All Posts Tagged With: "jakarta post"

Association decries police ban on conference

Indra Harsaputra , The Jakarta Post Organizers of an international conference on gender rights and sexually marginalized groups regretted the ban on the event on Wednesday, saying it was hoping to seek solutions to problems faced by marginalized communities in general. Poedjiati Tan, who chairs the organizing committee of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender [...]

25Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Indonesia: Transvestites demand equal rights

Jakarta, 15 Feb. (AKI/Jakarta Post) – Indonesian transvestites in the staunchly Muslim province of Aceh are demanding equal rights. They made the claim at a transvestite pageant in Banda Aceh where homosexuality is banned under the province’s strict Sharia law. Participants were greeted with applause, but also taunts when they stepped on the catwalk during [...]

15Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays, lesbians face discrimination in sharia Aceh

Hotli Simanjuntak , The Jakarta Post Growing up, Faisal was not really aware that he had a different sexual orientation from his friends, but as an adult he is very conscious of his sexuality and the discrimination he suffers as a result. Faisal lives in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia that has Islamic sharia [...]

21Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued