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.
Contents:
- '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. 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.
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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.
LGBTQIA+ travelers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.
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.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
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. “Betiful landsp, sandy beach and [a] iendly gay scene make Bali one of Asia’s most popular gay statns, ” stat onle travel and liftyle gui Travel Gay. However, on January 10, news webse Conuts reported that a villa the rort town of Semyak was at the centre of vtigatns by the Public Orr Agency after “allegatns surfaced” that tered to the gay muny.
“Authori on the island have sce exprsed their disapproval based on their belief that homosexualy is agast cultural norms Bali, ” stated the Angelo Bali Gay Guthoe had an “excellent” ratg on TripAdvisor until the listg was recently removed and is scribed on the Travel Gay webse as beg an “exclively gay, clothg-optnal rort” loted “one block om the gay bars”.
SEMYAK VILLA GO VIRAL FOR ALLEGEDLY TERG TO GAY MEN, LOL THORI EXPRS DISAPPROVAL
“We received a report, cludg the one on social media about this villa, acmodatn or a gut hoe marketg themselv specifilly for the gay muny, ” I Gti Agung Ketut Suryanegara, head of the Public Orr Agency Badung regency, told Indonian-language news portal Tribun. Well, acrdg to I Ma Badra, who leads Badung’s Cultural Agency, the Angelo’s very existence is “tatg Bali’s tourism”, a view that highlights the prejudic faced by LGBT dividuals Indonia even though homosexualy is not a crime (apart om the provce of Aceh, which enforc strict Islamic law. )On January 13, Brish onle newspaper PkNews reported that another three villas terg to gay guts Semyak and Kerobokan were beg vtigated.
Officer AA Oka Ambara Dewi told PkNews that the Public Orr Agency would exame the perms of each of the properti and “if there is proof that [ters to the gay muny] then we will temporarily seal the property” news amid creasg anti-LGBT sentiment Indonia.