Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Transgender people have been fleeing the sharia-ruled Indonesian province of Aceh amid fears of further violence, an exodus that comes in the same week the national

Even in ultra-conservative Aceh – the only province in Indonesia allowed to implement Islamic sharia law – last Sunday's persecution of 12 transgender women still came as quite as a sho

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Muslims in conservative Aceh province are protesting against an investigation into local police who rounded up and publicly humiliated transgender women.

Kyle Knight – Indonesia's police chief General Tito Karnavian has ordered his provincial head in Aceh province to question a subordinate about raids his forces conducted over the weeken

Shannon Power – Tech giant Google has followed requests from the Indonesian government and removed the gay dating app Blued.

Shannon Power – Trans women in Indonesia's Aceh province are trying to flee after police detained a group of women and forcibly cut their hair.

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has lambasted the arrest of 12 transgender women in Aceh and called for discrimination against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexu

Ryan Dagur – Most Indonesian lawmakers want to criminalize homosexuality, according to a leading member of the country's parliament.

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian police and Sharia (Islamic law) police jointly raided five hair salons owned by transgender women in Aceh province on Saturday.

Shannon Power – A group trans women arrested in Indonesia fought and cried as police arrested them in the north western province of Aceh.

Mukhlis, Lhoksukon, Aceh – Early on Sunday police and wilayatul hisbah (WH, sharia police) detained 12 transgender women (waria) from a number of beauty salons in North Aceh regency in

Indonesian police forcibly cut the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear male clothing, authorities said Monday, amid a crackdown on the LGBT community in the world's

Shannon Power – It has been an unusual week in politics in Indonesia as major political parties clamor to prove they're not pro-LGBTI.

Jakarta – Deputy House Speaker Taufik Kurniawan said the pros and cons on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) should be stopped. He assessed that it is useless.

Jakarta – Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) Media Director Ade Armando said that the majority of Indonesian public is against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGB

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The majority of Indonesian people still perceive the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community negatively, but many of them believe its m

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo supports the prosecution of Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) deviant behavior and is optimistic tha

Jakarta – Indonesia will not legally recognize the identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), Vice President Jusuf Kalla commented while speaking on the issue of the par

Two Indonesian men have been arrested for allegedly uploading a video of themselves having sex to social media, police said Tuesday, amid a crackdown on the LGBT community in the world'

Jakarta – Asrul Sani, member of the working committee of the draft criminal code (RUU KUHP) asserted that the Article overseeing adultery and the criminalization of LGBT groups is not a

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said there is no religion that tolerates lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT).

Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR), Bambang Soesatyo stated that he is ready to stake his position if the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender or LGBT behaviors

Shannon Power – Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information wants technological giant Google to ask it to block access to about 70 LGBTI apps.

Jakarta – Indonesia Islamic University (UII) Rector Nandang Sutrisno called on the public not to vote for legislative candidates who are endorsed by pro-LGBT parties.

In December, Indonesia's Constitutional Court rejected a petition to amend the country's criminal code (KUHP) in a way that would have made homosexual acts, and indeed all sex outside o

Dadang Kurnia, Bambang Noroyono – The sensitive LGBT issue has become a political hot potato following a statement by People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Zulkifli Hasan.

While LGBT and human rights defenders in Indonesia celebrate a small victory in December, when the Constitutional Court rejected a petition that would've made homosexual acts (and all f

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) =- An exchange of tweets between the Indonesian Air Force's Twitter administrator and its followers has opened a debate on whether members o

Although many human rights defenders cheered last month when Indonesia's Constitutional Court rejected a petition that would have criminalized homosexual acts, the court decision did li

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Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta, Indonesia – Steven Handoko admits it wasn't his most dignified moment.

Phelim Kine – On Monday, he called for Indonesia's beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population to be, "nurtured, not shunned."

Shannon Power – A group of trans women attending a birthday province were targeted by vigilantes in Indonesia.

Muh. Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin asked society not to excommunicate and avoid lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

Kyle Knight – Militant Islamist vigilantes targeted a group of transgender women attending a birthday celebration in Indonesia's Aceh province on Saturday.

An Indonesian court has sentenced ten men to two years in prison for taking part in a gay sex party at a sauna, court documents show.

"The extremists called and told us they planned to attack. We called the police beforehand, they wouldn't come... [they] showed up at the very end and watched us be beaten."

Shannon Power – A government crackdown on Indonesian LGBTI people has caused an increase in death threats against advocates and organizations working with the LGBTI community.

Sebastian Strangio, Yogyakarta – When Shinta Ratri prays, like many devout Indonesian women she dons a mukena, a long flowing gown often embroidered with colourful and intricate designs.

Joseph Patrick McCormick – Indonesia has blocked GIFs on WhatsApp in an attempt to stop "obscene" images from being shared, including "gay photos".

Matthew Ozug – Below a highway overpass in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, college students eat fried noodles and spicy chicken stew from brightly lit food stalls that fill this gritty space.

Rachel Eddie – Hundreds of people have been publicly flogged in Indonesia since the Aceh province introduced stricter Sharia by-laws two years ago.

Shannon Power – One of the hundreds of men rounded up in Indonesia's crackdown on its LGBTI community has shared his story from jail.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Suspicion that gay rights is a "Western agenda" aimed at destroying Indonesian culture has helped fuel an unprecedented crackdown on the nation's LGBT community.

Jakarta – Days after a long-running Indonesian television comedy aired last month, its producers got a letter from the broadcast commission warning that a male character in the show was "dressed an

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Earlier this week, 58 men, including some foreigners, were arrested after police raided the gym and sauna in the country's capital.

Jakarta – Following an investigation into an alleged gay spa raided in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, last Friday, the Jakarta Police have said that the venue, called T1, did not provide sex workers.

Activists say police targeting of consensual gay sex has shone a light on discrimination and harassment in the world's third-largest democracy.

Jakarta – Indonesian police detained 51 men including several foreigners in a raid on what authorities described as a "gay spa" in Jakarta late on Friday, and some could face up to six years in pri

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian police in Jakarta raided a sauna popular with gay men on Friday night, arresting 51 people.