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Coldplay concert in Indonesia protested by hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ Muslims
Protesters clashed with police and accused the band of being “LGBT propagandists.”
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Malaysia cancels music festival after Matty Healy from The 1975 kisses a man on stage
“I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with.”
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Queer Indonesians can’t celebrate Pride in public. But they’re still doing it behind closed doors
The anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in the country is so strong that queer people don’t feel safe celebrating Pride out in the open. But they still find ways.
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Indonesian soldiers jailed for having gay sex as anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown continues
The ruling said that it was even more inappropriate for soldiers to be gay because they “should be an example for the people.”
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Indonesia passes law that could land unmarried & gay tourists in jail for having sex
The new law will ban sex outside of marriage and violators face up to a year in prison.
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A dean in Indonesia berated a nonbinary student. It sparked a national conversation on gender
LGBTQ issues are becoming talked about more often in Indonesia. So we talked to people inside the country to see where things stand currently.
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Transgender man on his honeymoon dies under suspicious circumstances
He was detained by customs officials upon his arrival in Indonesia and never saw his spouse again.
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Australia, Europe & Asia host a vast array of LGBTQ leaders. Meet some of them now
Despite significant geographical and linguistic differences, Australia, Europe, and Asia share at least one strong bond – plenty of activists dedicated to equality for LGBTQ+ people.
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The ethics of traveling to a homophobic country
Don’t be a dick.
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Two men receive 77 lashes in public as punishment for having sex with each other
Their neighbors turned them in to Islamic police in Indonesia and said they caught them having sex with each other.
