'We live here': fears tourist tweets on gay liftyle may backfire on Bali's LGBT muny | Bali | The Guardian

Contents:

• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI
• 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
• IN BALI, LGBT BS TARGETED FOR TERG TO THE GAY MUNY AND ‘TATG TOURISM’
• US WOMAN WHO TWEETED ABOUT DREAM GAY LIFTYLE BALI TO BE PORTED

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI

LGBTQIA+ travelers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals.

Although homosexualy is legal most parts of the untry, there is still polil tensn and revisns to the untry's crimal are currently beg nsired which uld potentially crimalize gay sex and same-sex relatnships. Gay datg apps and media portrayg queer behavr as “normal” have also been banned. There are que a few queer-iendly bars, rtrants and rorts  Bali, and also an (unofficial) gay strip on Jalan Camplung Tand Road Semyak at the southern end of the island.

Here you'll fd a number of trendy gay bars, rtrants, drag shows and queer-iendly beach bars.

'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY

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.

IN BALI, LGBT BS TARGETED FOR TERG TO THE GAY MUNY AND ‘TATG TOURISM’

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: (). At prent Bali has a very rabow-iendly scene wh a large gay and lbian expat muny, many of whom own bs on the island.

All members of the gay muny should be able to travel where they want and enjoy the experienc Indonia has to give, but ’s important to be aware of the suatn before travelg. The Legal Suatn In Gay Indonia. As stands, same-sex sexual activy is still legal most provc although there is a strong movement to crimalize gay sex and is currently beg discsed ernment.

US WOMAN WHO TWEETED ABOUT DREAM GAY LIFTYLE BALI TO BE PORTED

An anti-pornography law that also forbids sex parti and ‘viant sexual acts’ are often over-broadly terpreted and ed to target LGBT people; this is ed as the exce behd the growg number of police raids on meetg pots for the Indonian gay muny. Islamic anizatns have put a lot of prsure on the ernment to crack down on the gay populatn, and sce 2016 there has been a rise anti-LGBT rhetoric g om policians and public figur, as policians try to e moral issu to w vot. Tradnally Indonian society, there was a fair amount of tolerance towards gay people, provid they stayed discreet and quiet about their private liv.

A lot of the gay scene happened unrground, and gay upl would rarely be publilly livg together or a relatnship. There have been creasg numbers of police raids and asslts on the gay muny, forcg the closure of gay bars and clubs (outsi of Bali). In 2017 Jakarta’s last remag gay club closed down.

Over time, however, as the public discsn around homosexualy has bee more ght and there have been high-profile sndals volvg celebri and homosexual misnduct, the natnal broadstg missn troduced a policy banng programm om portrayg LGBT behavr as ‘normal. Intertgly, transgenr inty is somethg that has tradnally been more accepted than gay, lbian and bisexual inty Indonia.

Waria (men born wh the souls of women) lived openly daily life and are a varied group: cross-drsers, transsexuals, drag queens and effemate gay men. So What Do This Mean For Gay Travelers?