Saeed Kamali Dehghan – The release of an award-winning Indonesian film about a male dancer exploring his sexuality has led to a backlash from religious groups in the south-east Asian c

Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru City Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Riau province has again embarked on a moral crusade by sweeping boarding houses and internet cafes that remain open late

Gather round, citizens.

Andreas Harsono – The Indonesian film "Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku" (Memories of My Body) is winning awards and accolades around the world.

Jakarta – The controversy surrounding the movie Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body) continues unabated, as the administration of Padang in West Sumatra has called for an immedi

It's the only place where we can feel like we belong to a community – but without the pressure of revealing everything about ourselves.

Raja Adil Siregar, Palembang – the Palembang municipal government in South Sumatra has banned cinemas from screening the film "Memories of My Body" (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) because it i

Hakim Ghani, Garut – The regent of Garut in West Java, Rudy Gunawan, has banned cinemas in his regency from screening the film "Memories of My Body" (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) by director

Amanda Siddharta, Jakarta, Indonesia – Adhe Jengker marched among 4,000 others at the Women's March in Jakarta Saturday.

Hendra Cipta, Pontianak – The mayor of the West Kalimantan city of Pontianak, Edi Rusdi Kamtono, has issued a circular banning the screening of the film "Memories of My Body" (Kucumbu

Aceh, the only Indonesian province given special authority to enact sharia laws, has seen numerous instances of human rights violations in their enforcement of their ultra-conservative

Lampung Geh, Bandar Lampung – There has been support and opposition in the aftermath of the short story titled "When Everyone Refuses My Presence Near Her" (Ketika Semua Menolak Kehadi

The following is a statement by the Yogyakarta International Women's Day (IWD) Committee on the University of North Sumatra's (USU) censoring of the Suara USU (Voice of USU) student pr

Neli Agustina, Medan – Hundreds of students from the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Alliance held an action rejecting pornographic content at the University

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of North Sumatra University (USU) students staged a rally at the USU campus on Thursday to protest the rector's decision to dismiss 18 students from t

Ikhsan Abdul Hakim – The actions by North Sumatra University (USU) Rector Runtung Sitepu in closing down the student press publication Suara USU (Voice of USU) has been criticised by m

With anti-LGBT sentiment at "alarmingly" high levels in Indonesia (stoked at least in part by political interests), few Indonesian authorities are brave enough to speak out in defense

Medan, Sumut News – Students from the group Student Solidarity Speaking Out (Somber) from the North Sumatra University (USU) held a protest action in front of the USU rectorate on Thur

Jones Gultom, Medan – A number of student organisations from the North Sumatra University (USU) which are part of the group Student Solidarity Speaking Out (Somber) held a peaceful pro

A student news website in Indonesia that published a story about a woman expressing her love for another young woman was ordered by university officials to shut down its entire news op

Rik Glauert – University officials in Indonesia this month ordered a student news website shut down its entire operation after it published a fictional same-sex short story.

Medan – The North Sumatra Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says it regrets a decision by the University of North Sumatra's (USU) rector to revoke the Vo

Jakarta – The rector of state-run North Sumatra University (USU), Runtung Sitepu, has threatened to revoke the publishing permit of the campus' student website, Suara USU, after the ne

Prayugo Utomo – The fate of the North Sumatra University (USU) Student Press Institute's Voice of USU (Suara USU) is on the "horns of a dilemma".

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has admitted to jumping the gun when it announced on Wednesday that social media platform Instagram had fulfilled its request to s

Beyond violating the rights and privacy of the country's gay and transexual individuals, experts warn that the LGBT moral panic gripping Indonesia is also exacerbating an HIV/AID epide

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), says it doesn't see West Sumatra's plan to ban LGBT behavior in the province as an infringement on the human rights of the persecu

Responding to Instagram's statement that it did not remove an account featuring web comics about being gay in Indonesia, after Indonesia's Ministry of Communication claimed that the co

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has denied rumors that they are deliberating a law to legalise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities.

Padang – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik says that the move by the West Sumatra (Sumbar) provincial government to wage war on the deviant

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Social media platform Instagram has denied a government claim that it had taken down an Instagram account featuring a comic strip on the life of a gay Muslim

Mike Ives and Muktita Suhartono, Hong Kong – An Instagram account featuring a comic strip with gay Muslim characters disappeared on Wednesday, days after Indonesian officials threatene

Responding to the decision by Instagram to take down an account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim man, at the Indonesian government's request, Amnesty International Ind

Jakarta (DPA) – Instagram has taken down an account that featured comic strips about a Muslim gay man's daily struggles after Indonesia demanded its removal, an official said on Wednes

Jakarta – Social media platform Instagram has taken down an Instagram account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim gay man that has stirred national controversy, an offici

Indonesia's Information and Communications Ministry (Kominfo) says it has sent an official letter to Instagram demanding they block an account by a user posting self-drawn comic strips

Rik Glauert – The Information and Communications Minister in Indonesia has threatened to block Instagram in the country.

It's a sad commentary on the high levels of opposition towards LGBT rights in Indonesia that certain groups would create fake banners saying a political party supported the rights of t

Dede Oetomo – In the 1960s, I grew up in Pasuruan, East Java in Indonesia. During this time, I learned that trans women in Jakarta started organizing action groups.

Rik Glauert – Government officials in Indonesia have stepped in to defend a HIV and AIDS support group after it was shut down last week amid the country's anti-LGBTI crackdown.

Activists warn that the LGBT panic in Indonesia is not only causing wide scale discrimination and persecution against the protected minority group, it is also helping to create a publi

Rik Glauert – Indonesia's most progressive island crowned its LGBTI kings and queens behind closed doors last month.

Fadiyah Alaidrus – Padang Mayor Mahyeldi Ansharullah views Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people as a sickness that is caused by the environment and economic factors.

The LGBT moral panic in Indonesia has become particularly alarming in some areas of the country where government officials are engaging in campaigns of state-sponsored discrimination a

Kyle Knight – This week a militant Islamist group in Indonesia raided the offices of an HIV prevention organization on suspicion that the group had been conducting "LGBT activities." T

The office of an NGO focusing on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in the city of Pekanbaru in Riau is facing closure by authorities after members of a hardline Islamist group, along w

An organization that promotes in HIV/AIDS prevention and sex worker rights may be the latest casualty in Indonesia's ongoing LGBT moral panic after a raid on one of their offices, by a

State-sanctioned discrimination in Indonesia against the LGBT community and individuals saw a sharp increase towards the end of last year as officials in a number of cities and regions

Depok – Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris is asking the public to immediately report to the authorities if they discover sexually deviant or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LBGT) activ

Rie Ishii, Yogyakarta – A woman trapped in a man's body. Reconciling this gender-bending reality from most cultural perspectives can be, at the very least, a small leap of faith.