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Expulsion of US woman who promoted Indonesian island as ‘queer-friendly’ reveals how acceptance extends only to visitors

Under a government regulation, teachers at some international schools face intrusive questions aimed at identifying those with “abnormal” sexual orientations.

Zulfikar Fahd, an openly gay man, says he flew from Indonesia to Canada late last month and claimed asylum on grounds that he faced discrimination and persecution in his home country, which is poised to criminalise same-sex relations and consensual sex outside marriage. 

The police have been arresting gay men in what experts say are unprecedented numbers, raiding not just bars but hotel rooms and private apartments.

Extreme framings of LGBT in media reports have offered fertile ground to justify and spread fear and moral panic of sexual minorities.

Acep Gates, a gay Indonesian YouTuber has hit out at attempts from lawmakers to introduce a bill that would send gay people to 'rehabiliation centres'.

Kety Haji Jalla is an educator and political activist in an unusually tolerant part of Indonesia.

The majority of Indonesian people still perceive the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community negatively, but many of them believe its members deserve to live in Indonesia, says a study released on Thursday.

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 and behaving like a woman" and could violate broadcasting standards.

The group were sharing a house in west Java when their ‘unfeminine’ appearance led to police action