protocols

12/13/2020

Rizieq Shihab, the radical Islamic cleric and leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)in Indonesia, was arrested by Jaon Saturday after undergoing questioning in a case pertaining…

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Added on: 12/10/2020

In Indonesia, gay ex-cop takes work battle to court

12/10/2020

The first gay Indonesian policeman to sue the conservative country’s police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in court this week, determined to…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Placement of trans woman in men’s prison inhumane, unlawful: Activists

11/25/2020

Activists have strongly condemned law enforcement officials for placing a transgender woman in a men’s detention facility, calling it an insensitive move against the special needs and…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

The House Drops a Bill That Will Require Indonesians to Turn in Gay Family Members

11/24/2020

Jakarta. A controversial bill proposed by an Islamic political party that will dictate how husbands, wives, and family members behave has stalled at the House of Representatives…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Gay couple risk 100 lashes after being attacked and dragged out of their home by mob

11/22/2020

A gay couple in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was forcibly dragged out of their homes to a police station and now run the risk of being lashed 100…

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Added on: 10/17/2020

Indonesia Vows Firm Actions Against Soldiers Linked to LGBT

10/16/2020

The Indonesian Military said today it will impose strict sanction on soldiers who are proven to involve in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual or Transgender (LGBT) groups….