, by AFP
Hundreds packed mosque’s courtyard to witness the canings in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practise sharia law.
Two Indonesian men were caned on Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there is mounting (...)
, par LAMB Kate
LGBT groups say the gay community in Jakarta has been subject to an unprecedented wave of discrimination and attacks.
Indonesian police have arrested more than 100 men in a weekend raid on a gay sauna in the capital Jakarta, a day before two men are to be publicly flogged for having same sex (...)
, by SMITH Nicola
Landmark court case this week is likely to determine the success or failure of draft laws currently before parliament.
Chi Chia-wei will find out on Wednesday if his decades long fight to make Taiwan the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage has been a success.
Chi, 59, a (...)
, by BEVINS Vincent, LAMB Kate
While other Asian countries make progress on LGBT rights, an unexpected wave of bigotry and anger broke out in Indonesia last year.
A few nights ago Sudarsa received a text message from his ex-boyfriend Hendro. “I can’t sleep because I’m missing you,” it read.
The pair had been together for seven (...)
, by SOLOMON Feliz
The ban targets apps that promote “sexual deviancy”.
Indonesia is planning to ban gay-networking apps, in the latest demonstration of the country’s growing intolerance toward the LGBT community.
A government official confirmed that authorities are already moving to block at least three apps — (...)
, by ANYA Agnes, MURYANTO Bambang, PARAMADITHA Intan, YOSEPHINE Liza
Minister: LGBT Movement More Dangerous than Nuclear Warfare
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Defense Minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu, has labelled the emergence of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) movement in Indonesia as a form of a proxy war to subtly undermine the sovereignty (...)
, by KARMINI Niniek
In this file photo Indonesian transvestites perform a dance for small change in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia’s attitude toward transgenders is complex. Nobody knows how many of them live in the sprawling archipelagic nation of 240 million, but activists estimate 7 million. However, societal (...)
, by OSMAN Nurfika
Jakarta Globe - November 18, 2010
Nurfika Osman, Jakarta — Many transgenders are finding little sympathy from the government as they struggle to obtain vitally important ID cards.
The national ID card, known as the KTP, is required for everything from getting a driver’s license and applying for (...)
, by Perempuan Mahardhika
Perempuan Mahardhika (Free Women) National Network Statement - September 28, 2010
The attacks by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the two-week International Q! Film Festival which opened in Jakarta on September 24 is a violation of basic human rights and threatens democracy in (...)
, by ASAP
According to Rido Triawan, the chairperson of Arus Pelangi (“Rainbow Current”), an Indonesian LGBTI rights organisation, a new anti-gay and lesbian campaign is sweeping Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in the wake of hysterical media coverage about a so-called “Gay mutilation murder case”. Verry Idam (...)
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