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News (World)Dozens of men detained in police raid of a gay party in Indonesia
Homosexuality is technically legal in the country, but some of the men could get 15 years of jail for the gay party.
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Health and WellnessHomophobia is fueling an explosion in HIV transmission in Indonesia
A new report from Human Rights Watch says that anti-gay violence has caused the HIV infection rate among gay men to increase substantially.
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News (World)51 people arrested at a gay spa in Indonesia
Even though homosexuality is legal there, some of those arrested might be in prison for years on trumped up charges.
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News (World)Indonesian police set up task force to hunt down gays
Police on Sunday detained 141 men including four foreigners in a raid on a gay gym and sauna.
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News (World)Indonesia steps up its crackdown on gays with massive raid
141 men arrested at a sauna were photographed and the pictures publicized — and not all of them were out.
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Virulent anti-gay remarks test Indonesia’s moderate image
Gays are a contagion, declares the banner in bold red and black lettering that hangs on the sidewalk of a bustling neighborhood in Indonesia’s capital.
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News (World)Obama’s childhood nanny in Indonesia is a transgender women who fears for her life
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A 66-year-old transgender woman in Indonesia, living in fear in the streets because of her sexual identity, tells The Associated Press in an exclusive story that she was once the nanny to President Barack Obama and his baby sister, Maya.
