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.

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front on Friday filed a police complaint against John Badalu, organizer of the Q!

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic body reiterated on Friday that homosexuality is an abuse of human rights and demanded the government ban an ongoing gay and lesbian film festival.

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled Q!

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Insulting, offensive, disappointing and illogical – just a few of the words used to describe Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembirin

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled gay and lesbian film festival has been forced to cancel another screening, this time at the Kineforum, the Jakarta Arts Council's cinema

Jessica Harkins, Zaky Pawas & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Fresh from protests against the presence of two churches in Bekasi, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front has now turned its w

The attacks by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the two-week International Q!

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – More than 100 members of the Islamic Defenders Front launched protests against foreign-run venues participating in Indonesia's gay and lesbian film festival o

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – A gay film festival hailed as the biggest in Asia and the only one in the Muslim world kicks off in Indonesia on Friday, hoping to draw 15,000 viewers to screen

Dewi Kurniawati, Banda Aceh – It doesn't take much to notice "Echa," a transvestite who lives in Banda Aceh.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Activists have accused the police and several religious groups of breaking the law by shutting down a planned congress on sexual orientation in Surabaya, Ea

Surabaya – The cancelled gay-lesbian conference in Surabaya has incited further resistance among the people.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) says a gay and lesbian congress initially scheduled to take place in Surabaya, East Java, must be relocated overseas

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party have called the police's banning of a planned gay and lesbian congress in East Ja

Amir Tejom Surabaya – Led by the East Java chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), hardline groups descended on a Surabaya hotel on Friday, intimidating delegates who had planned

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya/Malang – The police refused Wednesday to grant a permit for the upcoming conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inters

Support for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) congress that was planned to be held in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya continue

Amir Tejo – Pressure from Islamic organizations has finally forced the organizers of the planned International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Association (ILGA) confer

Surabaya – Surabaya deputy mayor Arif Affandi has banned the international gay-lesbian conference from being held in Surabaya on March 26-28, 2010.

Amir Tejo – Surabaya Police have buckled to continuing threats from Islamic clerics in conservative East Java and refused to issue a permit for a regional conference to discuss the righ

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) plans to hold its fourth Asian regional conference in Surabaya on Friday and Saturd

Locals unwittingly forced two women into a same-sex marriage in Labuhanbatu, North Sumatra, because they thought the pair were having premarital sex, however after it was revealed that

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Growing up, Faisal was not really aware that he had a different sexual orientation from his friends, but as an adult he is very conscious of his sexualit

Jakarta – Groups fighting for the rights of transvestites have demanded the government be more supportive of the minority group, especially as they try to secure employment in the forma

Jakarta – Ienes Angela remembered back to a long time ago when she sat in a church and felt uncomfortable. It was an unpleasant experience.

Anton Muhajir, Contributor, Kuta – Yustine (not her real name) says she feels more comfortable in the glittering Seminyak area near Kuta in Bali than in her hometown in Java.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – This year's Independence Day celebrations will see some 265 transsexuals from the Yogyakarta Transvestites Organization (IWAYO) take part in a number of act

Sydney may have led Australia in promoting its Mardi Gras marches, but this doesn't translate into widespread acceptance of sexual difference in the country next door.

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Debate continued Thursday in East Timor's parliament on the future constitution of the territory, due to become independent next May.