Indonesia’s Defence Minister threatens ‘warfare’ against ‘threatening’ gay community
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".
Ministers and religious leaders have denounced homosexuality, blocked lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) websites and emboldened hardliners launching anti-gay raids.
When a minister criticised counselling services for gay students at a university last month, it triggered a heated media debate and was the start of what activists say has been a sustained assault on gay rights.
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This is sad, State funded homophobia at it worst. Only language these people understand is money, so stop buying product from Indonesia – don’t travel to homophobia land Indonesia. That Indonesian government are afraid of the gay community… they should rather be afraid of other communities than the gay one…. you should think.
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