77 Lash for a Gay Couple Indonia | Human Rights Watch

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• 77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA
• HOW TO SAY GAY INDONIAN
• GAY INDONIA

77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA

Muny, as gay marriage is illegal Indonia. Most Indonians held fairly relaxed views about homosexualy, which was never officially recent years, nservative Islam has gaed ground the untry, and now some fear s fluence is growg, even as s ranks rema a mory Parliament. “But gay and lbian Indonians, who, of urse, are upl and they n’t be married, they are pletely exposed.

”Police have prevly arrted dozens of gay men for vlatg an anti-pornography law, but now, all gay upl who live together are subject to possible ph for the overhl was backed by Vice Print Ma’f Am, an Islamic cleric and the former chair of the Indonian Ulema Council, the untry’s top body for Islamic scholars, acrdg to two people who spoke on the ndn of anonymy bee they were not thorized to disclose the tails of private nversatns. Ma’f had prevly lled for “stern regulatns” on the sexual activi of gay a reversal, lawmakers on Tuday restated a provisn makg illegal to attack “the honor or digny” of both Indonia’s print and vice print, a le that was stck down by the Constutnal Court 2006.

HOW TO SAY GAY INDONIAN

Although homosexualy is legal most parts of Indonia, is wily believed that the unary state of the Republic of Indonia is anti-lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT), wh ernment officials makg the four-letter acronym a toxic symbol.

GAY INDONIA

In another cint, the police Indonia’s pal cy of Jakarta raid the Atlantis gym and sna arrtg about 140 mostly gay or bisexual members. But the Atlantis was more than a “gay club, ” was also a public health outreach centre—a well-known hub for HIV tn, ttg, and unsellg for mal who have sex wh mal. ” The legislatn would pel gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people to put up wh treatment at the relig-based treatment centr that would be opened across the State.

The draft laws impact the LGBT muny specifilly, as gay marriage is not legal Indonia. Also, dividuals nvicted of a public act of gay sex uld be sentenced to up to 18 months prison which uld extend up to ne years if evince of abe or vio of the act is produced. Disappotgly, most of the polil parti support the proposed legislatn prohibg homosexualy and recent years have seen a rise of hard-le, policized Islam which has moved om the edge to the centre of polics.

Authori Indonia’s Aceh provce publicly flogged two gay men 77 tim each on Thursday after a vigilante mob raid their apartment November, allegedly ught them havg sex, and hand them over to the police.

The flogggs are part of a longstandg pattern of targeted abe by Acehne thori agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. In 2012, then-Banda Aceh puty mayor Illiza Saadudd announced a “special team” to make the public more aware of the “threat of LGBT, " postg an image of herself on Instagram holdg a handgun and vowg to flh gays out of Aceh.

”Andreas Harsono, a senr Indonia rearcher at Human Rights Watch, said the uld be selectively enforced bee of s impractily, cg “lns” of habg unmarried upl are fears the l uld have a severe impact on LGBTQ+ muni Indonia, where gay marriage is not acknowledged. Advot have nceled a regnal gatherg of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists Indonia’s pal, Jakarta, rponse to harassment and ath threats om Mlim nservativ.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Numero people si the Milary were imprisoned if vigilant ught Milary members havg private, nsensual, gay sex.

In rponse to the numero tweets argug that homosexualy is not a mental illns, they rpond wh: (). Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people  Indonia face legal challeng and prejudic not experienced by non-LGBTQ rints.

Tradnal Indonians disapprove of homosexualy and cross drsg, which impacts public policy. Indonia do not have a sodomy law and Indonia do not currently crimalize private, non-mercial homosexual acts among nsentg adults, yet Indonian law do not protect LGBT muny agast discrimatn and hate crim.