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.
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- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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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.
'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
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. Homosexualy is legal everywhere Indonia except nservative Aceh provce, which adher to strict Islamic laws, but gay upl often face discrimatn the world’s most populo Mlim-majory untry.
Asean Queer Advocy Week was set to be held the pal Jakarta om July 17 to 21, brgg together LGBTQ activists om around the regn to nnect and discs challeng to the Indonia, ‘LGBT’ label is lked to crimaly amid ‘societal homophobia’“The anisers of the Asean Queer Advocy Week cid to relote the venue of the programme outsi Indonia, after receivg a seri of secury threats om var groups, ” Philipp-based aniser Asean SOGIE Cc said a statement late on Tuday.