Parliamentary proposal latest attack on gay rights

Jakarta – LGBT rights organization Arus Pelangi questioned on Sunday the government's plan to ban websites containing education and information about the minority group.

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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".

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

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

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

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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

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Dorce Gamalama is known as the "Indonesian Oprah".

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

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.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has asked instant message apps to remove same-sex emojis?

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

Indra Budiari, Safrin La Batu and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Police have once again bowed to hardliners at the expense of minority groups and civil society by shutting down an LGBT group's close

Haeril Halim and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta/Surabaya – Following the recent controversy over LGBT groups on university campuses, an ulema group has paved the way for banning all activities that advo

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The traditionally inclusive National Awakening Party (PKB), the political party of the country's largest moderate Muslim organization, is debating whether it w

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has described as a violation of human rights recent statements made by public officials vilifying the lesbian, gay, bi

Bandung – Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil has ordered the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hardline Muslim group, to take down "provocative" banners targeting the gay community, officials said on Friday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Human-rights activists have condemned the persistence of prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people after controversy erupted recently surr

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – The coordinator of the Bandung Kulon chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Tubagus Abbas Murodi, has admitted that the FPI conducted a sweep of boarding house

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Publicly affectionate gay students should be banned from the University of Indonesia's campuses, an Indonesian Government minister says, following controversy over news of

Bandung, West Java – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil said on Tuesday he did not have any problem with citizens who supported or were involved in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) commun

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Evi Mariani and Aldrin Rocky Sampeliling, Jakarta/Depok – Several public officials issued statements on the weekend opposing the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students o

Jakarta – A minister has found himself on the receiving end of angry scorn and fierce criticism following comments he made attacking the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

Liza Yosephine, National – Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) groups in Indonesia are facing discrimination and stereotyping in media coverage, say activists who are calling o

Elvan Dany Sutrisno, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Zulkifli Hasan says he agrees with Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Muhammad Nasir who said recently th

Zuhdiar Laeis, Semarang – Research, Technology and Education Minister Muhammad Nasir has asserted that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups should not be allowed into university cam

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III member from the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) faction, Muhammad Nasir Djamil says that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups re

Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada Theater (TGM) has apologized for a poster advertising its performance entitled Masihkah ada Cinta D(ar)i Kampus Biru (Is there any love at

Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities in Yogyakarta celebrated on Friday the Transgender Day of Remembrance by staging a silent rally at

Jakarta – The rector of State Diponegoro University (Undip) has forbidden students from holding a discussion on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LBGT) issues on campus claiming that the them