Irwan Martua Hidayana

Tarian tradisional Indonesia Reog Ponorogo menggambarkan hubungan sesama jenis yang intim antara dua karakter, warok (laki-laki dewasa) dan gemblak (pemuda laki-laki). shutterstock

Homoseksualitas bukan produk Barat: Keberagaman gender di Indonesia

Secara budaya, masyarakat Indonesia telah lebih dulu mengakui keragaman seksual dan gender sebagai bagian dari kehidupan sehari-hari mereka.
Indonesian traditional dance performance Reog Ponorogo depicts intimate same-sex relationships between two characters, warok (men) and gemblak (boys). shutterstock

On gender diversity in Indonesia

Culturally, Indonesians have long recognised sexual and gender diversity as part of their daily lives.
Survei menyebutkan LGBT masih disingkirkan secara sosial pada tataran komunitas, tapi lebih diterima secara sosial dalam keluarga. Africa Studio/shutterstock.com

LGBT dan inklusi sosial: apa kata survei?

Survei SMRC mengungkapkan bahwa eksklusi sosial terhadap LGBT meningkat, terutama di tingkat komunitas—sebagaimana ditunjukkan oleh rendahnya tingkat penerimaan memiliki tetangga LGBT.
The Indonesia Ulema Council issued a fatwa that says same-sex relations should be punished by death. from nito/www.shutterstock.com

Does the fatwa on homosexuals in Indonesia matter?

What are the implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Indonesians of an edict from the nation’s top Muslim clerical body that homosexuality is a sin that should be punishable by death?
The Indonesian media often portrays the lives of transgender people as “sinful” and wrong. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/Flickr

On Indonesian TV, transgender people are made to repent

A transgender woman with heavy makeup, a red wig and dressed in pink is chased by her pimp’s henchmen. A young woman hides her in her house. So begins the TV drama, a story of repentance of a transgender…

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