77 Lash for a Gay Couple Indonia | Human Rights Watch

Contents:

• INTERVIEW WH GAY COUPLE IS DELETED AFTER BACKLASH INDONIA
• GAY DATG INDONIA
• POPULAR INDONIAN PODST FAC BACKLASH OVER GAY UPLE EPISO
• IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?
• 77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA

INTERVIEW WH GAY COUPLE IS DELETED AFTER BACKLASH INDONIA

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTInterview Wh Gay Couple Is Deleted After Backlash IndoniaThe segment on a popular podst hosted by Deddy Corbuzier enraged relig lears, highlightg the lims of tolerance for gay people the Mlim-majory Mahyudd/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagWhen a popular podst host Indonia ved two men onto his show who were married to each other, they had a pole on-air nversatn about gay life and a Mlim-majory natn where gay rights are unr threat, the show provoked an tense backlash om nservative fans and relig thori. Even as more gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people Indonia assert themselv and ga acceptance om their fai and muni, a nservative movement is tryg — wh help om social media — to portray such sexual inti as a threat to natnal harmony. “There is hostily on onle platforms, and amplifi negative public disurse surroundg homosexualy, ” said Hendri Yuli Wijaya, the thor of “Intimate Assemblag: The Polics of Queer Inti and Sexuali Indonia.

”Gay life has been tolerated, if margalized, for s Indonia and other Southeast Asian untri, and the legal climate across the Asia Pacific regn has also grown more tolerant over the past few years. In 2019, Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage — a first for Asia — and other landmark laws have passed that eher took steps toward that goal or moved to crimalize gay Ifansasti/Getty ImagIn Indonia, which is officially secular and has laws that protect cizens om discrimatn, some policians began a mpaign about six years ago to pass anti-gay rtrictns.

In 2016, unr prsure om right-wg Islamic groups, the police began arrtg gay men drov, first public venu and later their hom.

GAY DATG INDONIA

“It’s hard beg gay this untry, ” said Gunn Wibisono, a social psychologist Indonia who is gay and an L. Corbuzier’s May 7 podst, “Tutorial on beg gay Indonia, ” featured a nversatn wh Ragil Mahardika, an Indonian man, and his hband, Frerik Vollert, who is German, which they talked about their life together and med on gay inty.

POPULAR INDONIAN PODST FAC BACKLASH OVER GAY UPLE EPISO

A chos of fans and relig lears Indonia nmned his terview wh the uple, sayg had disrpected Islam by portrayg gay life a posive light. Corbuzier had ved a gay uple onto his show bee he approved of their answer was no, Mr.

IS SAFE FOR GAY UPL TO TRAVEL TO BALI?

”So why, the cleric asked, was the episo billed as a “tutorial” beg gay?

“So that people who don’t want to be gay know how to anticipate , ” Mr. He also said that while beg openly gay Indonia mak him fear for his safety, no specific threats had emerged as a rult of the podst. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 6 of the New York edn wh the headle: Hostily Rears Its Head After Indonian Podst Interviews a Gay Couple.

77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA

Not wantg to let the risg ti of homophobia and transphobia brg them down further, some two dozen LGBTQIA+ Indonians who ri Bali went ahead and solemnly celebrated Pri Month, but a reful way so as not to attract any negative attentn towards themselv at the same time. Among the atten of the three-hour event were members of fellow NGOs om across Bali cludg Yayasan Gaya Dewata, Yayasan Gaya Nantara, QLC Bali, GSHR Udayana, Kwiir, Kabar Sej, Komunas Teman Baik, Queer Archive, Lokaha Yogyakarta, LBH Apik, and Persatuan Waria (Trans Women Unn). In the past few weeks alone, a married gay uple appearg a popular podst sparked renewed lls for crimalizatn of same-sex relatns Indonia, as well as givg rise to homophobic sentiments among the general public.

Then, there was a harmls vio of gay men beg affectnate wh each other at a ffee shop Jakarta that went viral, which prompted their arrt and the temporary closure of the tablishment.

Indonians’ homophobia has even lated beyond borrs. Last year, a gay uple Thailand was harassed onle by Indonian izens jt bee they put their weddg photos on Facebook.