What are the implitns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Indonians of an edict om the natn’s top Mlim cleril body that homosexualy is a s that should be punishable by ath?
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'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
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. 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. 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.