Indonian gay muni dispel stigmas by g four strategi on social media.
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- 77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA
- 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
- OF A GAY INDONIAN
77 LASH FOR A GAY COUPLE INDONIA
The “Fay Rilience Bill" would force lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people to treatment to “cure” their sexual orientatn or genr inty. * indonesia gay person *
” The legislatn would force gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people to unrgo rehabilatn at a seri of religly-based treatment centers that would hypothetilly be opened across the nservative archipelago.
If they do not readily subm to rehabilatn, their fay members would be pelled to report draft bill also claims that LGBTQ people are a “threat” to the nuclear fay and likens homosexualy to ct and Mujahid, a supporter of the legislatn and a member of the Gerdra Party, reerated those assertns ments to the Indonian media outlet Jakarta Post.
”De Oetomo, -founr of the Indonian LGBTQ group Gaya Nantara Foundatn, believ the legislatn is merely another attempt on the part of lawmakers to target LGBTQ people after the failed attempt to crimalize homosexualy two years ago.
'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
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Acrdg to Oetomo, the ernment's goal is to “create a moral panic” Indonia, which historilly tolerated gay people until the ernment began phg anti-LGBTQ bills a few years ago.
Unlike neighborg Malaysia, Indonia’s crimal s — a relic of the lonial era — do not mentn homosexualy, although nservative provc like Aceh have their own punishments unr lol Shariah laws. In October 2017, an timated 51 people were arrted a stg operatn on a sna Jakarta popular wh gay men, while a mob anized by the Islamic Defenrs Front raid the headquarters of an HIV preventn group last year.
OF A GAY INDONIAN
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. * indonesia gay person *
Last year, Mahyeldi Anshallah, mayor of Padang, the pal of Wt Sumatra, personally supervised a seri of forced exorcisms on a group of 10 women who were arrted and charged wh homosexualy. 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. 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.
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.