Jakarta – Indonesia will enter a new era in the fight for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people following a recent US Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Ayu, a 26-year-old activist in an institution representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, never thought that breaking up with her boyfriend afte

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Muslim transgenders, like other Muslims, have the same right to worship, such as perform shalat prayer, even though there is no fiqh (Islamic regulation) to guide how

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – An event planned to commemorate anti-homophobia day in Malang, East Java, was canceled after the organizers claimed to have received threats.

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Dea, 32, sits in a circle with friends discussing her experience of being spurned by society.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – "It's not easy to be a lesbian in Indonesia," says 27-year-old Maria, not her real name.

Gayatri Suroyo & Charlotte Greenfield, Banda Aceh – Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquar

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) rally held on Thursday evening at the Tugu Yogyakarta monument area turned sour after a group of unknown assailant

Bandarlampung – Dozens of senior high school and university students as well as members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities voiced the need for stronger sexual

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Gay sex and sex outside marriage in the Indonesian province of Aceh will be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane under new laws passed by the local parliame

Indonesia's conservative Aceh province passed a law on Saturday making gay sex punishable by 100 lashes of the cane, in a decision described by rights activists as "an enormous step bac

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The University of Sanata Dharma has decided to cancel a planned seminar on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBGT) issues following a threat from th

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A radical group has threatened to use force to close down a seminar on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues organized by Sanata Dharma Uni

Gabriela Gonzalez-Forward – Despite the discrimination and stigma they face every day, Timor-Leste's transgender, gay and bisexual community are learning to deal with abuse in construct

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A Pesantren Waria (Islamic boarding school for transgenders) in Yogyakarta has once again opened its doors, and brought the subject of freedom of religion

Jakarta – Ourvoice Indonesia, an NGO that promotes the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, will discuss advocacy strategies with the Press Legal Ins

Diska Putri Pamungkas & Dessy Aswim – Indonesia is a long way from achieving the openness and tolerance of the United States and Europe toward people of diverse sexualities, experts

Kate Walton – In Indonesia, where same-sex marriage is illegal and homosexuality generally frowned upon, a group of young lesbians are discussing whether marrying a gay man is the way t

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Ardy Laplante had his first sexual thoughts as a 12-year-old boy watching a shirtless man cleaning the mosque near his house.

Indonesia remains one of the least tolerant countries in the world regarding attitudes toward homosexuality, a new survey finds.

Jakarta – Forum LGBT Indonesia, a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, has recorded 47 cases of abuse against gay individuals across the country over

Jakarta – Activists say more work is needed to fight online discrimination against homosexuals and transgendered people.

Camelia Pasandaran & Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Homosexual men and women living in Indonesia's strictly conservative Aceh province would be publicly lashed 100 times under a new byl

Nivell Rayda – In a room of 20 people, Linda stands out.

Dessy Sagita – A constitutional court justice issued an apology after making a statement against gay marriage during a fit and proper test at the House of Representatives.

A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat.

Batam – Two women who married in Indonesia by disguising themselves as a heterosexual couple were chased away from their village after neighbors discovered they were lesbians, community

Jakarta – The transgender community has been keeping out of sight in the wake of rising intimidation from the unruly Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the National Police's reluctance to

Abdul Qowi Bastian – A transgender festival in Jakarta was cancelled on Monday night, after the Islamic Defenders Front turned up to the event and demanded the organizers shut it down.

Jakarta – As the world marked the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on Thursday, one sociologist pointed to recent situations as evidence that homophobia remains high

Jakarta – A Miss Transvestite pageant in Kutai Timur regency, East Kalimantan was postponed from its original schedule on Monday evening amid protests from several Islamic organizations

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said that the government would not submit to a demand to legalize same-sex marriages in the country.

Katrin Figge – In early March, the case of Daniel Zamudio, a 24-year-old gay man from Chile who was attacked and tortured, led to a public outcry not only in Chile but around the world.

Niniek Karmini – Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man.

This is not the first time that attempts to organize and educate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies have been met with state censorship.

Joni Nunas Lestari, 31-years-old, was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after disguising herself as a man and tricking another woman, Nur Aslim Velayati, 22, into marrying her.

Nurdin Hassan – Authorities in Aceh released a married lesbian couple from detention after the lovers agreed not to see each other again.

Ronna Nirmala – A transvestite arrested for forging documents to marry a man has been jailed for eight months after the court ruled that he had promised to "become a real man as nature

Jakarta – A wedding was aborted in Banten province after it was discovered that the groom was a woman, Indonesian media reported on Tuesday.

Dessy Sagita – A global human rights group criticized Jakarta police for its failure to investigate the attack on a human rights training session for a group of transvestites in Depok,

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A woman in Aceh filed criminal charges against her "husband" of less than three months after finding out that he was in fact a woman, police said on Tuesday.

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Dozens of National Education University (Undiknas) students have called on the public and the local government to end discrimination against the transgendere

Jayakarta Regional Military Command on Wednesday announced a plan to clear Taman Lawang, a public park on Jalan Latuharhary in Central Jakarta, of transvestites.

Elisabeth Oktofani – For Indonesian transgenders, practicing religion in public is not an easy thing, but that doesn't stop some from trying.

Dessy Sagita – Homosexuality continues to be seen as a mental disease in Indonesia despite two decades of formal recognition to the contrary, activists said on Monday.

Elisabeth Oktofani – Wary of past attacks by hard-liners, the country's gay and lesbian community chose to mark International Day Against Homophobia on Tuesday quietly, with a view to r

Jakarta – LBGT rights group Arus Pelangi is pursuing justice for Faizal "Shakira" Harahap, a transsexual shot dead in a robbery last month, saying transgender groups were frequently tar

Nurfika Osman – Rights activists on Friday said a man who was detained for forging his documents to pose as a woman was actually the victim, instead blaming the Indonesian government fo

Ulma Haryanto – Legal aid foundations on Friday condemned the fatal shooting of Shakira, a transvestite, and demanded that the police launch a comprehensive investigation.