Indonia’s Island of the Gods has long been touted as one of Asia’s top gay statns, but even Bali is not immune om the natn’s spreadg anti-LGBT sentiment.
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- 'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
- TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- SEMYAK VILLA GO VIRAL FOR ALLEGEDLY TERG TO GAY MEN, LOL THORI EXPRS DISAPPROVAL
'WE LIVE HERE': FEARS TOURIST TWEETS ON GAY LIFTYLE MAY BACKFIRE ON BALI'S LGBT MUNY
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Her scriptn of the island as a welg place for LGBT travellers was among the ments they, a Hdu-majory island and a tourist statn that attracts gay travellers, is nsired more open-md than other areas of Indonia, where discrimatn agast LGBT people is rife. Photograph: Firdia Lisnawati/APLGBT rints on the island, however, do not enjoy the same privileg as visors, said Arya, a program manager at Gaya Dewata Foundatn, an NGO that provis health and tnal servic for LGBT people.
TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI
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Last year, thori announced they were vtigatg a villa that had marketed self as a statn for gay travellers, wh one official statg at the time that “here Bali we don’t regnise that culture”. ”Homosexualy is legal Indonia, except Aceh provce, but LGBT people lack legal rights and face wispread prejudice. Exorcism and nversn therapy ntue to be imposed upon people, while the Indonian Psychiatrists Associatn (PDSKJI) classifi homosexualy, bisexualy and transsexualism as mental disorrs that n be cured through proper treatment.
A study by Pew Rearch Center published 2020 found that only 9% of Indonians agreed that homosexualy should be accepted by has nied any wrongdog relatn to her bs activi, statg that she had not ma money Indonian piah Indonia. Gay rights Bali have terrated recent years, but Bali remas somethg of an oasis. It has a gay scene but ’s discrete.
Gay travelers need to rema alert. Bali is fely the most welg part of Indonia for gay travelers.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
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.
SEMYAK VILLA GO VIRAL FOR ALLEGEDLY TERG TO GAY MEN, LOL THORI EXPRS DISAPPROVAL
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).