Jakarta – Rights activists have slammed the government for voting against a resolution by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) aimed at curbing violence based on sexual orientation and gender identi
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May 23, 2016
Jakarta – Aside from suffering from discrimination and public harassment, transgender women also face bullying when filing police reports, leaving them even more socially excluded and skeptical abo
May 19, 2016
Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Civil society groups have united against sexual violence and are urging the government to prioritize the bill on the elimination of sexual violence this year.
May 11, 2016
Venidora Oliveira – Members of the national police force (PNTL) are receiving training to help them better protect and recognize the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) commun
April 23, 2016
Ika Krismantari – Raising the topic of homosexuality in the theater may be a risky move for a director working in a conservative religious society like Indonesia.
April 15, 2016
Erika Anindita Dewi – The Islamic United Development Party (PPP) will submit a bill on the anti-propaganda of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) content to the House of Representati
April 13, 2016
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) strongly condemns recent and ongoing attacks against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people in Indonesia.
April 1, 2016
Emerlynne Gil – Southeast Asian governments are increasingly restricting the work of human rights defenders, misusing a variety of laws supposedly aimed at defending "national security" or counteri
Benjamin Hegarty and Ferdiansyah Thajib – In late January a support group for those that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) at the University of Indonesia became
March 24, 2016
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will summon psychiatrist Fidiansjah for his recent controversial remarks on LGBT people, in which he labeled homosexuality and bisexuality mental disord
March 21, 2016
Hotli Simanjuntak and Ahmad Junaidi, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Bieureun regency in Aceh has banned the employment of openly transgender people at beauty parlors, expressing concern about the influence o
March 17, 2016
Jakarta – Police have put a stop to a same-sex wedding ceremony between two local men from Kepil, Wonosobo regency, Central Java.
March 16, 2016
Jamison Liang & IA – More than a decade of homophobic local bylaws has seen a marginalised community made more vulnerable.
March 15, 2016
Jakarta – Ulemas in the West Aceh regency say there is no place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the area and are threatening to cane those committing such activities as
March 14, 2016
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has appealed to Australia to accept more refugees stranded in Indonesia ahead of a regional forum to combat people smuggling in Bali next week.
Jakarta – Mounting public debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protections, some of which is based on unclear arguments, has highlighted Indonesian people's poor understanding
March 11, 2016
Jakarta – The country's second-largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, said on Thursday it would not issue any edict condemning members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) commu
March 10, 2016
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Al Fatah Pesantren Waria, an Islamic boarding school for transgendered people, has decided to continue its operations at another place following the forced closure of
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A fisherman who helped return six Bangladeshis to Indonesia said he felt deceived by Australian authorities and would not have taken the men if he had kno
March 9, 2016
Parliamentary proposal latest attack on gay rights
March 7, 2016
Jakarta – LGBT rights organization Arus Pelangi questioned on Sunday the government's plan to ban websites containing education and information about the minority group.
March 5, 2016
Viriya Paramita Singgih, Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has called for a specific law against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to curb their
Jakarta – Apparently under pressure to take preventive measures against the spread of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) propaganda through the internet, the Communications and Informati
March 4, 2016
Jakarta – More politicians have spoken out against the spread of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, but have warned people not to commit any violence and discrimination.
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said homosexuality was an illness and therefore Islamic leaders should not provoke Muslims to expel lesbian, g
March 2, 2016
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has been criticized for issuing a circular to broadcasting institutions prohibiting the appearance of "feminine men
March 1, 2016
Jakarta – A lawmaker from the House of Representatives' Commission I overseeing defense and foreign affairs, Tubagus Hasanuddin, said the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission's (KPI) policy to ban TV
February 28, 2016
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Al Fatah Islamic School for transgender people in Yogyakarta has ceased all activity and its owners and students are keeping a low profile after the school was shut d
February 27, 2016
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Michael Neilson, Jakarta – On the University of Indonesia campus in Depok, south of Jakarta, there is a group that gets together twice a month over a "pot-luck" dinner to discuss topics generally c
February 26, 2016
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Local authorities of Kotagede district in Yogyakarta have decided to shut down the Islamic Al Fatah School for transgender students and ban any religious activities f
February 25, 2016
Indonesia's gay community has come under attack, with the country's Defence Minister labelling the community a "threat" and likening fighting it to "a kind of modern warfare".
February 24, 2016
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Police banned on Tuesday activists from Democracy Struggle Solidarity (SPD), a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) support group, from holding a rally at th
Jakarta/Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Police shut down a rally supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at the Tugu Monument in Yogyakarta on Tuesday (23/02) afternoon, citing the
February 23, 2016
Oliver Holmes, Bangkok – The leading psychiatric body in Indonesia is claiming that transgender people suffer from a mental health disorder and gay and bisexual people are at risk of mental health
Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu believes that the emergence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Indonesia is part of a "proxy war" to take over a country without
Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – Hundreds of pro-democracy activists were threatened and intimidated by intolerant groups when they held a peaceful protest action at a square alongside the McDonalds fast
February 22, 2016
Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Human rights activists have warned that recent statements made by public officials and religious leaders who want to limit the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transge
Tama Salim, Jakarta – Stepping in to address the wave of negative comment sweeping the country, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to make good on its rec
February 20, 2016
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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) members visited on Friday the Al Fatah Islamic boarding school for transgender students in Sayangan hamlet, Kotagede district, Yog
February 19, 2016
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Dorce Gamalama is known as the "Indonesian Oprah".
February 16, 2016
Haeril Halim, Hans Nicholas Jong and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As the latest conservative stride in the wake of the LGBT paranoia gripping the nation, the government has demanded a UN body e
Jakarta – The debate over lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (LGBTs) has continued, with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan throwing in his two cen
February 15, 2016
Jakarta – An Indonesian legislator criticized on Saturday the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for assistance it has rendered to the LGBT community in the country, calling it an interventi
Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday to not to finance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community programs in the country.
February 13, 2016
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has asked instant message apps to remove same-sex emojis?
February 12, 2016
Indonesia's Government has demanded all instant message apps remove same-sex emojis or face a ban in the Muslim-majority country.
Indonesia's instant messaging providers must remove gay emoji and stickers from their apps, the government has ordered, prompting a human rights outcry.
Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in a letter sent to the Presi