Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian LGBT Activists Receive Free Expression Award
Last Friday in Jakarta two transgender people accepted an award from the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).
We are not tired, We have not lost hope, We will not give up
On May 16, 2016, on the eve of IDAHOT, OutRight Action International honoured Arus Pelangi, a federation of LGBTIQ Communities in Indonesia with the Felipa De Sousa Award at the organisations’ annual gala, A Celebration of Courage.
Indonesia thinks LGBT community is a bigger threat than ISIS
Gay bashing has become the newest favourite pastime in Indonesia, a nation that once prided itself on its record of tolerance.
Indonesia Shuts Down Transgender Islamic School over ‘Accusations of Alcohol, Karaoke’
Indonesian authorities in Yogyakarta have shut down the Islamic Al Fatah School for transgender students after complaints from residents.
A gay Muslim survives in a homophobic society
My Facebook feed has recently seen a flurry of violently homophobic posts writes Noor Ramadani in The Jakarta Post ; one friend even sent an invitation to attend an Islamic exorcism, or ruqyah, in reaction to my vocal support for LGBT rights.
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”.