Homosexuality in Indonesia

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Geographical location of Indonesia

In Indonesia , unlike in many other Muslim countries and except in Aceh Province , homosexuality is relatively tolerated. Even in the media, some gay or transsexual celebrities appear openly. Still, homosexuality is a minor issue that is rarely discussed openly.

legality

Homosexual acts are legal in Indonesia . A bill by the Indonesian government to make homosexual acts a criminal offense failed in 2004. The age of consent is 19 years.

In the partially autonomous province of Aceh , parts of the Sharia were introduced in 2003 and approved by the central government in order to pacify the rebels. On September 14, 2009, the provincial parliament, which had only been in power for two weeks, unanimously passed a law providing for 100 lashes with the stick and a fine of up to 1,000 grams of fine gold or up to 100 months (8 years 4 months) imprisonment for homosexual acts. For "pedophiles" the penalty is up to 200 lashes with a stick and 2,000 grams of gold or up to 200 months in prison (16 years 8 months). The media reports do not reveal which age limits apply to “pedophilia”. The law should come into effect after 30 days regardless of the provincial governor's approval. The law also punishes adultery by stoning those who are unmarried and stoning those who are married, making the protest community widespread. The province's governor, Irwandi Yusuf, does not want to implement the new guidelines. The newly elected, moderate parliament wants to re-examine the law at the beginning of its term of office. In May 2017, two homosexual men were sentenced to 85 lashes each.

Anti-discrimination laws

The introduction of anti-discrimination laws to protect sexual orientation has not yet been discussed in parliament.

Recognition of same-sex couples

Same-sex couples are not recognized by the state.

Social situation

In the 1980s and 1990s, the first LGBT organizations such as Lambda Indonesia were founded. Currently the largest LGBT organizations include Gaya Nusantara and Arus Pelangi , which support gay events and information and awareness campaigns. There is primarily a gay community in the capital Jakarta . It has become known that there have been attacks against gay men by groups of fanatical Muslims, for example at an anti- AIDS event in Solo , the participants of which were attacked by a group of several hundred masked people.

See also

literature

  • Tom Boellstorff: The gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia , Princeton University Press, Princeton 2005
  • Patricia V. Symonds: Gender and the cycle of Life: Calling in the Soulinahmong village , University of Washington Press, Seattle 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spartacus International Gay Guide, page 484. Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 2007.
  2. ↑ SodomyLaws: Indonesia Seeks to Imprison Gays ( Memento from August 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), September 30, 2003. (Accessed May 28, 2010)
  3. ↑ AP: In Indonesia: Death Penalty for Adultery , tz-online.de, September 14, 2009
  4. ^ Aceh passes adultery stoning law , news.bbc.co.uk, September 14, 2009
  5. ↑ Indonesia - Stoning for Adulterers ( Memento from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Frankfurter Rundschau online, September 15, 2009
  6. ↑ Religious Court in Indonesia: Gay Couple is Whipped , Faz.net , May 17, 2017
  7. ↑ Inside Indonesia: Gay identities