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
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February 6, 2016
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
February 5, 2016
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
January 30, 2016
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.
January 28, 2016
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
January 27, 2016
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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January 25, 2016
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
January 24, 2016
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
January 23, 2016
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
January 22, 2016
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
December 14, 2015
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
November 22, 2015
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
November 13, 2015
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
October 12, 2015
Boyolali – A wedding reception of a same-sex couple has confused residents of Cluntang village, Musuk, Boyolali regency, Central Java.
Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Television watchdog Remotivi has accused the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) of being biased when it comes to minority-related issues, including on lesbian, gay,
October 9, 2015
Kate Walton, Guest Contributor – In the same month that 12 UN agencies called on all states to end violence and discrimination against LGBTI people, two young women have been arrested in Aceh, nort
October 4, 2015
Jakarta – An international rights group has called on authorities in Aceh to immediately release unconditionally two women arrested on suspicion of being lesbians.
October 3, 2015
Banda Aceh – Islamic Shariah police in Indonesia's devout Aceh province say two suspected lesbians apprehended this past week in a tourist resort will undergo rehabilitation instead of being charge
October 2, 2015
The arrest of two women in Aceh for everyday behavior is an outrageous abuse of police power that should be considered a threat to all Indonesians.
Denpasar – Police have named a hotel employee, Ni Nyoman Mulyani, a suspect on charges of blasphemy for her alleged involvement in organizing a gay wedding in Ubud, Bali, recently.
October 1, 2015
Banda Aceh – The Wilayatul Hisbah (Sharia Police) have apprehended two young women for allegedly being a lesbian couple after the two were seen sitting and hugging in a public space in the capital
September 18, 2015
Denpasar – Police are investigating a recent gay wedding celebration in a hotel in Ubud, Bali, although the couple has already left the island for the US.
July 3, 2015
Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has said that same-sex marriage is unacceptable in Indonesia because of the religiousness of its citizens.
June 30, 2015
Jakarta – The chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Hafid Abbas has called for an end to discrimination and stigma against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LG
June 29, 2015
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
May 24, 2015
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
May 18, 2015
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
May 17, 2015
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.
April 21, 2015
Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Dea, 32, sits in a circle with friends discussing her experience of being spurned by society.
March 15, 2015
Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – "It's not easy to be a lesbian in Indonesia," says 27-year-old Maria, not her real name.
December 28, 2014
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
November 22, 2014
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
October 1, 2014
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
September 28, 2014
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
September 27, 2014
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
September 24, 2014
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
September 17, 2014
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
July 15, 2014
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
April 21, 2014
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
July 15, 2013
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
July 10, 2013
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
July 1, 2013
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
June 28, 2013
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.
June 5, 2013
Indonesia remains one of the least tolerant countries in the world regarding attitudes toward homosexuality, a new survey finds.
May 30, 2013
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